The Origami Forum

hi
i've made an origami present for someone and i would just like to know if anyone has tried to encase their papercraft in clear resin?
i think it would look good and i need to send the present abroad, so it would be safe.

also have you got any ideas for a romantic origamic present?
i want to make something but i'm not sure what to do, the idea i came up with is to make a 3d swan and to fill up the middle of the swan with red origami roses.

hope you can help

I know Bernie Peyton has used some sort of Acrylic plastic...

I have thought about doing this too.
I have a dandelion encased in resin, and that's much more intricate, delicate and fragile than origami, so I'm sure it would work.

ok i'm going to try it on some simpler designs

how about any ideas for a romantic origami present?

How complex do you want?
There are a lot of options.
There are some very simple but nice hearts.
The Kawasaki Rose and other flowers are a bit more complicated.
At the high end there are things like The Last Waltz.

i actually made a dozen roses with stems in a vase for her birthday

i thought of doing something different which is why i thought of doing the 3d swan
do you think that it would make a romantic gift?

There are a lot of 3-d swans out there. I have no idea which one you're talking about.

I'd forget trying to find something you think is "romantic" and do something you think he/she would really like. Symbolic meaning aside, originality is way better than pop culture conformity.

David Derudas has a model called 'due cigne' 2 swans that I found on line a while ago and it's a great fold. The swans necks spiral each other. Try a search and you should find it.

Here are the diagrams for those two swans: http://www.pajarita.org/aep/internacion ... ern1-1.pdf

If you fold it neatly it would make an excellent romantic present.