Geometric Origami: Folding Paper into Modular Shapes
Sunday, May 22
1:00 – 3:30 pm
Hoffman Center, 594 Laneda Ave., Manzanita
Price: $30
Please complete the registration form and return it with a check to PO Box 678, Manzanita, OR 97130
In this class, students will learn to make 5 geometric shapes :
-6 sided cube,
-6 sided polyhedron with window-like openings,
-12 piece gyroscope,
-12 piece “ring” made from recycled calendars or maps
-octahedron
Teaching will be primarily through demonstration. Students will also learn to follow written directions with origami folding symbols for each shape.
Students are asked to bring 36 sheets of 6″ by 6″ origami paper.
Recycled maps will be available for the 12 piece “ring”.
This class is appropriate for beginner and intermediate folders, ages 10 to adult.
Barbara Baum Freethy, M.Ed. is a private practice therapist in Portland, ME., working with children who are challenged by attention deficit and autism spectrum disorders. She frequently uses origami as an expressive therapy tool to enhance children’s self-esteem and creativity. Paper folding also has the added benefit of increasing learning skills such as sequencing, visual spatial perception, eye hand coordination and the ability to follow auditory and visual directions.
Barbara is also a paper artist who has been teaching paper folding to adults and children for the past 15 years.