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Chiyo Magic Star from Oriland Constellation!

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Yury and Katrin

Continuing ORILAND MAGIC STAR showcase!
Please, welcome Chiyo Magic Star – an action model that can be rotated, producing a mesmerizing effect of changing Chiyogami patterns and colours! :-)
This variant of Oriland Magic Star is folded from 48 squares of paper, without any glue or cutting. For it we used fabulous Chiyogami papers of 48 different colourings and patterns. We kept the same scheme (like in our classic Magic Star) of 6 spectral colours of rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. So each of 6 Ring-Modules made out of 8 squares in one colour, but with various patterns of Chiyogami paper.

So you can see all 48 chiyogami favours in this Oriland Magic Star! This mosaic of images shows the different views of only one model and we may say it’s many faces of the Chiyo Magic Star! :-)

You may see the Chiyo Magic Star in 3D also!
It is a stereo pair for crossing method of viewing and to see stereo here: look directly at the stereo pair, slightly de-focus and smoothly cross your eyes without any tension (your right eye sees the left image and vice versa) keep crossing very relaxingly and you will see 3 pics with the stable 3-D image in the middle… If you cannot see in stereo… well, then just enjoy the pics :-)

And even better, watch this Chiyo Magic Star in action! :-) … and get mesmerized by the effect of changing Chiyogami patterns and colours!

The mesmerizing music in this video is by Julian Ray Music

For this particular star we have used 5 1/2-inch (14 cm) squares of Chiyogami, and the finished star is measuring about 7 inches (17 cm) in diameter. The model is quite robust and is a total fun to play with – enjoy!

The fascinating Chiyogami papers for this star were graciously presented by our friends form The Japanese Paper Place, here in Toronto. You may learn about famous Japanese Chiyogami papers at The JPP website and browse through their collection of 800 patterns of Chiyagami (we used just 48 of them here)! http://www.japanesepaperplace.com/wholesale/chiyo/chiyogami-yuzen-general.htm

The diagrams of Magic Stars can be found in our eBook “Oriland Magic Star”.
By the way, this very Chiyo Magic Star is starring the book cover, being the second star in size here, facing by the flower-like side.

Check it out – the full web-presentation of the book with more info, screenshots and video! You can buy this eBook for just $8.95 and download instantly!
http://www.oriland.com/store/ebooks/oriland_magic_star/main.asp

Happy folding! Enjoy!

Origami-ly yours,
Katrin and Yuri
Oriland Creators

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Yuri and Katrin Shumakov
Origami Artists
http://www.oriland.com/portfolio/main.asp
ORILAND – What Origami Can Be!
http://www.oriland.com

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Mother’s Day, Origami Way!

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Yury and Katrin

Hello Oriland friends! Are you in to celebrate Mother’s Day on Sunday? Show your appreciation for mothers or mother figures who took the time care for you and help you through life’s challenges! And you know you can do it in a very original way, making an origami gift from the very bottom of your heart by your own hands!

Fold a paper flower, a little figurine, a kusudama or a charming potre-monnaie!
Oriland is full of great paper designs to choose from, just think of what will be best for your mom.

Check out Oriland Origami Studio for simple flowers, boxes and decorations!http://www.oriland.com/studio/main.asp

You also can explore the Oribana collection, which contains 62 origami flowers with leaves, 34 vases and 45 oribana compositions – there have to be your mom’s favourite flower among them!

http://www.oriland.com/store/cds/main.asp

Also check out various Oriland eBooks – Kusudama Garden, Paper Kittens, Fancy Origanizers and more – there can be some special design that will make your mom smile.

http://www.oriland.com/store/ebooks/main.asp

Hope you will find the right origami model and will make an unforgettable handmade gift for your mother!
Now get some paper and fold something special to make Mother’s Day really the memorable one!

Have a great creative time and happy folding!

Happy Mother’s Day, Origami Way!

Origami-ly yours,
Katrin and Yuri
Oriland Creators

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Yuri and Katrin Shumakov
Origami Artists
http://www.oriland.com/portfolio/main.asp
ORILAND – What Origami Can Be!
http://www.oriland.com

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Earth Day: Origami Green Planet!

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Yury and Katrin

Happy Earth Day, origami way! Lets keep our planet clean and green!

So celebrate our dear planet Earth and fold something that may symbolize it to increase awareness and appreciation of the Earth’s natural environment and share it with your friends and family!

You always may choose a model to fold at Oriland Origami Studio http://www.oriland.com/studio/main.asp

Origami is such an eco-friendly art and we thought why not to make an origami planet?!
So, here it is Origami Green Planet, based on our Clover Sphere.

Origami Green Planet by Katrin & Yuri Shumakov
(Clover Sphere – 30 modules. No glue)
The diagrams are in the eBook ‘Kusudama Garden’.
Check it out!
http://www.oriland.com/store/ebooks/kusudama_garden/main.asp

Happy folding!

