What have you folded lately?

helliluya · Post by **helliluya** » May 23rd, 2009, 5:15 pm

Tree Frog designed by Satoshi Kamiya - 25*25cm Uncut square

The size of finished model is about (cm): 10 in length, 8 in width and 4 in height.

Victoria Serova · Post by **Victoria Serova** » May 23rd, 2009, 9:34 pm

Chiasognathus Granti - v.1 & v.2
Designer and folder Victoria Serova

[img]http://oriart.ru/_fr/0/0501591.jpg[/img]
[img]http://oriart.ru/_fr/0/8458208.jpg[/img]
[img]http://oriart.ru/_fr/0/2570187.jpg[/img][/img]

penselen · Post by **penselen** » May 24th, 2009, 1:21 am

>Chiasognathus Granti - v.1 & v.2<

Those are two incredible insects and you are certainly pushing the art form, Victoria, and its amazing to watch your posts! Mean while, I'm pushing the limits of chocolate chip ice cream and the classic Montroll fly:

legionzilla · Post by **legionzilla** » May 24th, 2009, 10:45 am

Another 2 superb insects, both detailed and realistic! Good Job, Victoria!

Sara · Post by **Sara** » May 24th, 2009, 2:11 pm

I gave Gerwin Sturm's "Tessarassic Palm" a try (Origami Weekly):

-- Sara

snapa13 · Post by **snapa13** » May 24th, 2009, 4:38 pm

Came across this site a few days ago and when looking through the avatar options I decided an original mask may be the way to go. I've been inactive with Origami for many years now; but once again I feel the bug biting! Why does folding paper become so obsessive? So here it is; my first attempt for many a year.

ftangdude55 · Post by **ftangdude55** » May 24th, 2009, 8:12 pm

Welcome to the forum, Snapa13!
Very nice mask.

I folded another one of my Giraffe Beetles at a recent meeting of the Origami Society of Toronto. But, I folded it with 6-inch tissue foil, so it really isn't all that good of a fold.

BTW, it was a member of the Society who took the photo (at the meeting), not me.

Zoraz · Post by **Zoraz** » May 25th, 2009, 1:03 am

My first time folding a Hojyo Takashi model:
Shibaraku
Folded from 50 cm double tissue.

Terranova · Post by **Terranova** » May 25th, 2009, 4:23 am

Sorry for interrupting the series of images, but I just have to ask. Ftangdude, how did you hide the layers of paper/paper draft in such a small insect? I find it hard to fold anything complex/with lots of appendages with paper/foil under 8-10 cm to a side simply because there's just too much paper, and the paper draft makes it impossible to form any detail on the appendages...how do you do it? Is it paper, or some ancient secret that I'm not privy to?

Victoria Serova · Post by **Victoria Serova** » May 25th, 2009, 7:20 am

Penselen, legionzilla, thank you!

Mekks · Post by **Mekks** » May 25th, 2009, 3:42 pm

Here my newest design:

ftangdude55 · Post by **ftangdude55** » May 25th, 2009, 10:23 pm

Nice locust, Mekks!

Terranova: It was only pinching. And 6 inches is roughly 15 cm in size. The tissue-foil was pretty thin, so the layers didn't really stack up all that much, since the layers in the areas where the appendages came from weren't too numerous in... number.

Froy · Post by **Froy** » May 26th, 2009, 1:13 am

I gave up trying to fold Katsuta Kyohei lobster then I folded Artur's Lobster

Folded with "taco" wrapping paper.

InsomniacFolder · Post by **InsomniacFolder** » May 26th, 2009, 2:26 pm

snapa13 - welcome to the forum - that mask is excellent, full of character and lovely clean lines and features - every fold, layer and edge seems to serve an aesthetic purpose. I like it very much.

snapa13 · Post by **snapa13** » May 27th, 2009, 5:44 pm

Many thanks for the welcome comments ftangdude55 and InsomniacFolder. Appreciated. Keeping things simple makes for easier and shorter diagramming sessions. Diagramming can be a long hard slog! I'm impressed with the quality of work here; on this page I particularly like Mekks's Locust and Frey's rendering of the Lobster.

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Origami Locust design by Mekks