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Summary: Origami has practical applications, such as using paper folding techniques to make a fan. Make an origami paper fan with folding instructions from a graphic artist in this free video on Japanese origami.
Robert Segundo has been an artist since he could hold a pencil. In his 10 years in graphic design, he has worked on advertising projects with costs ranging in millions of dollars. He...read more
"Another thing to do instead of taking notes in Math class is to keep yourself occupied with your paper you're supposed to be taking your notes on. Hi, my name is Robert Segundo and I'm going to teach you today how to make a paper fan. We're going to take our regular notebook size piece of paper that we have here. What we're going to do is we're just going to take it, we're going to fold it in half, like so. And what we're going to do is we're going to fold this into a whole bunch of small folds, like so, about an inch to three quarters of an inch long. This is a good way to pass the time where you teacher's droning on about something that's really not going to be prevalent in your life anyway. Like I mean how many times you guys are going to use quadratic equations in the real world. Here we go. Now that we have our sheet made like so, what we're going to do is we're going to take our bottom in, we're going to fold it up once, you can fold it up twice if you want to. And then just take your paper fan and just open it up like so. Now you can sit in the back of class and show the teacher exactly how much you're paying attention by fanning yourself off. My name is Robert Segundo and enjoy your paper fan."
eHow Article: How to Make a Paper Fan