# Origami/Examples 2

A much better name for this page would be, "RCB_FoldingWithTheStars". I have asked one of the custodians for help. Ray Calvin Baker (talk) 18:40, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
A friend of mine recently asked me to publish my instructions for folding a simple hopping frog. So, I am "rushing" to add this information, below. As always, making the illustrations is, for me, a VERY slow process. If you do not have patience, you had better find an activity more exciting than origami. Ray Calvin Baker (discuss • contribs) 14:46, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
Watch out for the sections which are INCOMPLETE! #1 of 23. I'm still working on several of these. There are at least 20 altogether. I found some serious MISTAKES in what I have written so far, so I need to correct those ASAP. I found those while preparing to present this material at the Caroline County Senior Center in Denton, Maryland. I look forward to actually having a CLASS—real, live people interested in some of the decorations and models I know how to make. Interaction and use of this material should help enormously to improve the accuracy and relevance of the information. PICTURES! I need to add lots of pictures, too. I know several ways "how to", but it takes time to create pictures using only PAINT.EXE. The regular pentagon layout diagram is proof that I CAN DO THIS! :-)
Ray Calvin Baker (talk) 21:44, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

## 8. TO MAKE REGULAR PENTAGONS

After some experimentation, I was able to upload my first picture into Wikimedia Commons. Here it is!

## 9. SOLVING AN OPTIMIZATION PROBLEM WITHOUT CALCULUS

[ INCOMPLETE! #4 of 23—RCB ] OPTIMIZATION CALCULATION

## 14. A SAMPLE CONSTRUCTION

On top of everything else, I messed up the numbers. Easy fix! Ray Calvin Baker (talk) 21:06, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
It is a good idea to put together as much of a model as you can on a flat surface, such as a table. This allows you to apply maximum pressure to taped or glued joints, to make a stronger model.
< - - Click there to see 20 Equilateral Triangles assembled.
Here is an animated, stereoscopic picture (3-D, if you know how to look at such images. If you have experience with the once-popular "Magic Eye" pictures, then you know how to do this.),which I found in Wikimedia Commons. It illustrates how the above diagram should be assembled. Wikimedia Commons used a slightly different "net", but the assembly principles are the same. Ray Calvin Baker (talk) 00:37, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
== 15. MAKING TOOLS FOR BUILDING A TRADITIONAL FOLK ORNAMENT --

## 15. PREPARING MATERIALS TO MAKE KEPLER'S STAR

Still fixing the numbers! Ray Calvin Baker (talk) 21:08, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

## 16. MAKING 3-D SHAPES

I'll get there someday, even if I need to take baby steps. Ray Calvin Baker (talk) 21:12, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

## 17. SHAPES IN SPACES

One step at a time. Ray Calvin Baker (talk) 21:14, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

## 18. A BOX WITH LID

1 -- 2 -- 3 -- The Wikiversioty is free! but not yet free of all my stupid mistakes. Still Working! Ray Calvin Baker (talk) 21:17, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

## 19. A TRADITIONAL FOLK ORNAMENT

Learn humility! Try to program a computer! Ray Calvin Baker (talk) 21:20, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
CORRECTIONS in progress! Ray Calvin Baker (talk) 21:05, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

## 20. BUILD THE CENTRAL CORE OF THE ORNAMENT

CORRECTIONS (actually a complete rewrite of this section) are in progress. It's still not complete yet, and it needs pictures (this is a "how to" lesson).
Ray Calvin Baker (talk) 23:35, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
There are three kinds of people in the world: those who can count, and those who can't. -- One of Ian Stewart's mathematical jokes. (page 1, _Professor_Stewart's_Cabinet_of_Mathematical_Curiosities_, ISBN 978-0-465-01302-9)
EXPLANATION OF THE COLOR-CODED PICTURE: Five straws around corner "A" are shown in black. Straws (1), (4), (7), and (10) are shown in orange. The last straw to be installed, (12), is shown in red. These five straws form a pentagonal ring around corner "A". Corner "A" is higher above the gray tabletop than the pentagonal ring. A string hangs loose from corner "C". We will use this string later, if it is long enough. If it is not long enough, we will splice on more string. A loop of two straws, (8) and (9), shown in yellow-orange, hangs below the model, from edge "D" -- "E".
[I need another picture—13 & 14—here. It may be from a slightly different vantage point. This picture should be based upon a projection of an icosahedron. -- RCB]
[Third picture—15 & 16—goes here.]
[Fourth picture—17 -- goes here. -- RCB]
[Fifth picture—18 & 19—goes here. -- RCB]
Essential error-correcting rewrite still in progress. Pictures may have to wait a while. I need to create them, then upload them to Wikimedia Commons.
Ray Calvin Baker (talk) 23:35, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
End section 20.

## 21. ADD THE STAR-LIKE POINTS

Limit(anything) as time approaches infinity AND a programmer keeps trying = PERFECTION! Hopefully, that's worth waiting for. Ray Calvin Baker (talk) 21:35, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

## 22. FINAL FINISHING

Seven or eight more to go! Then I can start working on the SERIOUS problems! Ray Calvin Baker (talk) 21:38, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

## 23. KEPLER'S STAR

Don't lose your sense of humor. You're gonna need it! Ray Calvin Baker (talk) 21:40, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

## 24. THE HOPPING BUNNY

Every problem you encounter is really an opportunity to improve this world, in a clever disguise. Ray Calvin Baker (talk) 21:43, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

## 25. A STAR REVISITED

The real reason I am such a klutz is this: to give YOU an opportunity to do SO MUCH BETTER! Ray Calvin Baker (talk) 21:47, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

## 26. AN INTRODUCTION TO MODULAR ORIGAMI

Close, but NO CIGAR! Ray Calvin Baker (talk) 21:50, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

## 27. FIRST STELLATION

Closer, but still NO CIGAR! Ray Calvin Baker (talk) 21:52, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

## 28. A SIMPLE JUMPING FROG

Ray Calvin Baker (talk) 21:54, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
Coming ASAP—an INCOMPLETE ROUGH DRAFT! I am working on a poster for traditional classroom use. I hope this will help me make good illustrations for Wikimedia Commons, which I can reference within this topic. Ray Calvin Baker (discuss • contribs) 14:46, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
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## 29. ANGEL

Only ONE MORE to go~ Ray Calvin Baker (talk) 21:55, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

## 30. THE SITTING CRANE

Thank you for your patience. :-) Next time, I get to begin more work on the SERIOUS problems. Ray Calvin Baker (talk) 21:57, 9 August 2012 (UTC)