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Paper Type Translation?
Posted: November 25th, 2015, 10:56 pm
by dinogami
Hi All! - Today, in his Twitter feed, Kota Imai had up the following picture of four different papers:
and with the following text in Japanese:
色比較
左からネクタイの包装紙、チャコールカラペ、薄葉紙、黒ガンピ
I'm interested in that third paper in from the left, which Google Translate helpfully translates either as "charcoal Kara Bae" or "chacorcarape." Anyone know anything about this paper--what its properties are, and how nice it is for folding? I'm just curious--thanks to anyone that can provide information!
Re: Paper Type Translation?
Posted: November 27th, 2015, 5:08 am
by bobzomgville
He said in this photo that he uses a Japanese paper called Karape.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/o-ri-ga-m ... ateposted/
The names sound the same and it may just be a google translate error that causes the difference.
This is taken from the happy folding website on the review for Karaperapisu.
"We start with a unique, iridescent paper. Its name, as far as we know, has no real meaning, and it may come from the word "Karape" (カラペ - Ka Ra Pe) which is a shortening of the English term "
Color Wrapping Paper". Rapisu has no meaning, but it does roll nicely on your tongue."
The paper in the review looks similar to origami shops iridescent shadow fold papers.
http://www.origami-shop.com/en/iridesce ... 4_561.html
Since they don't look much like the papers pictured I would say its just a general kind of paper that you would probably have little to no chance of finding anywhere but Japan. Good luck anyways!
Re: Paper Type Translation?
Posted: November 27th, 2015, 4:27 pm
by dinogami
Interesting. Thanks very much for that information--I'll keep an eye out for a source for the paper and let everyone know if I find some!
Re: Paper Type Translation?
Posted: August 14th, 2016, 6:50 pm
by Baltorigamist
This topic is fairly old, but I figured I'd mention that Origami-Shop now carries karape paper. It seems to be a decent price as well.
http://www.origami-shop.com/en/karape-x ... _2078.html