View this post on Instagram A post shared by OWL paperlamps (@owlpaperlamps) on Jun 28, 2017 at 4:09am PDT Owl Paperlamps, based out of Lisbon, Portugal, creates DIY lamp kits that employ the principles of origami and geometrically fold into adorable papercraft animals, such as a little barn owl, a colorful parrot or two, a…
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