Origami-ly yours,
Katrin and Yuri
Oriland Creators

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Yuri and Katrin Shumakov
Origami Artists
http://www.oriland.com/portfolio/main.asp
ORILAND – What Origami Can Be!
http://www.oriland.com

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Fold Funny Toy Eggs for Easter!

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Yury and Katrin

Fold funny origami Toy Eggs for Easter!
There are small Toy Eggs and the Large Toy Eggs a la Fabergé, designed and folded by Katrin and Yuri Shumakov.

They are a total fun to fold! Each egg folds from one rectangle of paper, no glue or cuts. Use some fancy paper or recycle some magazine pages to get appropriate mood for Easter.

The diagrams are published in the eBook “Origami Xmas Ornaments”.
Check it out! You can buy this eBook for just $7.95 and download instantly!
www.oriland.com/store/ebooks/origami_xmas_ornaments/main.asp

Add origami fun to Easter! Happy folding :-)

Origami-ly yours,
Katrin and Yuri
Oriland Creators

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Yuri and Katrin Shumakov
Origami Artists
http://www.oriland.com/portfolio/main.asp
ORILAND – What Origami Can Be!
http://www.oriland.com

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Romantic Origami Time!

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Yury and Katrin

Hello everybody! Feeling Pinkish Goblinish and Origamish for V-Day! :-) Be prepared to this Romantic season and fold the most original romantic paper gift ever!

Goblins V-Day Rendezvous

Please, welcome Romantic Origami eBook with the new smashing cover! This book is full of sweet Ori-valentine cards, charming hearts, lovely decorative clips & heart bookmarks… You even can fold such paper Valentine like in Goblin-boy’s hand above too! :-) Actually all the designs you see on the cover are heartily presented in this eBook :-)

This book from Origami Holiday Series by Oriland authors will teach you how to add origami magic to your romantic moments whatever anniversary you celebrate, first date, wedding time and, of course, Valentine’s Day!
Reveal your creativity by taking origami magic into your own hands to make original origami gifts for those whom you love! Do-It-Yourself – fold romantic origami cards, charming hearts, lovely decorative clips, heart bookmarks and garlands – all originally designed by Yuri and Katrin Shumakov.

There are 215 detailed step-by-step colorful diagrams, placed on 35 pages that will guide you through folding the 16 original origami designs of the Oriland style. The ‘Origami Symbols’ section is explaining international origami symbols to help you to read diagrams for folding. The models range from simple to intermediate-complex level of folding and are good for the novice and the expert alike.

Add origami magic to this Romantic Season! Happy folding! : )

Check it out! You can buy this eBook for just $5.95 and download instantly!
http://www.oriland.com/store/eb ooks/romantic_origami/main.asp

ROMANTIC ORIGAMI eBook

Happy romantic folding!

Ecologically yours,
Katrin and Yuri
Oriland Creators

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Yuri and Katrin Shumakov
Origami Artists
http://www.oriland.com/portfolio/main.asp

ORILAND – What Origami Can Be!
http://www.oriland.com

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ORILAND MAGIC STAR Fans present…

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Yury and Katrin

ORILAND MAGIC STAR showcase by the fans from around the world!
Over the past months we had many Magic Starry news from Oriland fans on how they enjoy folding and playing with Oriland Magic Stars! So we would like to share here some of the photos and videos, we have received.

Susan Baxley was the first one to share her first Oriland Magic Stars with us. She said: “It’s official now, I have folded with my own hands, and experience first hand, the magic of ORILAND Magic Star origami model. It is one fantastic model, and now I am addicted! It is quite challenging to fold, but the reward…. aaahhhh… so AMAZING!! :))”
Congratulations to Susan for wonderful folding!

Stephen Jeppson, an avid Oriland Magic Star fan, posted an interesting article on his blog with photos and videos about his experiences with Oriland Magic Stars, where he talks about and shows 7 different Magic Stars he did so far!

From the regular size to really big one, 24 inches in diameter (pictured below)! What a great work he did! He also shared his takes on Yin-Yang stars – good thinking and folding, Stephen – congratulations!

The Magic Star parade continues! We’d like to share some of Oriland Magic Stars folded by Chris Hughes, in action! Chris has mastered the star folding and made several Magic Stars, including a really miniature one! He shared a few videos of them – just look at his finished magic stars – great folds and smooth rotation! Congrats to Chris for wonderful folding and nice demonstration!
http://youtu.be/vgr5SlG38FM

http://youtu.be/v1ajW5eYENY

Oriland Magic Star Show must go on! Please welcome, a well-known origamist and an Oriland Magic Star fan, Himanshu Agrawal, who has wonderfully folded a 1-piece Oriland Magic Star and shared great photos of it! This star is quite a challenge to fold! Congratulations, Himanshu – excellent work!!

Thank you ALL who shared their photos and videos of Oriland Magic Stars with us. There are more photos and videos at Oriland Facebook and Oriland Flickr Group to see.
Hope you enjoyed the Magic Star Parade! :-)

Folded your Oriland Magic Star too and would like to share a photo or video of it? Drop us a line (over Oriland website or Facebook) to be included into the next ORILAND MAGIC STAR showcase by the fans!

