paper to use.....
paper to use.....
hello every one....
in my coutry origami paper or shall i say a suitable paper for origami is not available.... the papers that are common here are copy paper and gift wrapping paper.
i tried once to use crepe paper, as it is unfoldable i added foil to it and woked on it to produce a lovely spider. that, however, doesn't work for many shapes .... anybody knows or have any idea from where to get papers suitable for origami..... specially the papers suitable for a lot of shapping ???
online websites with good prices are acceptable too..
thanks in advance
in my coutry origami paper or shall i say a suitable paper for origami is not available.... the papers that are common here are copy paper and gift wrapping paper.
i tried once to use crepe paper, as it is unfoldable i added foil to it and woked on it to produce a lovely spider. that, however, doesn't work for many shapes .... anybody knows or have any idea from where to get papers suitable for origami..... specially the papers suitable for a lot of shapping ???
online websites with good prices are acceptable too..
thanks in advance
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Re: paper to use.....
Instead of crepe paper and foil try tissue paper and foil
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would really like trying tissue-foil, but i cant find tissue papers in my townloganorigami wrote:Instead of crepe paper and foil try tissue paper and foil
thanks for the suggestion
Re: paper to use.....
Well, technically crepe paper is a kind of tissue paper
You could try to find tracing paper, or maybe try to fold with wrapping paper. After you folded something you can use wetfolding to shape some parts of the figure, which can be done with any paper.
Also, folding with crepe paper/tissue paper can be hard, but it produces a nice result with insects.
You could try to find tracing paper, or maybe try to fold with wrapping paper. After you folded something you can use wetfolding to shape some parts of the figure, which can be done with any paper.
Also, folding with crepe paper/tissue paper can be hard, but it produces a nice result with insects.
Tissue Paper + CMC = WIN!
Re: paper to use.....
nice recommendations....
as u said folding with crepe was hard... but i think i should use it frequently to get used to it..
i just tried tracing papers... its very crisp, i like it.. but its hard to wetfold .. i should try wrapping paper too.
thanks for the great advise
as u said folding with crepe was hard... but i think i should use it frequently to get used to it..
i just tried tracing papers... its very crisp, i like it.. but its hard to wetfold .. i should try wrapping paper too.
thanks for the great advise
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Re: paper to use.....
Bringing an oldish post back up...
I'm not sure if you have this, but do you have kraft paper where you live? It's usually the paper that thin paper bags are made of--you can cut the sides into squares and use them for folding, or paint the outside for different colors. It's also the kind of thin brown paper that's used for wrapping sandwiches.
I hope I helped somewhat.
I'm not sure if you have this, but do you have kraft paper where you live? It's usually the paper that thin paper bags are made of--you can cut the sides into squares and use them for folding, or paint the outside for different colors. It's also the kind of thin brown paper that's used for wrapping sandwiches.
I hope I helped somewhat.
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Re: paper to use.....
sorry for extreme late reply,
we dont have an open range of this paper sizes (in my country), but it is a good material i believe.
thanks for the post.
untill now i found large tracing papers, kite papers and gift wraping papers with nice sizes here, for info
we dont have an open range of this paper sizes (in my country), but it is a good material i believe.
thanks for the post.
untill now i found large tracing papers, kite papers and gift wraping papers with nice sizes here, for info
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Re: paper to use.....
If you really want to, you can just buy some online, right?
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Re: paper to use.....
i really wish, but they are at high prices to ship to my country "which i cant afford", i have hit many sites including origamishop, but they are all out of my reach.
instead i try to find other alternatives that will work fine folding complex models, that can be found locally.
thanks for the suggestion anyway
instead i try to find other alternatives that will work fine folding complex models, that can be found locally.
thanks for the suggestion anyway
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Re: paper to use.....
Actually, I'm assuming you have aluminum foil, right? You can make your own tissue foil or just fold with regular aluminum foil. It doesn't actually fold too bad unless you wrinkled the foil a lot before hand.
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Re: paper to use.....
I found a few online stores with pretty cheap international shipping,
origami.com.au 10%discount for none Australian shipping
amazingpaper.com.au reasonable shipping international
origamipaperstore.com free shipping
origami.com.au 10%discount for none Australian shipping
amazingpaper.com.au reasonable shipping international
origamipaperstore.com free shipping
"No problem is so big or complicated that it can't be run away from."
--Charles Schulz
--Charles Schulz
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thanks for the foil info.
the first website wants me to order via post mail XD, which is pretty unconvincing.
the second website is actually awsome, but not in the origami section, it has 2 papers that caugh my eyes with wights of 37 and 25 gsm.
the last website doesnt look trustworthy. but i should have a go as they have free shipping and a wide range of mulberry unryu.
thanks for the great help xoxo
the first website wants me to order via post mail XD, which is pretty unconvincing.
the second website is actually awsome, but not in the origami section, it has 2 papers that caugh my eyes with wights of 37 and 25 gsm.
the last website doesnt look trustworthy. but i should have a go as they have free shipping and a wide range of mulberry unryu.
thanks for the great help xoxo