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Mother’s Day, Origami Way!

Posted on May 8, 2013 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.php

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/collections/main.php

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.php

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

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Renewed Oriland.com – check it out!

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Yury and Katrin

Dear Friend of Oriland,
Greetings! We are happy to share the great news from the Oriland World!

Renewed Oriland.com!
We are glad to introduce the renewed Oriland.com site to you that is now fast, efficient and fresh-looking! The general design of the site remains the same but a lot of work went into new codes and developing new great features.

Brand New Oriland Gallery
Oriland Gallery with a detailed structure now contains more than 800 origami designs by Yuri and Katrin Shumakov, presented in 12 Gallery Halls with their thematic Collections.

In Halls, you may explore each collection of designs either clicking on a collection logo, which will open a pop-up window with all the designs, or clicking on a collection name, which will lead you into Collection Page. For instance, check Decorations Hall out!

On Collection Page, you may see all the designs included into it and clicking on an image or name of a design will lead you into Design Page. See a collection example here.

And here we come to Design Page that includes Design’s image, info, where it’s published and displayed. Check it out on an example of one of Oriland Magic Stars!

It was a huge task to arrange all this adding 800+ designs and we have much more designs on the way, so will add them in future. Hope you will enjoy browsing Oriland Gallery and find designs you are looking for!

Design Search
Presenting a new feature of Oriland website – Design Search! It’s available from any page of the site. Just type a word in a search box at the upper right, press enter and voila! Here is an example search for a “Flower” with 154 related designs found. Check it out!

Oriland Kingdoms
Now Oriland Kingdoms are presented as colourful slide-shows with many photos from Oriland exhibitions. Just click on a kingdom logo to see its slide-show. You also may click on an image in a slide-show to see it large in a lightbox to enjoy all the details of the origami fantasy world. Have a great journey in Oriland Kingdoms!
By the way, we are in the process of adding more images and new kingdoms – so, stay tuned!

Oriland Store Update
Oriland Store presents its 2 main sections – Oriland Origami eBooks and Oriland Origami Collections!

Oriland Origami eBooks are available in electronic format (PDF) to use on your computer. There are 22 eBooks filled with festive origami designs from Oriland to choose from. Check out a refreshed design of eBook pages with larger images on an example of Oriland Balloon Ride eBook!

Oriland Origami Collections are available as downloads or CDs. and cover various themes from Sailing Ships to flowers and more. There are 8 wonderful collections to choose from!
There is a new layout of Collection Page with new useful features. Now clicking on a section image you may see it large in a pop-up window.
And exploring collection’s contents is much easier now too – clicking on a theme image will open a pop-up window with all the designs, or clicking on a theme name will lead you into a specific contents page.
Check it out on an example of Oribana Charm collection!

Tip: If you stay a bit on Oriland’s home page you will got a surprise :-)

Enjoy renewed Oriland.com and update your links!

You’re always welcome to Oriland!

Origami-ly yours,
Katrin and Yuri
Oriland Creators

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Yuri and Katrin Shumakov
Origami Artists
http://www.oriland.com/portfolio/main.php
ORILAND – What Origami Can Be!
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Earth Day: Origami Green Planet!

Posted on April 18, 2013 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.php

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.php

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

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Fold Funny Toy Eggs for Easter!

Posted on March 30, 2013 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.php

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

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Chiyo Magic Star from Oriland Constellation!

Posted on February 15, 2013 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.php

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

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Romantic Origami Time!

Posted on February 9, 2013 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.php

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.php

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

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ORILAND MAGIC STAR Fans present…

Posted on February 8, 2013 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.php
ORILAND – What Origami Can Be!
http://www.oriland.com

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Print and Fold your Oriland Calendar for 2013!

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Yury and Katrin

ORILAND Calendar Box 2013!
Printable patterns for ORILAND & ORIBANA Calendars 2013 are ready!

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

New editions with pictures of Oriland Balloons are among 12 designs to choose from! The Oriland calendar themes include also Magic Stars, Castles, Kusidama Garden, plus Oriland Balloon Ride on 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!

Check them out! Enjoy the great collections of ORILAND Calendars at
http://www.oriland.com/myoriland/calendars/main.php

ORIBANA Calendars 2013 include new designs with Miniature Oribana among 10 designs to choose from and can be found here
http://www.oribana.com/atelier/calendars/main.php

The diagrams of folding the Calendar Box are available here
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.php
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Happy New Year 2013!

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Yury and Katrin

Happy New Year 2013!
Oriland Authors and all the Orilanders are wishing you a Happy New Year 2013!
May this will be a wonderful year filled with love, joy, inspiration and happy happy folding!

We hope to meet many of our origami friends in Albuquerque, October 2013 and have a fantastic origami balloon ride together!

ORILAND & ORIBANA Calendars 2013!

Keep up with the times with Origami Calendar Box 2013! 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.php
And ORIBANA Calendars at
http://www.oribana.com/atelier/calendars/main.asp

Enjoy!

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.php
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Mark Your Calendar to Meet Oriland in Albuquerque!

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Yury and Katrin

Dear Friend of Oriland,

Greetings! We are happy to share the great news from the Oriland World!

Oriland Creators are special guests of PCOC 2013!

Exciting news!!! Oriland creators, Yuri and Katrin Shumakov have been invited as Special Guests to the Pacific Coast OrigamiUSA Convention 2013! The convention will be happening during the International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque and we are also glad that our Origami Hot Air Balloon was chosen as the convention logo! We will be showing there a fabulous display of Oriland Kingdom and miniature Oribana compositions as well as teaching origami classes!