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The theme for this month is masks.

If you're in a Halloween mood (like I am nearly constantly) you could fold a favorite character and/or a full sized, functional mask...


Mask of ULTRA=MAN by Nishida Shatner, on Flickr


Remember remember... by Chosetec, on Flickr


Mardi Gras Origami Masks by origamiwolf, on Flickr


Spitzer's Dream by firstfold creative origami, on Flickr

Or you could fold a beautiful, non-functional objet d′art...


Fanbeard Series, 1 by sa2r9, on Flickr


toltec 3 by origami joel, on Flickr


Roy Iwaki by Jon_Tucker, on Flickr

You needn't be so representational either, if you're in a more abstract mood...


One of Us by Giacomo Favilla, on Flickr


http://www.flickr.com/photos/62572859@N08/7308930928/

This month's challenge is really whatever you choose to make of it. Have fun.

A few rules:
-Use a single uncut sheet. It can be any rectangle (including a square), an equilateral or isosceles right triangle, or any other regular polygon (i.e. all sides have the same length and all corners lie on the same circle).
-The model has to be designed by you, this month.
-Enter as many models as you like.
-Sinubuj will judge this month's challenge and choose the theme for next month.

Not sure this qualifies (see the shape of the sheet at the end of my post), but as I fold loads of masks anyway, here is the one I just finished :

gachepapier wrote:Not sure this qualifies (see the shape of the sheet at the end of my post)...

It doesn't overtly break any of the rules, so it's okay by me. I've always thought a certain amount of clever rule-bending is to be expected and even encouraged in the monthly challenges.

I know, I'm the jury but here is my old mask as a bedside lamp and eyeglass holder.



Folding instruction is under http://www.origami-kunst.de/galerie/obj ... sicht.html

Dominik

I'm not sure if I'm able to design a mask, but thank you for me pointing towards origami joel's flickr page. The faces he makes are mindblowing incredible. I never seen origami like that before!

I just wanted to offer an idea. Someone should try to make a tribute to any slasher movie in this Halloween. There's so many cool looking masks from those movies just waiting to be folded in origami

Just an idea.

masquerade mask. only thing i could think of.

Really, only 2 entires up to now, well give me a few hours and il post my own ,, yeah is there any prize to this??

FoldedLinxy wrote:Really, only 2 entires up to now, well give me a few hours and il post my own ,, yeah is there any prize to this??

No actual prizes, but you can consider these things as a prize:
If you win a monthly challenge:
1. Judge the next month.
2. Deciding the theme for the month after you judged.
For the rest:
3. Improving your skills because you designed something.
4. The awesome feeling that you managed to design something.
5. Adding something to the Origami community.
6. Eternal glory

Hey, just one last question,sorry im new but would it be allowed to use some technuques i disovered in a book, origami tesselations.. they show triangle grids and triangle/rhombus/hex twists.. i can imagine making a really cool mask with tesselation method since you can put anything wherever you want but im not sure if its allowed since the triangle grid is in a book and the twists and stuff too.. but I see this more as stuff like some guys would see an open sink as but just to be on the safe side...

Linxy -> You can use pretty much whatever technique you want. If you think about it, the valley fold is in a book, so that would fall into the same category.

Anyway, my own entry:

Oct 2012 Challenge (Origami Forums) by Baltorigamist, on Flickr
Details on my Flickr.

Devil Mask

this is my new design

an owl mask

use a long long rectangle paper

A second entry, from an uncut square :

there is really good things here !

for me it will be two entries :
two owl mask


owl mask par -sebl-, sur Flickr


eagle owl mask par -sebl-, sur Flickr

hope you'll like it