Spider - Andrey Ermakov, originally uploaded by Origami Weekly.

Happy Halloween!

Andrey Ermakov surprised us by sending some very very nice diagrams for his spider! Perfect for Halloween.

Spider - Andrey Ermakov

Something creepy and crawly for Halloween, to go with Andrew's Witch from earlier. Also, head on over to Andrew's Flickr for some Crazy Jack (o Lantern) action: www.flickr.com/photos/ahudson/2990136227/

The Spider in the photo was designed and folded by Andrey Ermakov. Andrew and I have just been too busy preparing for PCOC.

Origami for the People, originally uploaded by Origami Weekly.

Several months ago, I realized that while there were lots of traditional models to be found, most of the diagrams were copyrighted, so their use was restricted. I also noticed that a handful of traditional models got the lion's share of attention from folders and diagrammers, while some very intriguing models were only published in a few places, sometimes with low-quality diagrams...

So in response, I'm pleased to announce the Public Diagram Project. The aim is to provide a collection of 15-20 high-quality diagrams for clever and obscure traditional models, available to everyone. Each of these diagrams will be released under a Creative Commons license, so you can share, teach, and adapt any of these without breaking any copyright laws.

Here's the diagrams:
Jumping Frog

Congratulations Crane

Octagonal Tato

You'll notice that one of these diagrams has already appeared on Origami Weekly-- I found out, a week after I'd posted it, that I had actually rediscovered a traditional model; that event was part of the inspiration for this project.

Crooked Witch, by Andrew Hudson, originally uploaded by Origami Weekly.

Happy Halloween!

This was really fun to design-- everything worked the first time I tried it. I hope you all have as much fun folding it as I did designing and diagramming the model!

Diagrams here:
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/232756/witch.pdf