My first try with Tissue foil

[chesscuber98]

Thanks for all your help,
But doesent all the water in the mixture wet the paper?
Also I ll try for the rubber cement
I ll also search for spray glue in more exotic stationery shops!

[TheRealChris]

I haven't used spray glue for tissue foil for YEARS. I use white glue and still think its the perfect glue for making tissue foil. I have folded a lot of things, from insects

to the dragon

here's a small collection a couple of years ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfjlW6YqqcM

I have never had the feeling that my paper is too thick or too stiff for anything. its not the glue but the way you use it.

there's a video of me making tissue foil on youtube, but I'm too lazy to search for it right now. I started this method in 2006 and in the meantime white glue bekame pretty popular for it (even sarah copied my way to do it).

you better should try both ways and make up your own opinion.

[ginshun]

I don't know how anyone could really argue that tissue foil is pain to make or time consuming and thus only suited for complex models. I guess if you live in a country where the components are hard to come by that could make a difference though.

As for myself, I have been really liking the tissue foil lately, although the first time I tried it was a couple weeks ago. I bought some Thai Unryu from http://www.mulberrypaperandmore.com, some 3M spray adhesive from Wal-Mart and already had aluminum foil at home. Its literally as easy as cutting the square of paper, laying out the foil on a clean flat surface, spraying it and dropping the tissue onto the foil. You wait like a minute and trim the excess foil off and its ready to fold. I personally think it is great for simple models. See the John Montrell Walrus in my gallery.

[cowburger13]

The glue isn't really important. I use a glue stick But what is the point of using copy paper? It won't make a huge difference at all.

[chesscuber98]

The glue isn't really important. I use a glue stick But what is the point of using copy paper? It won't make a huge difference at all.

The glue does matter,if you use diluted glue the paper gets wet.
Also,yes copy paper was useless.

[bethnor]

I don't know how anyone could really argue that tissue foil is pain to make or time consuming and thus only suited for complex models. I guess if you live in a country where the components are hard to come by that could make a difference though.

that's easy enough to do. while you're still cutting out the square, i'll be done with folding the montroll walrus. and looking at your final product, it must be said that the use of tissue foil in this instance adds nothing over ordinary kami or any other piece of paper you could come by. part of the joy of these simpler models is that they do not require high end papers. you also create more work where there is none--it is in general harder to reverse creases. especially with these simpler models, which have fewer lines to distract the eye, tissue foil's weaknesses show through. mainly, the crumple effect, that makes it appear sloppily folded, when it is in likelihood anything but.

also, the way you word it makes me guess you are a youngster. you seem to automatically assume that everyone has a house with an aerated room where it is safe to use the spray glue (really, a garage). not everyone does, myself included. a poster here actually reported their lungs burning while using the stuff. why should one be exposed to potential inhalation injury when any piece of paper will suffice for the same model?

[gab]

I just recently made tissue foil with white glue instead of the spray stuff for the first time, and I have to say I'm liking it a lot better. It's thinner and crisper, and it's easier to reverse a crease, which has always been a pain with the stuff I've made before. I just used regular Elmer's glue, diluted in about equal parts, maybe a bit more water. I feel kinda silly for spending so much money and time on spray glue now.

Edit: One thing I will say, though, as I'm precreasing a grid - it's brittle. I've had to patch it in a few places now. Thankfully the splits are easily contained.

[cowburger13]

tell me about it. I spent $120 on high quality origami paper, but then realized I could have been using tracing paper the whole time