Wensdy Whitehead
Biography: A folder since age 4, Wensdy Whitehead was born on June 24, 1971, and lived until May 7, 2023. As a Cornell University graduate, she was raised in Michigan and lived in the Boston area most of her adult life. She was a veteran and entrepreneur with a specialty in origami and computer science. She had a fun sense of humor filled with folded puns. Wensdy was a smart intellectual caring person.
With sadness in Wensdy Whitehead's departure, we show our gratitude to her life contribution at our Tribute-to-Wensdy Gallery.
See Below: Wensdy's basic gallery | Fold from her diagrams... almost 150 instructions | View her virtual presence ....including incredibly "Wensdy Whitehead's Origami Portfolio!"
Book Interest? Her book, Wensdy Whitehead's Origami Portfolio, is available in print for the first time at the OrigamiUSA Convention on July 19-22, 2024, there for $11.95. To request a copy, email Lisa and Lisa@OrigamiMuseum.org with the number of copies you would like.
Copyright Note: Distribute freely with credits required.
Wensdy Whitehead's Gallery
See the model titles with the categories of folds.
As illustrated below, here you may print Wensdy's tribute flyer. Note, the memorial service has passed. View Wensdy Whitehead’s Memorial Service from Saturday, November 11, 2023.
Diagrams
E-Books: Heart Transplant Origami - Unfinished | Starry Space | Not Quite Traditional Origami
Shovel Folding: Shovel Folding Abstract | Shovel Folding Information
Card Suit Dishes: Club Dish | Diamond Dish | Heart Dish | Spade Dish
Fauna: Barn Swallow | Fish | Flapping Hummingbird | Flutterby | Gabby Guppy | Simple Crab | Spider (1x4) | Swan Dish
Flora: Acorn | Acorn Squash | Cactus | Cactus Pencil Topper | Long-Stemmed Rose | Pumpkin | Sugar Pumpkin | Tulip
Heart Transplant Technique - Grafted Hearts: Heartfelt Crane | Heart Letter Folds | Heart Shuriken | Heart Star | Heart Star Dish | Heart Starts | Heart Swan | Wingbeat of my Heart | Heart-Foot Pajarita | Love Bug | My Heart Soars | One Fold Heart | Spot: Puppy Love II | Shamrock Star Dish | Shamrock Star Dish Minus the Dish
Modulars: Double Heart Cube | Flutterby Cube | Heart-to-Heart Cube | Iris | Piebald Pinwheel | Solid 3-4-5 Unit | Spinning Triangle | Starry Space
Numbers: American Seven | Closed Four | Computer Zero | Eight Infinity | European One | European Seven | Five | Four | One | Pi | Gridding Dollars | Relative Paper Sizes | Six Nine | Thirteen | Three | Two | Two with Loop | Zero
Other Symbols: Capricorn | Cartoon Bomb | Dreidel for Lisa | Glass Half Full | Heart 2 Heart | Puppy Love | Radiation Symbol | Shamrock | Shamrock Condensed | Shot Through the Heart | Stick Figure | Pikipek (Pokemon)
Planet Symbols: Jupiter | Mars | Mercury | Pluto | Saturn | Venus
Origami States of America: Alabama | Alaska | Arizona | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Florida | Georgia | Hawaii | Idaho | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maine | Maryland | Wyoming
Storigami: Basketball Hoop Story | Butterfly Square | Butterfly Story | Flapping Butterfly Story | Flapping Hummingbird Story | Gabby Guppy Story | Pajarita Story | Traditional Jumping Frog | Traditional Water Bomb
Tools & Such: Adze | Anchor | Crayon | Hoe | Hot Air Balloon | Sawhorse | Spade | Stop Sign Lollipop | Wooden Spool
Useful Items: Biz Card Case | Locking Tato Box | $ Paper-Clip Tray | Shallow Dish | Yet Another Fancy Dish
Variations on Traditional: AbsoLiltly | Cicada on Leaf | Diamond Heart Crane | Wings of Love | Crane Star Dish | Crane with Aura | Crested Crane | Flapping Bird Wearing a Crane Costume | Longwinged Cicada | Starburst Dish | Supernova Dish
Words: Boo | Fold (1x2)
Hand-Drawn Diagrammed Models
Diagrams Title List... psssst: Pottergami, Origami States of America, crane variations, tool series, and more origami!!! Available upon request.
Virtual Presence
Wensdy Whitehead's Origami Portfolio | Tribute Gallery to Wensdy Whitehead | OrigamiUSA's In Memoriam tribute | Michael Sanders' Blogpost & Facebook Post | LinkedIn | View Wensdy Whitehead’s Memorial from Saturday, November 11, 2023.