Vacuosity

Non-existent peacock

Today was the wedding day of Peter and Bonnie Defilice. Peter works with Julia and Amy at TCI.

It was an italian affair, complete wtih six-course dinner, dancing circle groups, and a loud-mouthed drunken uncle. Our gift was money, of course, as is the custom.

In effort to make it a tad more interesting than plain bills in an envelope, I decided to fold the money into origami shapes. I had recently bought a book on origami, and was anxious for a chance to apply it to something practical. I folded a box, a top, and an insert that quartered the inside. The idea was to then fold four bills into interesting shapes; one for each section.

It went well. The book taught a model called the Money Pig, a design intended specifically for a dollar bill. It worked pretty well. The trouble came when I tried to find other models suited to rectangular paper. There aren't many, in fact, almost none. They all seem to use a square.

It got frustrating really quickly as I tried to adapt the designs for bills. For once at least, I had the good sense to cut practise sheets before folding my crisp, new bills. I came close to completing a money rabbbit, as well as a peacock, before I got frustrated and gave up. It didn't help that I ran out of time, either.

In the end I just made four pigs, and off we went. It was alright, but the frustration of an unrealized vision nags me still.

posted by David @ 11:56 p.m.