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Category: Art for Kids

Battling A Sense Of Lost Time – the importance of being in nature

Battling A Sense Of Lost Time by MARCELO GLEISER December 11, 2013 2:43 PM The first word that comes to mind when I think about modern life is “overload.” The second is “dispersion.” We are the targets of an ongoing war for our attention: the Web, new technologies, food, clothing, music. We feel the constant need to… Continue reading Battling A Sense Of Lost Time – the importance of being in nature

Swiss Artist’s Installation: Folding a Life-Size Origami Elephant Out of a Single Sheet of Paper

Folding a Life-Size Origami Elephant Out of a Single Sheet of Paper   By Kristin Hohenadel of SLATE Swiss artist Sipho Mabona will use the template for this origami elephant to create a life-size version.Courtesy of Sipho Mabona Origami has always been an artform that’s fun to watch. But now one Swiss artist is attempting to elevate… Continue reading Swiss Artist’s Installation: Folding a Life-Size Origami Elephant Out of a Single Sheet of Paper

Fiddleheads Forest School, A Parent’s Perspective by Karah Pino

Wanna touch the sap with me?

“Wanna Touch the Sap with Me?” Posted to the UW Botanic Gardens Blog November 18th, 2013 by Sarah Heller, Community Programs Coordinator & Fiddleheads Forest School Director “Wanna touch the sap with me?” This is the question posed by my 3-year-old every Tuesday and Thursday morning when he gets to Fiddleheads Forest School in the Washington Park… Continue reading Fiddleheads Forest School, A Parent’s Perspective by Karah Pino

SEED of Origami

Millbrook kids to bring frogs to S.E.E.D., as in origami STAFF PHOTO BY ROB NOVIT McKintley Morgan, a Millbrook Elemetentary School fourth-grader, completes her origami frog. She and her classmates will show other kids how to make the paper frogs at the upcoming Science Education Enrichment Day (S.E.E.D.), scheduled at USC Aiken on Saturday, Oct.… Continue reading SEED of Origami

Researchers Receive $2 Million Grant to Develop Unique Origami-Shaped Antennas

Researchers Receive $2 Million Grant to Develop Unique Origami-Shaped Antennas WEBWIRE – Monday, September 30, 2013 Atlanta – A Georgia Tech-led research team has been awarded a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop a unique approach to making extremely compact and highly efficient antennas and electronics. The new technology will… Continue reading Researchers Receive $2 Million Grant to Develop Unique Origami-Shaped Antennas

Geometric origami inspiration | Brooklyn Bride – Modern Wedding Blog

Geometric origami inspiration I’ve been spotting geometric origami projects left and right and there’s no better place to use them than in a modern wedding reception. Try a bunch of them as centerpieces for a a table, or hanging overhead as lanterns. Or create a pattern out of paper and adhere them to a wall.… Continue reading Geometric origami inspiration | Brooklyn Bride – Modern Wedding Blog

Author tells stories with origami | Schools | Warren County News

Submitted by kkinley, Neighborhood Reporter Thursday, May 23rd, 2013, 2:32pm Topics: Schools Share on printPrint Share on emailE-mail MAINEVILLE, OH (FOX19) – Students at Little Miami elementary and primary schools learned the ancient art of origami recently when children’s author Christine Petrell Kallevig brought “Storigami” to their buildings. Kallevig, who has written a number of… Continue reading Author tells stories with origami | Schools | Warren County News

Top Origami Artist to Shed Light on Modern Science of Origami at May 22 Talk

Robert Lang To many of us, origami, the ancient Japanese art of paper-folding, is an artistic novelty, resulting in a cute miniature crane, frog, elephant or even a boat or a box. But, according to origami master Robert Lang, the algorithms and theorems of origami design have illuminated long-standing mathematical questions and have even solved… Continue reading Top Origami Artist to Shed Light on Modern Science of Origami at May 22 Talk