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Never to early to start planning for Halloween. Here at Raven's Blight it's Halloween 24/7. With a bunch of cool little morbid toys for download, and a host of other creepy tidbits, it will keep your inner goth-club-kid happy for hours.

I love round folds.

Richard Sweeny posted this pic on Flickr. Man is it beautiful. Round folds in paper are so elegant. I made an attempt at a round folded model from Kunihiko Kasahara's Extreme Origami. I am an origami retard, folding paper for years and I still haven't come up with a model of my own. I just like to sit and fold paper. Once again, art therapy in the day room.
I would once again like to state that this model of Richard's is friggin' brilliant.

This is talent!!

I have seen many talented paper artists in my brief time playing with paper, but this Joel Cooper has talent in spades. I had never heard of him or seen him and I just randomly stumbled on his work posted on the Flickr photo site. Here are two pics of his work; one finished, and the other in progress. From what I understand, he spends several hours folding a triangular grid into a piece of paper. Then when the grid is finished, he tessellates the paper and folds the face in the middle of the tessellation! Holy Cats!
I guess it's like the polygons that the computer graphics programs use to create three dimensional figures in the video games. My brain starts to hurt just trying to get my head around designing such a piece.
You can view his pictures of his work here.

Yet another little box

Here is a nifty little box that I found on the Paper Toys website. I used the original as a template and made my own box out of cardstock and Yuzen Chiyogami. My very favorite Japanese washi. Tied for second in the favorite paper category, Aizome Chiyogami, and Ginburi Momigami. Ok now I'm getting way too geeky about paper, I'll stop. Make a box. Have fun. Send a picture.

Folding paper plates

The geometry site, Whole Movement.Com has models folded from nine inch paper plates. It has a few basic diagrams, but after the basics, it leaves the rest of the artistry up to your inner geometry geek. AV clubs of the world unite!
The theories presented are not only important in math and science but in art as well. In both two dimensions and three. The whole site is pretty neat. If you are just looking for diagrams, click the "how to " section.

Attention all pirate and Anime fans....The Going Merry

I found a site called Ninjatoes' Papercraft that has many paper models available. But this, in my opinion, is the top of the heap. A model of The Going Merry, from the odd pirate anime One Piece. A very cool model with what looks like a very straightforward build. Check it out. Have fun. Send a picture.

New from Yamaha...yes, that Yamaha

Yamaha's papercraft site, has a new model of a Hyacinth Macaw for you to build. I have too much on my plate right now so if anyone puts one together I would love to see a picture and hear how well it went together.

NASA paper models

NASA has paper models! You can build your own space armada. They conveniently label the difficulty of the models so you can know what you are getting into. Definitely worth a look.

More paper dustcatchers!!!

For another paper modeling fix, try Homespun Magixx. This fella has a mess of fun stuff that he has created. Some from TV and cinema. Some from his own head. If you're not up to putting anything together, just stop by for a look to appreciate the craftsmanship.

New Models From Canon Papercraft

New models on the Canon site.

Make a dinosaur. Make a pet dog. Make a town with a railroad. Make a giant dinosaur and gargantuan dog destroy a peaceful town with a railroad. The possibilities are endless.