I Am Paddy, aka Paddy Donnelly, has an origami blog post to blow you away. It’s the big web 2.0 icons done in origami.

Paddy has this to say about the why:

After creating my Twitter bird logo in an origami style a week ago, I wondered what other icons would look good all origamized.  Turns out a few of the web 2.0 apps/sites look great, so I decided to create a little collection for everyone to use as they see fit.  I suppose you could look at these with the view that web 2.0 companies can be extremely beautiful objects, yet are still very fragile and can be crushed instantly.

The web 2.0 origami gallery is not just to look at. Paddy provides download links for the whole bunch. Of course my favorite is the Twitter bird.

Go.Download.Fold.

Larry Fire, on The Fire Wire blog, shared something origami cool, Star Wars origami. Hubert de Lartigue crafts incredible Star Wars items, such as Tie-fighters, X-wings, and the Millennium Falcon from Parisian subway ticket stubs.

You can read the full article on The Fire Wire - Hubert de Lartigue’s Origami Star Wars Ships

I’ll share just one amazing photo here.

Millennium Falcon Origami model by Hubert de Lartigue

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Crafted from the Daisy’s Envelope diagram in The Origami Bible.

I’m using the 2010 Ed Hardy Tattoo Art Calendar to craft origami. Each page is of course a square and sturdy enough to fold.

Bonus for this: paying $2.50 for the calendar and getting 365 sheets of folding paper. No two pieces are identical. I have plenty of calendars for 2010 so this one is dedicated to origami.

This little trio isn’t the end but merely the beginning. Finding something I can fold all the way through without looking at the book is a great feeling.

Yes, I’m an origami novice. It’s okay; I’m going to be great some day. Entertaining folks is still possible though. Making a miniature penguin during a meeting today kept me awake and got some attention.

Ingredients? take one note posty – fold a handful of times.

I believe the pattern in the book, Teach Yourself Origami, is likely copyright protected. That said, this is an easy pattern.

This really works best with black and white paper of course, but colors really catch the eye.

There are dozens of origami penguin diagrams. Most of them produce more realistic penguins but few of them are easy enough a beginner could do it in a few minutes.

Reverse folds are the strongest technique you’ll need for this one.

As modeled from this penguin diagram.

Thing-a-day 2009 found a winner in this post; it’s origami bacon. I’m not going to bogart the pictures, so I’m sharing the link to the origami bacon article.

Enjoy. Come back and share your most creative foldings.

Robert Lang brings together the method of science to the beauty and art of origami. You’ll witness how the principles of origami are really mathematical. See how the art of folding is making for new technologies being used in space and in the body.

This video will inspire scientist and folder alike. Enjoy.