The Origami Forum

This is a thread to share all of your favorite origami related things.
What is your favorite model?
What is your favorite book?
What is your favorite paper?
Who is your favorite origami artist? (And don't say yourself, not even if you're famous)
What is your favorite Style of origami? (Figuritive, abstract, geometric, modular, etc…)

My favorite model is probably Jeremy Shafer's Surfer on a wave, it was one of the first models I folded that really made people say "Wow!" But I'm also a big fan of Quyets owl.
My favorite book is either Origami to Astonish and Amuse, or Vog2. Although anything by origami house or Nicolas Terry is usually my favorite for a while after I get it.
My favorite paper is probably tant.
My favorite artist is Jeremy Shafer.
I like pure figurative origami the best.

My favorite model is the Flasher Hat or the Great Jazz Band.
My favorite book is Origami Ooh-La La or Origami Pop-ups to amaze and amuse.
My favorite paper is Terry Tissue Foil. (I still haven't tried it yet but looking at it gives me pleasure )Or maybe Wyndstone Marble cause I like Flashers very much.
My favorite origami artist is Jeremy Shafer!!
My favorite Style of origami is: Very awesome looking Characters. ( I hope that matches the subject)

Favorite model that I folded: My Rose (proud of it )
Favorite model designed by someone else: Hydrangea by Shuzo Fujimoto (I like the tesselated versions)
Favorite model that I can't fold: Grim Reaper by Chuya Miyamoto (because I don't have the diagrams )
Favorite book: origami tesselations, ODS, WoSK1,
Favorite paper: paper made by me, glassine, unryu,
Favorite style: Tesselations, although I don't have time to fold a lot of them (the grids take a lot of time)

Swapnil Das wrote: My favorite paper is Terry Tissue Foil. (I still haven't tried it yet but looking at it gives me pleasure )Or ( I hope that matches the subject)

I thought I was the only one who regularly looks at paper just because I really enjoy paper. I reccomend trying the nicolas terry tissue foil, it's very good. A tad thick for some models though.

Haha, guess you aren't.

My favorite model:
-someone else's: Brian Chan's Suigintou or Hung Cuong Nguyen's Cyclommatus metallifer
-mine: my Mantis Shrimp v3
My favorite book: ODS, since I would be nowhere without it.
My favorite paper: Foil.
My favorite origami artist: Brian Chan.
My favorite style: representational.

My favorite model: my legolas.
My favorite book: Eric Joisel the Magician of Origami.
My favorite paper: Elephant Hide or any thing that is thin and strong.
My favorite origami artist: Eric Joisel (RIP).
My favorite style: sculptural models.

What is your favorite model? Wyvern by Jake Crowley. I would die to see the CP O.O
What is your favorite book? ODS
What is your favorite paper? mulberry,
Who is your favorite origami artist? this one's gonna be hard... Probably Derek McGann. don't say yourself... would anybody actually do that?
What is your favorite Style of origami? (Figuritive, abstract, geometric, modular, etc…) figurative

What is your favorite model? Jun Mitani's Six Windmills, I'm still amazed how well it turned.
What is your favorite book? A toss between Michael LaFosse's Butterflied and a Tomoko Fuse book on spirals (don't know the exact name as it's in Japanese).
What is your favorite paper? I'm currently experimenting with a lot of papers, but so far my favourite is elephant hide.
Who is your favorite origami artist? Tomoko Fuse.
What is your favorite Style of origami? Geometric, and in that I would include modulars.

My favourite model that I haven't folded: Shuki Kato's Zoanoid Dragon or his Ohmu
My favourite model that I have folded: Nguyen Hung Cuong's Eagle
My favourite book: ODS
My favourite paper: Unryu or Terry's tissue foil
My favourite origami artist: Shuki Kato or Petr Stuchlý
My favourite style: Fantasy

What is your favorite model- hard to say, i love my 'grandfather dragon' design, but i also love robert lang's Kabutomushi from insects II, satoshi kamiya's ancient dragon, Hideo Komatsu's Lion, and shuki kato's flying kabuto mushi (which i am patiently waiting for the diagrams).
What is your favorite book- no doubt, origami design secrets.
What is your favorite paper- tracing paper or o-gami
Who is your favorite origami artist- Robert Lang
What is your favorite Style of origami- insects and mythological creatures.

What is your favorite model? At the moment, it's Morisue Kei's Kingfisher. SO MAJESTIC. No I haven't filed it yet, but I probably will someday...

What is your favorite book? Probably either ODS V2 or WOSK2. I like both their design styles, but ODS has more models and designing tips.

What is your favorite paper? I usually use tracing, but I'd like to get my hands on some foil or lokta.

Who is your favorite origami artist? Hmmmmm…probably Dao Cuong Quyet or Leo Lai.

What is your favorite style of origami? Realistic. No doubt.

My ' favorite ' origami paperback book is:

Origami. The Art of Paper - Folding.
Author: Robert Harbin
( First published as - Teach Yourself Origami )

I've got his book.

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His book in new condition, sells for $130 dollars or more !

My favorite model is the jumping frog. http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/virtual/or ... 01_06.html
My favorite paper is ' photocopy paper '.

What is your favorite model?
folded - probably Kamiya's Wizard, maybe Shuki Kato's Simple Dragon,
not folded - Ermakov's Gargoyle, Nahm Von Son's Wyvern

What is your favorite book?
Works Of Satoshi Kamiya 95-03 for models, ODS for design

What is your favorite paper?
double unryu

Who is your favorite origami artist? (And don't say yourself, not even if you're famous):
Kamiya

What is your favorite Style of origami? (Figuritive, abstract, geometric, modular, etc…)
Figurative