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So, you know when you fold and rip a rectangular sheet of paper into a square, and there's always a small rectangle of paper left? Do you ever do anything with it, or do you just throw it away? I've got piles of scraps of paper, and I was wondering if there was something fun to do with them, instead of throwing them away...
I usually make another square out of the smaller rectangle until it gets too small to work with, or I just throw it away. I use an 18x11,5 notebook for folding on the train and during college. Today I made one Anibal Voyer's horse, one Joisel's Rat, a bird base rose and three cranes out of one sheet. The last crane was about one eight' the size of the nail of my thumb.
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maybe a kind of conspiracy of the freemasons-origamists against the non-european origami world??Yup, seems someone thought of us Origamists when he/she invented the A-formats. You get a square and a dollar bill-sized paper from one sheet
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I see you guys have stumbled on an interresting subject. Just an interresting fact about the Ax format. It is formally called a silver rectangle. I think it might have something to do with the silver ratio, but haven't looked into it. (Try here http://www.answers.com/silver%20ratio) I discovered this fact on Toki Yenn's site, so you might even look there.
But anyway, I normally use the offcuts for modular works, like the Sonobe unit. This is where the huge amount of offcuts is a good thing.
But anyway, I normally use the offcuts for modular works, like the Sonobe unit. This is where the huge amount of offcuts is a good thing.
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From the rest of the Ax rectangle you can do this cat:
http://www.origamichile.cl/diagramas/in ... /gato.html
http://www.origamichile.cl/diagramas/in ... /gato.html
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Rather than fold with those sheets, I've found that they're the perfect size for telephone messages at work. I fill my smock pocket with the half strips, and I always have my note paper at hand.
I know, sacrilidge to use paper for other than it's intended purpose of folding, but it's surprisingly useful in this capacity.
I know, sacrilidge to use paper for other than it's intended purpose of folding, but it's surprisingly useful in this capacity.
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