Gallery of 4sigma

4sigma · Post by **4sigma** » August 21st, 2006, 6:00 am

Cupcake wrote:Did you get the book "Origami Design Secrets" by Robert Lang? Because a lot of your models seem to be from that book. I had it out from the library a while back, and I learned how to fold his hummingbird and Songbird 1

Yep. Incredible book. Here's the Western Pond Turtle, also from that book.

I'm not sure tissue foil is the greatest choice for this model -- the shell dents easily and it is something of a pain to round it out again. This is what the model actually looked like when I finished folding it, and before I prettied it up for the camera:

Cupcake · Post by **Cupcake** » October 24th, 2006, 7:03 pm

You should try David Brill's horse (in his book Brilliant Origami). It to is a very nice model!

foldemikael · Post by **foldemikael** » October 27th, 2006, 12:16 pm

the tissue foil you use for the koi, is that two layers of paper with foil between?

If it is, is't hard to fold then??

As you can see at my questions I'am not doing so much tissue foil, but I would like to start.

Regards mikael.

Post by **origami_8** » October 27th, 2006, 1:44 pm

Tissue paper usually has 20gsm and foil around is around 11my thick, so a sheet with two papers and a foil layer between wonÂ´t have more than 60gsm. The usual copy paper around does have 80gsm, so your tissue foil would in any case be thinner.

foldemikael · Post by **foldemikael** » October 27th, 2006, 2:09 pm

thanks, but you have to make you own tissiue foil paper i guess.
no stores or nobody sells it???

Regards mikael.

Post by **origami_8** » October 27th, 2006, 2:30 pm

This kind of tissue paper you have to make yourself, we have a good topic on the how to here on this Forum. If you want to try a different kind of foil paper I can highly recommend you the one sold by Nicolas Terry in his shop. ItÂ´s a little bit thicker but folds very well.

4sigma · Post by **4sigma** » November 24th, 2006, 7:16 am

foldemikael wrote:the tissue foil you use for the koi, is that two layers of paper with foil between?

If it is, is't hard to fold then??

As you can see at my questions I'am not doing so much tissue foil, but I would like to start.

Regards mikael.

Sorry I didn't answer this sooner. I haven't checked in here at the forum for a while.

Yes, I did make my own tissue foil. I don't know any place that sells it.

Strictly speaking, it actually isn't "tissue" foil. The paper I used is mulberry paper, not tissue paper. I think it was this paper here, which is 90 gsm.

On the koi, one side of the foil has paper covering the entire square. On the other side, I only put paper over the corner near the head, i.e. the part that will be visible on the final model. That keeps the body a bit thinner, and makes it easier to fold the scales.

Or rather, I should say it makes it "less difficult" to fold the scales. Folding the scales is not easy, and requires a lot of patience. Using tissue foil helps, as it will "forgive" slight errors in the creases for the scales.

4sigma · Post by **4sigma** » April 29th, 2007, 8:47 am

Three Dollar Flower:

Technically I'm not sure if I'm supposed to call it Robert Lang's Three Dollar flower or not. I think it is. I had the pleasure of watching Dr. Lang fold one a couple of weeks ago, and I believe this is an accurate replica.

We'll have to wait until he publishes diagrams to be sure.

Meanwhile, I tried folding one out of six dollars.

4sigma · Post by **4sigma** » June 10th, 2007, 4:54 am

I recently got Satoshi Kamiya's book.

Splash!

Wizard

Ancient Dragons

Also learned a nifty potted plant from a dollar bill.

Cupcake · Post by **Cupcake** » June 10th, 2007, 1:22 pm

Very nice models by KAMIYA

leigh.fold · Post by **leigh.fold** » June 11th, 2007, 8:40 pm

Beautiful models. Where did you find the diagrams for the golden eagle. And what size paperr did you use?

4sigma · Post by **4sigma** » June 12th, 2007, 6:20 am

Thanks very much.

The golden eagle is from about a 9" square of tissue foil.

The diagrams are from the book Origami Zoo by Robert Lang and Stephen Weiss.

4sigma · Post by **4sigma** » December 12th, 2007, 8:43 am

I got an Ancient Dragon to render a bit more satisfactorily.

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4sigma · Post by **4sigma** » October 2nd, 2009, 10:25 am

Folded for a friend of mine who is getting married:

Elias' "Last Waltz"
Folded from a single 23"x8" rectangle of double-sided tissue foil
black side = thai mulberry paper
white side = lace rice paper

HankSimon · Post by **HankSimon** » October 2nd, 2009, 5:17 pm

I like the shaping of the head and arms, and the textures provide addition interest.

- Hank Simon