The diagrams of Magic Stars can be found in our eBook “Oriland Magic Star”.

Happy folding! Enjoy!

Origami-ly yours,
Katrin and Yuri
Oriland Creators

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Yuri and Katrin Shumakov
Origami Artists
http://www.oriland.com/portfolio/main.asp
ORILAND – What Origami Can Be!
http://www.oriland.com

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Happy New Year 2012!

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Yury and Katrin

Happy New Year 2012!
Oriland Authors and all the Orilanders sincerely wish you a Happy New Year 2012!
Click on the image to get to the Musical Greetings from Oriland and give a hug to the cute miniature snowman in origami garments :-)
http://www.oriland.com/myoriland/cards/postcards/greetings2012.asp

ORILAND Calendars 2012!
Keep up with the times with ORILAND Calendar Box 2012! It’s easy, free and fun and can be a good present! Just print and fold :-)

Check out the great collections of ORILAND Calendars at
http://www.oriland.com/myoriland/calendars/main.asp

Happy folding! Enjoy!

ORILAND MAGIC STAR!
The hit of the season is the new eBook “Oriland Magic Star” filled with fantastic, mesmerizing action models! Folds are rather challenging, but oh how satisfying! We got many emails from Oriland friends on how they enjoyed folding Magic Stars and they were great presents!
Not tried your hands yet in these models?
Experience the mystery of Oriland Magic Star firsthand! http://www.oriland.com/store/ebooks/oriland_magic_star/main.asp

Happy Holiday Season to all and happy folding!

Origami-ly yours,
Katrin and Yuri
Oriland Creators

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Yuri and Katrin Shumakov
Origami Artists
http://www.oriland.com/portfolio/main.asp
ORILAND – What Origami Can Be!
http://www.oriland.com

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Oriland Calendars and Magic Stars!

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Yury and Katrin

ORILAND Calendars 2012 are ready!
Check them out! New editions with pictures of Oriland Magic Star are among 14 designs to choose from! Just print on an A4 or Letter-size paper and fold your ORILAND Calendar Box! It’s free! The Calendar box can be a great holiday gift to your friends and family! And it’s quite useful for storing pencils too!

The calendar themes include also Castles, Ships, Cheerful Skeletons, Aquatic Life, Kusidama Garden, and even fancy Toy-ronto Planets from Katrin and Julian Ray Music from Yuri :-) You are welcome to choose your fave design, print it out and fold into a practical calendar box!

The patterns are in PDF format and available for both A4 and Letter format.

Enjoy the great collections of ORILAND Calendars at
http://www.oriland.com/myoriland/calendars/main.asp

ORIBANA Calendars 2012 with 8 designs to choose from can be found here
http://www.oribana.com/atelier/calendars/main.asp

The diagrams of folding the Calendar Box are available here

The diagrams of Magic Stars, pictured on the image above can be found in our new eBook “Oriland Magic Star”.

Happy folding! Enjoy!

Origami-ly yours,
Katrin and Yuri
Oriland Creators

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Yuri and Katrin Shumakov
Origami Artists
http://www.oriland.com/portfolio/main.asp
ORILAND – What Origami Can Be!
http://www.oriland.com

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Bring Origami Magic to Holiday Season!

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Yury and Katrin

Cast Origami magic with Oriland upon this Holiday Season!
Get ready for Christmas Fun – it’s time to put your holiday ori-mittens on :-)

The diagrams of the mittens are in the Christmas Treats for Christmas Trees book, and if you are in possession of this book already, then don’t forget to download a free appendix to it – an ebook with special printable patterns for mittens, scarf and hat!

Check out the Christmas books from Oriland, filled with whimsical ornaments and decorations – stars, icicles, kusudama, lanterns and of course these cute mittens!

Ah, and the new eBook “Oriland Magic Star”can come in handy for Christmas season too! Just imagine what a mesmerizing gift the Oriland Magic Star can be! It certainly requires time to make it, but it will be surely unique!

Check them out – you can buy them and download instantly at
http://www.oriland.com/store/ebooks/main.asp

Check also Oriland Studio out for some free diagrams on decorations theme
http://www.oriland.com/studio/gallery.asp?ID=Decorations

Happy Holiday Season to all and happy folding!

Origami-ly yours,
Katrin and Yuri
Oriland Creators

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Yuri and Katrin Shumakov
Origami Artists
http://www.oriland.com/portfolio/main.asp

ORILAND – What Origami Can Be!
http://www.oriland.com

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Unfolding E V O L U T I O N !

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Yury and Katrin

Hello Oriland Friends!

We are happy to share a great news form our Music Studio!
Julian Ray (aka Yury Shumakov) has released his fantastic album EVOLUTION!

The album is his creative music vision of the way that humanity went through from emerging as seeds of life brought to the earth from deep cosmos to thriving of mankind with passion for knowledge, resourcefulness, compassion and then returning back to the stars to start a new cycle of the Evolution.
The album is bringing its idea through melodic and powerful compositions with elements of jazz, rock, electronic, ambient and cosmic music.