I designed this for a friend I met at an exchange programme to Qingdao because of his interest in math.

This model is mainly a tube with sealed ends. The following series of folding instructions will make this apparent:

I improvised this design in class using an envelope that was lying around.

I liked being able to use the flap of the envelope as part of the nun's gown - so I was using the envelope "fully" and not simply as a rectangular sheet of paper!

Thinking back, I was probably inspired by Vietnamese origami master Giang Dinh's evocative abstract human figures:

You must check out his achingly beautiful origami faces, animals and figures. I saw his gorgeous work in a book of photographs from an origami exhibition, titled Masters of Origami: At Hanger-7.

One of my earliest designs, born from a brainwave on creating hexagonal cells from a square grid:

This design was a result of experimentation with bases.

An early design of mine that arose as I played around with the paper.

Look out for the origami event of the year! Origami Singapore together with NLB is organising an exhibition “Origami : From Traditional to Modern”, which will be a roving exhibition travelling to 3 public libraries. See traditional models as well as the latest complex origami models from around the world including fantasy creatures, animals, insects and geometrical models. More than 200 models will be on display, including the largest collection of models by local designers so far. Come and learn how to fold your own origami models at the public workshops too!