Worst Origami Fold?

Oruhito · Post by **Oruhito** » January 12th, 2009, 6:25 pm

As a tessellation folder I don't mind lots of boring precreasing or pleat making. Grids don't bother me much either. I enjoy closed sinks and open sinks but a few things bother me: odd ratios and choppy folding sequence. Spending seven hours locating creases for treemaker models is not worth it for me: i hate it. The second thing is unfolding everything. When you fold it for the first time it always comes as non-pleasant surprise....

ori_dragon3 · Post by **ori_dragon3** » January 12th, 2009, 6:43 pm

very long repeat behind's annoy me alot, I remember a diagram where about 40 hard steps where repeated, that annoyed me VERY much.

denori · Post by **denori** » January 12th, 2009, 8:06 pm

Most of these are OK. Grids annoy me a little. Repeats only really annoy me when it's a long sequence that you have to do in mirror image.
My "favourite" instance is in one of Takashi Hojyo's diagrams,
step 27 is repeat steps 19 - 25 on the other three points
step 53 is repeat steps 48 - 52 on this flap
step 74 is repeat step 41-73 (including the repeat of steps 48 -52) in mirror image!

Phew!

飛竜 · Post by **飛竜** » July 22nd, 2009, 9:40 pm

I truly hate dividing into odd ratios.
next in the list repeat on the other side, but, i learned how to cope with this; what i do is first scan the whole diagram and see where it is going to be repeated on the other side, then after each step on one side i do it on the other one by one instead of repeating everything.

my favorite is sinks love them, love them my favorite so far is the one on seth friedmans cooper hawk the complicated one.

ahudson · Post by **ahudson** » July 23rd, 2009, 1:51 am

Aw, I was getting all excited! I thought this was about the worst model, not the worst technique...

Closed-back hex twists are the bane of my existence. Closed Unsinks are bad, but Lang is the only person to use them, and I run into them so rarely taht it's more of a puzzle instead of a pet peeve.

I don't know why you people don't like grids, they're the best part of folding a tessellation.

chesslo · Post by **chesslo** » July 23rd, 2009, 6:08 am

I hate dividing paper into odd ratios, other than that I am fine!

WhisperPuffin · Post by **WhisperPuffin** » July 23rd, 2009, 7:28 am

I don't mind any of them, unless it's "repeat steps the previous 40 steps on the other side", like Kamiya's Brontosaurus. That's annoying.

PauliusOrigami · Post by **PauliusOrigami** » July 23rd, 2009, 8:12 am

I hate repeating on the other side. Especially if there were a tens of folds before ;DD

chesslo · Post by **chesslo** » July 24th, 2009, 6:59 am

I usually look though the diagrams first and note down where is needed to repeat on the other side, this way you don't have to do like 10 steps on the other side at once! my opinion!

mrsriggins · Post by **mrsriggins** » July 24th, 2009, 8:13 pm

TheRealChris wrote:there is one sentence, that always makes mee taking a deeeeeeeep breath:

"unfold everything"

- Christian

hahaha I HATE that! Especially since you usually have to re-collapse it again with a few modifications.

federicoh · Post by **federicoh** » July 26th, 2009, 2:04 am

i hate that too... when you get through something really hard for you and it says "unfold", then collapse with shown creases

DZIGGITAI · Post by **DZIGGITAI** » July 26th, 2009, 4:30 am

okay, here's the opinion of somebody who folds lots of needlessly complex stuff:

dividing into 17ths using binary method is like one of my favorite folds ever. also 11ths. also, pleat sinks/closed sinks are the fun parts of models. even pleating 64ths isn't so bad if you can zone out.

cleeearly the worst fold in origami is "repeat on the other side." just the thought of it makes my stomach lurch. you get one side all perfect, and then you gotta do it all again exactly the same. like srsly. why did animals and birds have to become all bilaterally symmetrical?

Post by **Daydreamer** » July 26th, 2009, 9:07 am

DZIGGITAI wrote:Why did animals and birds have to become all bilaterally symmetrical?

I've yet to see an animal in real life that's totally symmetrical

legionzilla · Post by **legionzilla** » September 6th, 2009, 3:23 pm

Dividing paper into odd ratios is a real pain. But it pays off though!

konan767 · Post by **konan767** » September 6th, 2009, 8:47 pm

In my opinion, the worst thing in origami is the sentence "unfold everything"

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