I really enjoyed the reports on the MUni Weekend, and I’m looking forward to
reading more. What a blast that must have been!
John wrote: >Later in the evening, Jeremy Shafer put on a little show. He showed us some of >his juggling (up to nine balls!), and also his amazing electronic, programmable >glo balls. But apparently Jeremy’s greatest interest isn’t juggling, it’s >origami. At first I though he was kidding, but he brought
out >a little wooden box filled with the most amazing folded pieces of paper I’d >ever seen. Several of these were made from single dollar bills, including a guy >on a unicycle and a guy on a giraffe. He also had a functioning Swiss army >knife, a man folded from a map of a labyrinth, and several others, all created >from single pieces of paper. I will post the pictures soon.
Origami has been a hobby of mine for many years, and I have seen Jeremy’s work.
It is truly awesome! He is very well known among origami enthusiasts all over
the world for his outrageous performances at the yearly conventions in NYC
(often juggling torches while riding a unicycle) and his highly creative (and
often hilarious) origami designs. He is a founding member of BARF (Bay Area
Rapid Folders) and I believe you can visit the BARF webpage at: http://www.barf.cc/ and see some of his work.
“Rick Bissell” <rick@tridelta.com> wrote in message news:000101c027c4$1ea6e020$53a8a0c0@tridelta.com… > I really enjoyed the reports on the MUni Weekend, and I’m looking forward
to > reading more. What a blast that must have been! > > Origami has been a hobby of mine for many years, and I have seen Jeremy’s > work. It is truly awesome! He is very well known among origami enthusiasts all > over the world for his outrageous performances at the yearly
conventions > in NYC (often juggling torches while riding a unicycle) and his highly > creative (and often hilarious) origami designs. He is a founding member
of > BARF (Bay Area Rapid Folders) and I believe you can visit the BARF webpage at: > http://www.barf.cc/ and see some of his work. > > -Rick
Thanks for the URL - the “Surfer on a wave” on the top page is a Jeremy original
that he showed at Muni weekend. It (and the others) are amazing, being folded
from one piece of paper with no cuts. He adds amazing twists: if you move the
surfer, the wave curls over him. Also, there is a shark fin following the surfer
(not visible on the photo). Click on the link and you’ll see the 27 step
instructions to fold it - doesn’t look particularly easy though… Another one
he showed was the Flasher Hat (click on Action Pictures).
To get back to unicycling, Jeremy brought 3 unicycles to Muni weekend. His 28"
offroad machine had wick intertwined in the spokes. For nighttime “Fire
Unicycling” of course. I tried out his Coker with 4" cranks and a brake. The
mount is very hard, but once you’re up riding, it is so smooth!