The Flickr Origamicat Image Generatr

'Hello there, lovely people.
We hope you started this Halloween weekend well and survived the first night ;-))
Enjoy it to the fullest, because time flies.
I'm still trying to stop time, even if it is just for a moment, but I haven't mastered that magic formula yet, I'll have to practice for a long time before I succeed.
So meanwhile, Happy Halloween!!', says the little Witch.

'Meow', says her black cat.

'Have lots of fun', says Jack-o'-lantern with his super smile.


These origami models are not difficult and can easily be folded with kids.

Model: origami Witch
Design: Makoto Yamaguchi
Diagrams in the book 'creative Origami' by Makoto Yamaguchi

Model: origami Cat
Design: Nicolas Terry

Model: origami Jack-o'-lantern
Design: Gen Hagiwara
Diagrams in the Czech Origami Convention book 2018-2019

Paper use:
- for the witch: 2 pieces of kami paper 15x15cm for the arms and body/legs
and 3 pieces of kami paper(7,5x7,5cm) for the hat, face and hair

- for the cat just one piece paper (7,5x7,5cm)

- for the Jack-o'-lantern: one piece of double colored paper (24x24cm)

Final size:
Witch: length 16,5cm, width 8cm
Cat: length 4cm, width 4cm
Jack-o'-lantern: length 11,5cm, width 13,5cm

Wishing you all a very happy week ahead!
I wasn't active on Flickr for a while, but I didn't stop folding ;-)

In the foreword to this lovely origami model, the designer writes:
""In the culture of Asian countries and Egypt, the cat is a sacred animal. Cats have spirits and many mysterious spiritual stories. Cats in Vietnamese culture have more and more legends. They can makes corpses jump up and move. They can mate with snakes and create lynx, or legends of a ghost cat, that can transform into an old woman to kidnap children.
The Lucky Cat is a completely different story. In Vietnam, you can find a fat cat sitting and waving at shops and restaurants. From never before, the god cat of fortune or the waving cat has become a spiritual belief of business people when they can attract customers and good luck to shop owners.
This is a simple baby cat.""

I folded it with red foil, 20x20cm. Final size: height 10cm, width 8cm. It needs some support for standing.

Model: The Lucky Kitten
Design: Pham Hoang Tuan
Diagrams in the book: Origami Mastery by Pham Hoang Tuan

(C) Isabelle Adam

Model by John Montroll
Folded by Valerio Cicolini
Paper used:25x25cm Kami

Diagrams from Montroll's book "Perfect Pets Origami"

Model by Oriol Esteve
Folded by Valerio Cicolini
Paper used:22,5x22,5cm Double Mulberry (Stick-glued)
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Diagrams from Esteve's book "Stop thinking-Start folding"

""The little one is very happy that has found his mother finally.""';-))

“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.”
Quote – Omar Khayyam

Happy weekend !!!


I posted the colored versions of the origami Cat and the origami Kitten in the first comment box, maybe you missed them.
Both are from the same designer: Gen Hagiwara
- Model: origami Cat
Diagrams in Tanteidan Magazine # 190
- Model: origami Kitten
Diagrams in the book 'Spirits of Origami' by Gen Hagiwara

""" Psst, don't tell my little one you found me......just let him search a bit longer, I'm always nearby , so don't worry ;-))
Oh, you haven't seen him yet? Well, there is a photo of my precious in the first comment box.""", says the mother Cat.

I really do like this wonderful origami cat, her pose, her look and of course the whole folding process ;-)) It is a rather new design, 2020. The kitten, I posted yesterday, is also from the same designer, so they are really family ;-))
I folded it with one piece of patterned gold foil, 35x35cm.
Final size: length 12cm, height 8cm. width about 5cm

Model: origami Cat
Design: Gen Hagiwara
Diagrams in Tanteidan Magazine # 190

Have a lovely Friday and a good start of your weekend!

"Cat's motto: No matter what you've done wrong, always try to make it look like the dog did it."
Quote - Unknown

Never had a blue eyed cat, maybe one day ;-)
Have a nice Thursday !

