Monthly Folding Challenge - December 2010
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grizzly man wrote:with special greetings to gachepapier: a rainy night at mt. fuji
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Yes there is a time limit - I was up as long as I could keep awake past New Years in Chicago and here is my decision.
Art imitating Nature (environment) turned out to be an exceptionally difficult challenge. I congratulate all those who made the effort to try an entry. I can see great potential for new approaches to folding in each. For third place, it is a tie between:
Joshuaorigami - Earthquake
Donya - Normal Fault
Sam Meeuis - Earthquake
Iwvi - Lightning
Grizly Man - A Rainy Night
o0o007 - Pyramid Sandstorm
For the "Best Humor Award", I have to recognize Iwvi for Cownado - Now that is really a milk shake !
I think two models stood out in this challenge for their originality, especially in the way folding techniques were applied to result in an eye-catching display.
It almost came down to flipping a coin or choosing the one with the longest title. I wish I could award a tie for first, but someone has to be the judge for the next contest. So here goes.
In Second Place - Snowblue - "Morning Dew Dripping from a Leaf"
A great concept and execution - I would love to see this one with a color change with green and blue paper or perhaps green with silver backing and photographed on top of a mirror. I could almost see a snowflake drifting to an ice-crackled pond ? ? OK maybe that's asking too much.
In First Place - Gachepapier - "Here comes a Cold Sun over Mt. Fuji"
The combination of textures and color change made an exquisite visual display. I would be tempted to fold this one by keeping most of the view framed yet allowing the clouds to drift further (or extend further) over the edge - not even sure if this is possible.
I think the innovations these two models present are well worth further exploration !
For the Challenge for January I tried to come up with a theme that would allow a beginning designer a chance to come up with a design and yet would compel the accomplished origami designer to literally fold in a new direction. The idea is to fold an "Origami Silhouette" - make sure to read the rules and follow the examples. You can fold on almost any topic and you have a whole library of folding techniques to draw from. This might include a few simple valley folds to 3D curves formed out of Bezier pleats and intricate details.
Best of Luck in the New Year
Charles "Doc" Santee
Art imitating Nature (environment) turned out to be an exceptionally difficult challenge. I congratulate all those who made the effort to try an entry. I can see great potential for new approaches to folding in each. For third place, it is a tie between:
Joshuaorigami - Earthquake
Donya - Normal Fault
Sam Meeuis - Earthquake
Iwvi - Lightning
Grizly Man - A Rainy Night
o0o007 - Pyramid Sandstorm
For the "Best Humor Award", I have to recognize Iwvi for Cownado - Now that is really a milk shake !
I think two models stood out in this challenge for their originality, especially in the way folding techniques were applied to result in an eye-catching display.
It almost came down to flipping a coin or choosing the one with the longest title. I wish I could award a tie for first, but someone has to be the judge for the next contest. So here goes.
In Second Place - Snowblue - "Morning Dew Dripping from a Leaf"
A great concept and execution - I would love to see this one with a color change with green and blue paper or perhaps green with silver backing and photographed on top of a mirror. I could almost see a snowflake drifting to an ice-crackled pond ? ? OK maybe that's asking too much.
In First Place - Gachepapier - "Here comes a Cold Sun over Mt. Fuji"
The combination of textures and color change made an exquisite visual display. I would be tempted to fold this one by keeping most of the view framed yet allowing the clouds to drift further (or extend further) over the edge - not even sure if this is possible.
I think the innovations these two models present are well worth further exploration !
For the Challenge for January I tried to come up with a theme that would allow a beginning designer a chance to come up with a design and yet would compel the accomplished origami designer to literally fold in a new direction. The idea is to fold an "Origami Silhouette" - make sure to read the rules and follow the examples. You can fold on almost any topic and you have a whole library of folding techniques to draw from. This might include a few simple valley folds to 3D curves formed out of Bezier pleats and intricate details.
Best of Luck in the New Year
Charles "Doc" Santee
Charles "Doc" Santee
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I'm really thrilled about this !!! Thank you !firstfold wrote: In First Place - Gachepapier - "Here comes a Cold Sun over Mt. Fuji"
The combination of textures and color change made an exquisite visual display. I would be tempted to fold this one by keeping most of the view framed yet allowing the clouds to drift further (or extend further) over the edge - not even sure if this is possible.
Indeed, at the price of a little loss in efficiency, it would be rather easy to extend the clouds somewhat on either side. Actually, they could also come from a point coming from behind the mount and thus don't need to be on the border either, which was an option I'd considered.
Congratulations to all participants !
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