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.

View our Tribute to Wensdy Whitehead 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!"

Folding Contest: Call for submissions of your folds of Wensdy's diagrammed models!  These will be published on this webpage in place of "ORIGAMI Folder Contest" image.  A photo of your fold from the chosen section will be credited and published.

Copyright Note: Distribute freely with credits required.

Wensdy Whitehead's Gallery

See the model titles with the categories of folds.  Print Wensdy's tribute flyer and save the memorial date!

 

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

Letters: E | O | S

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.

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Virtual Presence

Wensdy Whitehead's Origami Portfolio | Tribute Gallery to Wensdy Whitehead | OrigamiUSA's In Memoriam tribute | Michael Sanders' Blogpost & Facebook Post | LinkedIn

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