Origami

We had a great class last week, taught by the ladies at Japanese Lunch, on the basics of Origami. We started out with a basic exercise--making the samurai hat--
and then moved on to more complex pieces, like a figure from classical Japanese theater. We had amazing paper to use, and the principle of the folding seems to be making a series of geometric folds as the guide for the construction, even if the object is not symmetrical.
This is the same piece after the first round of folding, but it is then opened up (as below) to become the jacket/torso for the figure.


Added here are the pants from another texture of paper (with gold dust).


Finally, here's a picture of our group: front row, Tung, AJ, Josh C., Lara, Cammy, Samantha, and Stephanie; back row, Adam, Sunny, Doug, Sarah, Alexis, Tiffany, Kelly, Josh A., and Cameron.