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Thinking out loud... Although I've used the word origami a few times on this site, it's not really origami at all. Origami actually means "paper folding", but we're folding "oshibori" instead. A common question is where to buy oshibori outside Japan. If anyone knows of an English website selling Japanese hand towels, please let me know! I've seen oshibori on eBay, but they are usually cute towels with rounded corners. I think you'd be better off using a wet tea towel, cut down to 30x30cm. Finally, I know you can buy towel origami books Nick Ramsay An alternative... Hi Nick, I am enjoying your "Osibori Art" website and continue to refer to it. As I wrote to you before, I've had a hard time finding Osibori in California. None of the restaurants I've visited use or know where to get them. Last week, in our Target Store (a dept. store), my wife came across face towels that were 30.4 X 30.4 cm. She bought them for me (two 30 packs about 20 cents for each cloth US$). I tried one out and it works well! The corners are square and that's where I was having trouble finding a cloth that was acceptable. Most, whose demensions were good had rounded corners. The only thing that I don't like about them is that the two opposite sides are folded over slightly and give the edges extra thickness. But I can work with that. The name of the company is "Roomessentials" and it is a 30 pack, 100% cotton. John |
Step 1 Clear the table and lay out your oshibori in a diamond shape. 
Step 2 Fold the bottom half of the towel over the top half as shown in the picture. 
Step 3 Now roll up the oshibori from the bottom until you're left with point of the triangle, which will eventually be the bird's beak. 
Step 4 Fold the rolled up oshibori from left to right, leaving the beak sticking out a little. 
Step 5 Tip the towel over and pull the right side across to the left, just as in the picture. 
Step 6 Squish up the towel to form the body of the bird... 
Step 7 ...then take the left-over part and use it to keep the body in place. To do that, wrap it around the body... 
Step 8 ... to the front... 
Step 9 ...and tuck it below the bird's beak to hold the whole shape together. 
Finished! An oshibori bird! |
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on Amazon, but they are mostly for big towels or napkins.