That being said, if you ever want your book decorated or want it to have some scratch paper attached, just tell me! Heh.
I like being creative with the hands — or rather, using my hands to create things. Here's to a collection of the various things I've done over the years and have documented (many of my origami creations end up being given away, so I don't have pictures of those).
The entire collection can be viewed here. (Or click on the pictures in each section below to go to that specific part in the photo album.)
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Book Amusement
Book Covers Coloring Books |
Doodles
Aminal Land & Produce Park Miscellaneous Maukû & Friends | Dutch Shoes |
Origami
Flowers Modular Stars |
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Book Covers: I used to (and still do) paper-wrap novels. It's a good way to protect the book and provide scratch paper. That being said, if you ever want your book decorated or want it to have some scratch paper attached, just tell me! Heh. | |
Coloring Books: I also like coloring, so whenever we had "creative activities" I volunteered to do the doodles/drawing, such as our Spanish project on the country Honduras. Ruchi, of course, helped draw the people since I'm too fond of drawing them. |
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Aminal Land & Produce Park: Mei and I created this wonderful masterpiece entirely during summer school health class (9th grade, I believe). We started an electronic world as well, but I'm not sure where it went in the end. However, we were daring enough to give our teacher a copy of this at the very end of class ... and then we ran out the door at high speed. |
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Conglomeration: A collection of my more recent random ones. This one was completed during a BIO 210-2 lab in which a lot of wait time occurred. Naturally, with no other form of amusement except for pen and lab book, this was one of the more obvious forms of amusement possible/allowable. |
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Maukû & Friends: We come to my personal favorite, though many return the excitement with, "What is he? A blob?" In short, Maukû was "born out of the imagination of several eccentric friends who were inspired by a random Middle-earth name generator." His friends are Pokey and Mushie. (Details). This was originally created for an English assignment back in 10th grade (individual characters, though, were created at separate times.) I'd say the turtle is actually the most famous as he's cute, easy to draw, and isn't confusing to understand. =) |
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My mom bought a bunch of cute Dutch shoes back when she and my dad were living in England and traveling all about Europe (sometimes with me in tow, which was quite awesome). She must have been thinking about having me decorate them (haha, yeah right) because she bought all plain shoes. In the summer of 2007, she bequeathed me the opportunity and task of allowed-vandalization. The result are these. Back then, I wasn't quite pleased with how they turned out (I've learned over the years that I generally like sketches better than final results), but they've definitely grown on me as I realise my creativity streak is long gone by now. Of course, the characters on the shoes are my 最愛s: Forever Friend bears and Pokey (and his own friends, the catepillar and snail). |
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To Crochet: I made two berets so far, the black one for my current roommate, Charlotte, and the other... just because (I was bored?). Let's just say... they're fun to make, but it's sometimes hard trying to fit them to the receiver's head. =P |
| To Knit: I've only made handwarmers so far – three pairs (which suddenly reminds me, I have at least two more requests from friends, oops!). Ironically, I have yet to make the easiest - the scarf - since I'm not sure I have the patience to make such a long piece. Actually, I generally worry more about dropped stitches and using up material. Besides, everyone has so many scarves already; handwarmers are in more need, right? =P |
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Origami has definitely taken over as the favorite solution for boredom, especially since it involves the use of hands and not so much the brain (read: creativity). Over the years, I've developed a necessity to keep myself occupied for the purpose of keeping busy — and concentrating better. I can't really remember when I first got into origami, but needless to say, it's been for quite a long time (I still remember I learned my first more advanced origami back in 2nd or 3rd grade when I used to take art classes). These are the ones I do more (read: very) regularly nowadays. Actually, I churn out origami so frequently that I've debated using it as a possible source of income. :D! ... Just kidding. I tend to use them more for gifts (with the accepted fear that they aren't very useful besides being pretty dust-collectors). However, each creation is made with much care and love! =) On a serious note, I am willing to make things for friends, so if you ever want anything, just ask! (Take Alice J for an example: I have been chosen to be the designated florist for her wedding; and we have both contmplated using stars for throwing-ness as opposed to rice, confetti, or whatever normal people use. =P) Oh, and can't forget to mention: I generally use non-origami paper (a.k.a. scrap paper or church bulletins). What an excellent and pretty way of recycling! =D |
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Roses: I used to (and sometimes still) try and see how small I can make certain origami. The rose is my favorite. The smallest is about / slightly smaller than the diameter of a dime. Small enough? However, my favorite sizes to make are generally 1" in diameter or so. |
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Flower Pots: I just got into this earlier in 2009. Ironically, even though I've been folding origami for ages, I never learned how to fold the lily until now. =P Both of these were given away: the one of the left to my parents for Father's/Mother's Day 2009, and the one on the right to my NU freshman/sophomore roommate, Angela. |
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Modular Origami: I just picked this up this past summer (2009). I got bored of folding stars (see below), so I wanted something that could be done repetitively but actually form something: hence, modular origami! Actually, I didn't know the name at first and only found out after I searched for the 500-unit swan. Unfortunately, that number seemed too daunting, so I poked around for some more plausible ones. The result are these lovely geometric ones. They may not be as pretty as the swan, but they're definitely pretty cool (and frustrating to put together in the case of the 30-unit ones).
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Stars: THE ultimate, super easy boredom reliever. 98% of my stars are made from recycle or unwanted paper (yes, even the colored computer paper was unwanted by my dad's office apparently): approximately 90% of them come from the HMCC church bulletins. In fact, I have immortalised the progression of the bulletins since the start of the church back in 2006. It's a pity (but a good thing for the environment) that they stopped using them just this year (Year 3). To the right: the dark green ones was the first year bulletin; the dark blues, the second year; and the mixed sea green/blue, the third year. Cool, no? |
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