Fortune Boats

Follow this instructable by our HSBC Designer in Residence Lao Jianhua and make colourful fortune boats to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

You can read about Lao Jianhua's residency in his Blog: http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/lao-jianhua/blog/

Victoria & Albert Museum

Step 1

Take a square piece of coloured paper. If you want to, you can write a wish for the new year on one side. If your paper is only coloured on one side, make sure you write on the white side.

Comments

[bassmasta1010]

i failed epically with this.... you seriously consider a video cause that was kinda hard to understand......

[mee-mee]

is pretty simple to do, hope you understand:


-4th picture, if you are holding it with your thumbs you can see 2 mountains and 1 valley (as it looks in the picture). now pull it with your thumbs until the valley will become a mountain and the mountains will become valleys soryy I think i would be easier if i take some photos but I have no camera...(sad) Keep in mind English is not my first languaje...so...

[woodshow]

 i love the lamp i think ill try something like that

[NadaZ]

I failed the first time.... but now YaaY!!! I did it I used a regular printer page (A4 cut to a square) ... but I think to make better boats I'm gonaa have to use thinner pages next time The videos is awesome...and really helpful (compared to the other steps with pictures and text)

[Victoria and Albert Museum]

Hi, thanks for your comment - yes, thinner paper is probably better. Yes, instructions that are in video form are easier to follow, aren't they!?

[shawntherobot]

Are they chinese? Can you tell me some facts about them? Nice instructable very discriptive:)

[Victoria and Albert Museum]

Hi, Yes they are. You can read more here:
http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/lao-jianhua/blog/?p=10

[inergy]

really good i love it :)

[inergy]

Nice and easy and understandable this other dude tried but failed epically

[Freecloud]

This beautiful piece has re-awakened a schoolboy interest I had....,thank you. :-)

[Victoria and Albert Museum]

Hi Bassmasta1010, That's a great idea! Thanks! P Ortega V&A Museum Webteam

[Victoria and Albert Museum]

Hi,

Thanks for all your comments!

We thought you'd like to know that we have setup a new Flickr Group called ‘Clever Design Solutions’. The group is devoted to ingenious design solutions, professional or amateur, commercial or domestic: wherever you discover clever design, we want to see it. Or maybe you yourself have figured out a new and simple way of solving an old problem. Just capture a good image and add it to the pool! (please include a short explanation if needed).

Anyone can take part in this project and no invites are needed to join or to add pictures. You only need to have a Flickr account.

Lao Jianhua, our designer in residence, will be periodically selecting and reviewing the designs on his blog.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/cleverdesignsolutions

Victoria and Albert Museum Webteam
London, UK

[canida]

Nice! I've got a stack of origami paper sitting around, and that lamp looks great.

[ikke_1206]

Really a cool origami project. The only problem was that i did it with normal office type note block paper, which turned out to be a little too thick...

[Lftndbt]

WoW!! Nice and simple, I like it!

[LuminousObject]

This is cool. I used to be so into origami, I don't remember why I stopped it though. I should start again. It's fun.