Joseph Wu's Origami Gallery

All of the models in this gallery were designed and folded by Joseph Wu.
Enjoy!

Autumn Scene: Forest Floor

A display case installation at the UBC Bookstore.

Centaur II

My second centaur design.

Eastern Dragon

An eastern (Chinese) dragon. Made from a rectangle, the length of which determines the length of the body.

Ermine (Weasel)

Challenged by Vancouver paperfolder Julie Bodewein who wanted some endangered species models. The ermine is the winter form of the short-tailed weasel. The summer form is called a stoat (which can be folded from brown and white paper).

Extraterrestrial

Based on "E.T."œ but of course, that character is a registered trademark, so we'll all pretend that this isn't the same thing, right?

Gryphon

Paperfolder Seanan Forbes talked to me about trying to fold a gryphon when I was at Convention '94 in New York, and therefore she inspired this model.

Mule

This mule is folded from a 2×1 rectangle. Canadian currency is close to this ratio (it's actually 24×11), so I sometimes fold mules out of $2 bills and leave them as tips at restaurants. I have yet to fold anything out of Japanese currency since the smallest bill is worth about US$10.

Octagonal Functional Plate

The top surface is continuous, so if you made it large enough, it could actually hold something. Unfortunately, people always seem to ask if it isn't a McDonald's ashtray.

Rose Base

Designed to complement Kawasaki's Rose which was published in Kasahara's Origami for the Connoisseur.

Star-nosed Mole

Created as a result of a formal origami challenge issued by paperfolder Ramsay "R.C." Cowlishaw of Portland, OR.

Teddy Bear

I gave origami lapel pins/brooches as Christmas presents in 1993, and I needed a teddy bear for one of them. This design was the result.

Three-banded Armadillo

Challenged by Paul Lalonde. Actually, the challenge was to make one that could actually roll up into a ball. I'm still working on that aspect!

Western Dragon

The underlying structure of this dragon is identical to the famous dragon by Robert Neale, but was independently re-created by me.

When Pigs Grow Wings and Fly

Challenged by Dotty Pon at a New Year's Eve party.

Winged Ant

Based on Robert Lang's Cicada from The Complete Book of Origami. I guess it's a stretch to call this my design since the structure is essentially the same as the original, but look of the finished model is quite different.