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Any suggestions for diagrams?
Hi, I'm Stella, I'm fifteen and Australian [and new, from the sounds of this nervous first message].
Since high school began, I've become crazy about origami - I find they make great customized presents for friends. In seventh grade, I did water bombs, in year eight cranes and in year nine, turtles. What I've always done at the end of the year is mass-produce tiny ones [5x5cm] and thread them up on pieces of string.
This year, I planned on doing goldfish, but it didn't take me long to realise that ranchus don't work well on itsybitsy paper. I would like to know, does anybody have any ideas for a "good luck" animal such as a goldfish [prosperity], elephant [long life] that "puffs out" to form a 3D figure which will look good "strung up"? It would be nice if it could be something relatively easy - and something that will fold well on very small paper.
Thanks!
-Stella aka Lillo
Since high school began, I've become crazy about origami - I find they make great customized presents for friends. In seventh grade, I did water bombs, in year eight cranes and in year nine, turtles. What I've always done at the end of the year is mass-produce tiny ones [5x5cm] and thread them up on pieces of string.
This year, I planned on doing goldfish, but it didn't take me long to realise that ranchus don't work well on itsybitsy paper. I would like to know, does anybody have any ideas for a "good luck" animal such as a goldfish [prosperity], elephant [long life] that "puffs out" to form a 3D figure which will look good "strung up"? It would be nice if it could be something relatively easy - and something that will fold well on very small paper.
Thanks!
-Stella aka Lillo
Stella-Hermione Chang aka Lillo, fifteen-year old bookworm, writer, poet, scribbler, fantasy fanatic, anime artist, computer nerd, 8th-grade pianist, 6th-grade violinist, 5th-grade speech/dramatist, 5th-grade theorist...
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John Montroll has a goldfish; I have his book, but there's a picutre online at:
http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/c/t/c ... ldfish.jpg
(I hope that works)
If you can't find the diagrams online, I can fax a copy...
Lori
http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/c/t/c ... ldfish.jpg
(I hope that works)
If you can't find the diagrams online, I can fax a copy...
Lori
Hi Stella, Nice to meet you! (I like minigami too!)
I think the best goldfish is Ronald Koh's model.
http://www.geocities.com/albert_s.geo/ronald.htm
He published 'Origami goldfish' in Origami USA.
http://www.origami-usa.org/thesource/agora.cgi
Happy folding day!
I think the best goldfish is Ronald Koh's model.
http://www.geocities.com/albert_s.geo/ronald.htm
He published 'Origami goldfish' in Origami USA.
http://www.origami-usa.org/thesource/agora.cgi
Happy folding day!
Korean origaminist, jassu
My blog http://blog.naver.com/titan101.do
My blog http://blog.naver.com/titan101.do
Hi, again!
While chatting with a friend, he recommended the following suggestion for an inflatable goldfish (it's from the Paperwonders group on Yahoo):
From: "Martin Gibbs" <martin@g...>
Date: Sun Jun 9, 2002 7:16 pm
Subject: Re: 3d (blow up) fish diagram
Oops! Removed the word base from the second sentence on the first line. I
still don't know if it'll make any sense!
Fold a waterbomb base. Fold as for a waterbomb left and right (but NOT
behind).
Turn over.
Arrange so that the right-angle is at the top.
Fold the right hand sloping edge to lie along the centre.
Repeat on the left.
Fold the left hand flap out. The fold starts from the left-most point and
ends up so that the top edge will lie horizontal. (Don't repeat on the
right)
Fold the left hand assembly over to the right so that you have the lower and
upper parts of the tail.
Holding the tail together - blow up the bottom! And you have a goldfish.
I haven't tried it yet, so I hope it works from these directions (does anyone have a picture of this model?).
Also, there's a fish on http://www.giladorigami.com/ called a Singing Fish that might work.
While chatting with a friend, he recommended the following suggestion for an inflatable goldfish (it's from the Paperwonders group on Yahoo):
From: "Martin Gibbs" <martin@g...>
Date: Sun Jun 9, 2002 7:16 pm
Subject: Re: 3d (blow up) fish diagram
Oops! Removed the word base from the second sentence on the first line. I
still don't know if it'll make any sense!
Fold a waterbomb base. Fold as for a waterbomb left and right (but NOT
behind).
Turn over.
Arrange so that the right-angle is at the top.
Fold the right hand sloping edge to lie along the centre.
Repeat on the left.
Fold the left hand flap out. The fold starts from the left-most point and
ends up so that the top edge will lie horizontal. (Don't repeat on the
right)
Fold the left hand assembly over to the right so that you have the lower and
upper parts of the tail.
Holding the tail together - blow up the bottom! And you have a goldfish.
I haven't tried it yet, so I hope it works from these directions (does anyone have a picture of this model?).
Also, there's a fish on http://www.giladorigami.com/ called a Singing Fish that might work.
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Thank you so much, everyone, I'm currently in the process of trying all of them out, and so far, they're looking good! Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou!
Stella-Hermione Chang aka Lillo, fifteen-year old bookworm, writer, poet, scribbler, fantasy fanatic, anime artist, computer nerd, 8th-grade pianist, 6th-grade violinist, 5th-grade speech/dramatist, 5th-grade theorist...
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Michael LaFosse's "Happy Good Luck Bat" might work.
http://dev.origami.com/images_pdf/luckbat.pdf
And I actually am 15, but I won't suggest that you email me because then I'd sound like a creeper. Maybe about origami, but not "other stuff"
Happy folding!
http://dev.origami.com/images_pdf/luckbat.pdf
And I actually am 15, but I won't suggest that you email me because then I'd sound like a creeper. Maybe about origami, but not "other stuff"
Happy folding!
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He must feel like an idiot now. He is 15 but she is now 20...
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