-11/18/2006 TEACHING?

AFTER SOME ENCOURAGING FEEDBACK FROM THE AUDIENCE AT MY SPEAKING ARRANGEMENT AT THE ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL ORIGAMI FESTIVAL, I BEGAN TALKING TO ONE OF MY FANS, WHO TURNS OUT IS A PATRON OF THE ARTS AND MANAGES THE INTERNATIONAL ORIGAMI INSTITUTE. HE WAS SUCH A FAN, THAT HE INVITED ME TO JOIN THE FACULTY!!! I HAVEN'T MADE THE DECISION TO DO THIS YET, BUT I FEEL DELIRIOUS RIGHT NOW WITH HAPPINESS!

-11/7/2006 NEW ONLINE PORTFOLIO?

SEVERAL (HAPPY) CLIENTS HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGING ME TO GET MY FULL PORTFOLIO UP (YES, GET DO MORE ART THAN ORIGAMI). I AM CURRENTLY GIVING A CRACK AND HOOKING THIS BLOG UP TO WORDPRESS, WHICH I'VE HEARD IS REALLY NEAT, AND ALREADY HAVE A COOL DESIGN FOR IT. BUT DON'T GET TOO ANTSY YET: IT'S NOT GOING TO BE UP FOR A FEW MORE WEEKS AT LEAST. CURRENT CLIENTS THOUGH OF COURSE CAN VIEW MY PRIVATE PORTFOLIO ON EMAIL REQUEST. (YOU WILL TOTALLY LOVE THE NEW LOOK BTW, I'VE GOTTEN SO MUCH BETTER SINCE I BEGAN!

-11/02/2006 BLOG UPDATE!!

I HAVE HAD A COUPLE CLIENTS EMAIL ME OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS ENCOURAGING ME TO KEEP WITH THE BLOG AND KEEP MY FANS IN TOUCH AND UPDATED, SO I WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW IN THIS BLOG UPDATE THAT THIS WILL BE CONTINUING. BUT PLEASE REMEMBER IT ALSO FUNCTIONS AS MY PERSONAL BLOG! ;)

-10/16/2006 SPEAKING ARRANGEMENT AT THE ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL ORIGAMI FESTIVAL

I AM CURRENTLY AWAY AT THE AIGF ON SOME OF THE MATHEMATICS BEHIND THE ART OF ORIGAMI, AS WELL AS MY PERSONAL THOUGHTS ON THE MORE AND MORE COMPLICATED PIECES EMERGING EVERY DAY. SOMETIMES, SIMPLE IS BEAUTIFUL. AND WITH THAT NOTE, THIS YOUTUBE VIDEO GAVE ME SOME TEARS IN MY EYES. (ONE OF THE FIRST PIECES I EVER FOLDED AS A CHILD.) CAN ANYONE SERIOUSLY WATCH THIS VIDEO AND NOT SIT DOWN AND IMMEDIATELY FOLD A PAPER BALLOON ON THEIR OWN?

I'VE HAD SOME GOOD FEEDBACK ON MY PREVIOUS SPEAKING ARRANGEMENTS AND REACTIONS TEND TO BE PRETTY GOOD, SO THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD BREAK FOR YOUR WEEKEND. WISH ME LUCK!

-9/30/2006 NEW BLOG

JUST ABOUT EVERYONE SEEMS TO HAVE A BLOG THESE DAYS, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS FINALLY TIME FOR ME TO JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON. WHAT WILL YOU FIND HERE? WELL, IT WILL MOSTLY BE ABOUT ME, SO FANS OF THE ART OF ORIGAMI WILL DEFINITELY WANT TO KEEP VISITING.

MY CLIENTS INCLUDE:

• SAMUEL HEYMAN
• MARK HANSON
• STEPHANIE DEBBS
• KIM PERLMAN

PLEASE CONTACT ME AT THEEDGE@WINSTONMCFORD.COM.

-Winston McFord

aw, such a cute origami fox!	warning: goldfish crackers are delicious, but paper goldfish are not!	origami frog (jumps!)
personal hint: crumble up leftovers to make it an origami trash can	why write with a pen when you can write with an origami pencil? great illustrated steps PS, sorry about the photo, but I thought you guys could share a laugh ;)	variety of crane I folded (flapping crane)

How to fold (NOTE: NO LONGER UPDATED, NEW FAVORITE TUTORIALS LINKED ABOVE)

• Jumping Frog(World Surfari)
• KOSHIRO'S ANIMATED ORIGAMI [New]
• Origami Interest Group [New]
• The Secret of One Thousand Cranes Origami [New]

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