The Origami Forum

Sorry for coming late.I've been quiet busy recently...

and the subject for this month is : "ANGEL"



the rules:
- no cut
- no glue
- one sheet of paper

squares and rectangles?

Hi,

5 Euro money angel (rectangle)


http://www.flickr.com/photos/origami-im ... 492388303/

Paper angel (square)


http://www.flickr.com/photos/origami-im ... 493053196/

gruß dominik

Would cupid count as an angel?

Cupid is the Roman god of erotic love (basically the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Eros), and as such is not an angel (Cupid predates Christianity--in Jewish and early Christian depictions, angels did not have wings, and winged angels were a later creation that happened to catch on). The Western icon of "Cupid" is a small cherub, which I suppose is a type of angel, but traditional Roman depictions of Cupid were as a man that had wings and a bow--that's a normally-proportioned man, not the baby-ish cherub that is, for some reason, the Western icon. So I guess it would depend on whether your model were intended to depict Cupid as originally intended by the Romans (not an angel) or as the western icon that is called, perhaps incorrectly, "Cupid."

I suposse you can submit any humanoid with wings.

Argonaut wrote:Would cupid count as an angel?

Sure~Cupid is a nice idea.

dinogami wrote:Cupid is the Roman god of erotic love (basically the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Eros), and as such is not an angel (Cupid predates Christianity--in Jewish and early Christian depictions, angels did not have wings, and winged angels were a later creation that happened to catch on). The Western icon of "Cupid" is a small cherub, which I suppose is a type of angel, but traditional Roman depictions of Cupid were as a man that had wings and a bow--that's a normally-proportioned man, not the baby-ish cherub that is, for some reason, the Western icon. So I guess it would depend on whether your model were intended to depict Cupid as originally intended by the Romans (not an angel) or as the western icon that is called, perhaps incorrectly, "Cupid."

But how many Cupids can you fit on the head of a pin ?

(thanks for an interesting read )

obelisk wrote:

Argonaut wrote:Would cupid count as an angel?

Sure~Cupid is a nice idea.

Thanks for the clarification. I'll get working on it.

This is my Angel~
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zeatuel/60 ... hotostream

Your angel was folded before this contest.

In China , Angel=any humanoid with wings , ：D

so Cupid is a nice idea

Folded from one sheet of white paper - Illuminated with blue light on top, then turned upside down and illunmunated with a red light in the bottom picture.

That's pretty good - it begs to be wetfolded though