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Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2022: The Index

Posted on December 26, 2022 by Byopia Press

In the hope that this will make it easier for you to find things that you remember seeing in this year’s Advent Calendar, here is an Index. Clicking on the title will take you to the post. ***** Byopia Press … Continue reading →

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Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2022: Day Twenty-five and a New Year Star Kusudama

Posted on December 25, 2022 by Byopia Press

Perhaps this isn’t the best day to make the New Year Star Kusudama, but there might be time during the next week to complete it and have it ready for your New Year celebrations.

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Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2022: Day Fourteen and a Little Star Book Ornament

Posted on December 14, 2022 by Byopia Press

This little book has appeared here before, but the last time it featured was the first Advent calendar in 2017. That time it was posted because it unfolds into the shape of a star. This time it’s because it is … Continue reading →

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Glasses as Masks for Glasses

Posted on October 16, 2022 by Byopia Press

As someone who wears prescription lenses, my range of choice in Halloween costumes has always been somewhat limited. Since this is true for many others as well, I have decided to remedy the situation by creating masks designed specifically for … Continue reading →

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Planning Paper Projects

Posted on August 28, 2022 by Byopia Press

I experimented with a new modular shape this week: a square with circles at the corners. Here they are used to build the same polyhedron I showed you how to make last week.

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Friday Night Flicks: Aveline Stoquart & David Duvieusart

Posted on July 29, 2022 by Byopia Press

This lovely little flick by Stoquart and Duvieusart closes the astronomy-themed flicks for July. The animation was completed while they were still students at the Haute École Albert Jacquard in Namur, Belgium.     I found no more work by … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: Annie Amaya

Posted on July 8, 2022 by Byopia Press

Tonight’s flick is a stop-motion animation by Annie Amaya. It was originally posted here in 2017 for Tanabata and the July 7 anniversary of this blog and my website — officially eight years old yesterday.  In this version of the … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: The Galaxy Song (reprise)

Posted on July 1, 2022 by Byopia Press

This week saw the celebration of the first “official” celebration of Matariki in New Zealand, and July 7 next week marks the earliest Tanabata celebrations in Japan, so it seems like a good excuse to share my favourite song about … Continue reading →

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More Dreams and A Project Preview

Posted on June 19, 2022 by Byopia Press

The 99 Dreams of Euclid’s Wife project continues. Here is Dream 13.

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Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2021: Day Twenty-five and Seven Stars

Posted on December 25, 2021 by Byopia Press

A post from Byopia Press featuring seven stars couldn’t begin with anything but the Chinese Lucky Star. It is part of the reason that my website/blog exists. If you would like to fold a few (they look best in groups), … Continue reading →

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