Kristopher Schwinn

Materials engineer, Classical musician, grammarphile, former Fulbright Fellow to the Netherlands & NASA intern, gastronome, papermaker, fiber & origami artist.

[Kristopher Schwinn @KitSchwinn]

Randomly caught the end of The Golden Girls S3E12 “Charlie’s Buddy” today. Sophia listens to the overture of La Traviata on the radio & mentions Pavarotti singing live at The Met. Did that actually happen in ‘87…?
@MetOpera is broadcasting La Traviata today. #GoldenGirls

[Kristopher Schwinn @KitSchwinn]

A few elegant, detailed & complex cut paper artworks for Cephalopod lovers like @scifri, @Steampunk_T & @A_aphrodisia
#SquidSquad #CephalopodWeek #paper

[切り剣Masayo @kiriken16]

#何度でも見てほしいお気に入りを貼るタグ
#切り絵

時間をかけたかとか、緻密に出来たかとか、そんな事を抜きにし���大好きな作品達���

[Kristopher Schwinn @KitSchwinn]

A satirical American ‘Squid Swap’ sketch is serendipitous homage to #CephalopodWeek & #SquidSquad in Comedy of the Week’s rebroadcast of @JohnFinnemore’s Souvenir Programme s8e3 @ 11:59.
Great inadvertent collaboration between @BBCRadio4, @scifri & @WNYC…
https://t.co/QootpTWJnl

[Kristopher Schwinn @KitSchwinn]

@tryhardcryhard @rysimmons But much more disturbing.

[Kristopher Schwinn @KitSchwinn]

@rysimmons How Boyhood actually ended.

[Kristopher Schwinn @KitSchwinn]

Happy little #squid wishing all a great end of #CephalopodWeek.
🎉 🦑 🐙 🎉
#SquidSquad @scifri #SciArt
Practice fold using simple box pleats inspired by @PonadrOrigami.
#STEM #STEAM #handmadebyme
#origami #BritishOrigami

[Kristopher Schwinn @KitSchwinn]

Progress on refolding the blue-ringed octopus to celebrate the end of #CephalopodWeek w/ a more efficient & elegant design. On the right, see 8 flaps that will form the arms. Can I finish b4 the day & celebrations are over…?
#SquidSquad @scifri #SciArt
#origami #BritishOrigami

[Kristopher Schwinn @KitSchwinn]

Origami Blue-Ringed octopus details. Much less deadly than the real thing… This paper even has a wet shimmer from mica. 🐙
#CephalopodWeek #SquidSquad
Will refold w/ a more elegant design than a blinzed frog base. Any suggestions? Using hand-altered O-gami paper. #BritishOrigami

[Kristopher Schwinn @KitSchwinn]

Some international adventures with an odd and still unfamiliar double finned squid for the last day of Cephalopod Week from @cefafalopodo & @ICMCSIC.
#SciArt #SquidSquad
@scifri and @ALCESonline would also make great partners for taking #CephalopodWeek international next year.

[Fernando Á. Fernández-Álvarez @cefafalopodo]

@jethroreading32 @ALCESonline By the way: my drawing of Grimalditeuthis, mostly based on the damaged immature female I dissected earlier this year, the Joubin illustration and the @MBARI_News video. https://t.co/OZFuWthEUl #cephalopod #squid #sciart #scientificillustration

[Kristopher Schwinn @KitSchwinn]

#CephalopodWeek #SquidSquad @scifri @MontereyAq #SciArt

[Fernando Á. Fernández-Álvarez @cefafalopodo]

Today I just finished my #PhD in the @ICMCSIC. A very special day surrounded by my beloved people. My girlfriend took care of the #squid decoration and #octopus cake! 😻🐙🎂 #cephalopod

[Kristopher Schwinn @KitSchwinn]

Me: Happy Cephalopod Week.

Him: Cephalowhat...? Is that some kind of drug?

Me: Nooo... it’s the group of animals that includes octopuses and squids et al...

Him: Oh. I don’t eat seafood.

Me: 🤦‍♂️🙄

#CephalopodWeek #SquidSquad
#facepalm #Overheard #vegetarian

[Kristopher Schwinn @KitSchwinn]

@DrSlothulu @scifri It’s made from a blintzed frog base. There are many octopus models using this base but this specific design is a famous one published by Peter Engle.

[Kristopher Schwinn @KitSchwinn]

An example of what this octopus design can look like when performed with good paper, wet-folding and paint shading. Not my fold.
#CephalopodWeek #origami #BritishOrigami
@scifri @BritishOrigami @MontereyAq

[Kristopher Schwinn @KitSchwinn]

Happy little octopus wishing all a great Throwback Thursday of Cephalopod Week. An octagon based origami model. Foil paper.
#CephalopodWeek #STEM #STEAM
#ThrowbackThursday #SquidSquad
#origami #BritishOrigami
@scifri @BritishOrigami

[Kristopher Schwinn @KitSchwinn]

@scifri Thanks. Probably going to use this design to refold my old blue-ringed octopus paper. Ironing the paper flat now. May have a brand-new octopus in a few hours…

[Kristopher Schwinn @KitSchwinn]

Details of the octopus linocut’s development. Nothing better than something that’s both artsy and scientificy. #CephalopodWeek #SquidSquad #STEM #STEAM #linocut #printmaking #handmadebyme #handmadepaper #handmadehour @RCWMuseum @MorganPaper

[Kristopher Schwinn @KitSchwinn]

A linocut Octopus I carved and used to print a series on handmade cotton paper at @RCWMuseum to celebrate #CephalopodWeek a couple years ago. #SquidSquad #linocut #woodcut #handmade #handmadepaper #handmadehour

[Kristopher Schwinn @KitSchwinn]

@maxhummus @scifri Of course. The color should have given it away. From a short distance, the strong contrast on the suckers makes them pop like they had been added with a pencil eraser dipped in white paint. Great optical illusion of texture.

[Kristopher Schwinn @KitSchwinn]

Love it and the simple elegant details. Did you use a positive or negative stencil? I just TW a linocut octopus from a couple years ago. @scifri should organize an art show for next year’s #CephalopodWeek. #SquidSquad

[Mark Summers @maxhummus]

@KitSchwinn @VintagePaperCo @IAPMAinfo @WashiArts @HandPapermaking How about this? Done on a @VintagePaperCo sample.

[Kristopher Schwinn @KitSchwinn]

@VintagePaperCo @IAPMAinfo @WashiArts @HandPapermaking Individual prints of cephalopods should be quite popular this time of year but cephalopod patterned papers would be even more in demand. #CephalopodWeek #SquidSquad

[Kristopher Schwinn @KitSchwinn]

Do you have any octopus, squid, cuttlefish, nautilus or kraken papers to celebrate #CephalopodWeek?
@VintagePaperCo @IAPMAinfo @WashiArts @HandPapermaking
#SquidSquad #printmaking #printmaker #handmade #handmadepaper #linocut #woodcut #screenprinting #screenprint