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Posted: **January 20th, 2010, 9:04 pm**

I've been lazy enough not to update my latest folds here, but here they are now:

Dolphin
designer: me
paper: double home-made abaca paper (nice, huh?)
diagrams/CP: strangely disappeared, I'll try to seek for those

the paper I used was fancy, but extremely thick. I had to wet fold it from the start, which was pretty much terrible. Well, at least I did it! It doesn't have the clean look of the earlier elephant hide version, but it shows the color-change now.

mother & child (two giraffes)
designer: me
paper: homemade abaca-paper with MC
diagrams/CP: no

Pretty happy with this (or should I say these?). The paper got a little thick in the end, but it was pretty good to handle and I think it gives the model a nice look.

Posted: **April 4th, 2010, 4:47 pm**

Experimenting with home-made paper continues after a break...

Anteater
designer: me
paper: home-made abaca paper
diagrams: no

please comment and suggest improvements!

Posted: **December 25th, 2011, 3:36 pm**

Merry Christmas!

I'll have to admit it: I'm an on/off folder

But since it's the holidays and I've just received awesome papers and Quentin's new book, it is time for more origami! Here you go:

Springbok, Quentin Trollip

Springbok, Quentin Trollip by Topsu 96, on Flickr

a great model which was everything but a pleasure to fold. The paper didn't want to behave but I managed to get it done.

Clown, Quentin Trollip

Clown, Quentin Trollip by Topsu 96, on Flickr

I've always admired this model and now I do even more as the folding sequence is clever and gives nice results. The paper is some kind of heavily textured handmade paper which I found to be quite suiting for this guy.

Posted: **December 25th, 2011, 6:54 pm**

One last for today:

White Rhino

White Rhino, Quentin Trollip by Topsu 96, on Flickr

Posted: **December 26th, 2011, 8:53 pm**

Star-nosed mole

Star-nosed mole by Topsu 96, on Flickr

An improved version on a design of mine. The only structural change was the size of the graft increasing from 1/8th to 1/6th from the square. I also did some shaping differently.

Posted: **December 27th, 2011, 8:45 am**

nice to see you back in this forum, topsu!

Posted: **December 27th, 2011, 11:58 am**

I'm happy to be here!

Posted: **December 27th, 2011, 1:50 pm**

Star-nosed mole CP

Star-nosed mole (ver. 2) CP by Topsu 96, on Flickr

More about the references on my flickr if anyone is interested in folding it. Also a photo diagram showing a bit of the shaping process.

Posted: **December 30th, 2011, 2:53 pm**

Wolf, Darrel Tan a.k.a. Littlezilla

Wolf, Darrel Tan (Littlezilla) by Topsu 96, on Flickr

A fun model to fold. I shaped it to my own taste.

Posted: **January 7th, 2012, 5:54 pm**

The origami forum logo

The origami forum logo by Topsu 96, on Flickr

Took some hours to fold. It was a fun experiment. Not that I want to do it again.

Posted: **January 8th, 2012, 8:53 pm**

Marc Kirschenbaum, Biplane

Marc Kirschenbaum, Biplane by Topsu 96, on Flickr

This has to be one of the hardest models in the history of origami. There's just something about it that makes it really hard to do neatly. Ingenious model anyways, I've always liked Marc's designs.

Flower

Flower by Topsu 96, on Flickr

One of my oldest models folded with some unknown handmade paper.

Conductor

Conductor by Topsu 96, on Flickr

A model I came up with while doodling.

Posted: **January 8th, 2012, 11:04 pm**

Nice fold of the biplane. I tried it once last year and just about managed to complete the folding but ended up with a complete mess. What size and type of paper did you use?

Posted: **January 8th, 2012, 11:14 pm**

chris_t wrote:Nice fold of the biplane. I tried it once last year and just about managed to complete the folding but ended up with a complete mess. What size and type of paper did you use?

Thank you!
50 x 50 cm white glue tissue foil. I'd go a tad bit bigger and thinner, possibly double unruy/other thin handmade paper. 60-70 cm and you should be fine.