Model: origami Persian Cat Head
Design: Kyohei Katsuta
Digrams in Tanteidan Magazine #191

I folded this lovely head with one piece (20x20cm) of blue/white kami paper.
Final size: height 7,5cm, length 9cm, width 5,5cm

"""They insisted that I take a group photo of them.......so I did.
Real friends they are, like the three musketeers......supporting each other through thick and thin. All from one nest or folding hand ;-))"""

“All for one and one for all.”
Quote ― Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers

Have a nice Tuesday !!


From the left to the right:
_ Model: origami Napping Cat
Design: Yoshihisa Kimura
Diagrams in the Tanteidan 12th Convention Book
I folded it with a 10x10cm orange tant paper.
Final size: height 2,5cm; length about 7 cm; width 4cm

_ Model: origami Tubby Cat
Design: Yoshihisa Kimura
Diagrams in the Tanteidan 12th Convention Book
I used a 24x24cm orange tant paper.
Final size: height 6,5cm, length 8,5cm, width 4cm

_ Model: origami Sitting Cat
Design: Yoshihisa Kimura
Diagrams in the Tanteidan 12th Convention Book
I folded it with a 15x15cm orange tant paper.
Final size: height 7,5cm; length (with the tail) 4,5cm; width 4cm

This tubby origami cat reminds me of Garfield. ;-)) Some of his famous quotes are "I'm not overweight. I'm undertall." or "Feed me."

This origami cat is related to the 'Sitting Cat' and the 'Napping Cat' (see first comment box). The designer is the same.
This is the more complex one, so a bigger sheet of paper is needed. I used a 24x24cm orange tant paper.
Final size: height 6,5cm, length 8,5cm, width 4cm

Wishing you all a wonderful start of the week! ;-)


Model: origami Tubby Cat
Design: Yoshihisa Kimura
Diagrams in the Tanteidan 12th Convention Book

"Are cats lazy? Well, more power to them if they are. Which one of us has not entertained the dream of doing just as he likes, when and how he likes, and as much as he likes?"
Quote - Fernand Mery


This origami cat is related to the origami Sitting Cat (see first comment box). The designer is the same ;-))

HSS everyone!

Model: origami Napping Cat
Design: Yoshihisa Kimura
Diagrams in the Tanteidan 12th Convention Book

I folded it with a 10x10cm orange tant paper.
Final size: height 2,5cm; length about 7 cm; width 4cm

"I’m not strange, weird, off, nor crazy, my reality is just different than yours.”
Quote– The Cheshire Cat

Have a lovely weekend ahead ;-))

Model: origami Sitting Cat
Design: Yoshihisa Kimura
Diagrams in the Tanteidan 12th Convention Book

I folded it with a 15x15cm orange tant paper.
Final size: height 7,5cm; length (with the tail) 4,5cm; width 4cm

This origami cat looks so much like my own little precious (her name is Lady).
It is exactly her pose when she wants something, usually an invitation to play or because she wants more food ;-))

Have a wonderful Thursday!

I used a 23x23cm sandwich paper to fold it.
Final size: height 11cm, length 11,5cm,

Model: origami Cat
Design: Yoo Tae Yong
Diagrams in the book Origami Works of Yoo Tae Yong

"Haute Couture should be fun, foolish and almost unwearable."
Quote - Christian Lacroix

""These two little glamorous cats are practicing their catwalk and showing off their brand new white socks, which seems to be the latest fashion trend. "" ;-))

Model: origami Cat with White Socks
Design: Jun Maekawa
Diagrams in the Tanteidan Convention Book #12

Both cats are folded with gold foil, but not from the same pack, so there is a smal difference in color.
- The right one 17,5x17,5cm
Final size: length 11,5cm, height 6,5cm
- The left one 15x15cm
Final size: length 9cm, height: with tail 5cm

Playing with 3 different sizes black colored paper and origami cats of course ;-)) These are flat models, you would have to support them to pose in 3D, but taking the picture with “Bird's Eye View” makes it look like they are sitting upright again .
Funny illusionary effect.

For the "Crazy Tuesday" theme: "Flat Lay Photography". I hope it will fit the theme. If not, no problem, I had fun in making this image ;-))
Happy Crazy Tuesday.

Model: origami Siamese Cat
Design: Martha Mitchen
Diagrams in Origami-USA Convention Book 1991

Both Cats are folded from a 15x15cm black/white kami paper.
Final size: height 10cm, width 8cm