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does any body know where i can find a cp or diagram for eric joisels gandalf?

http://www.ericjoisel.com/barbarians.html

There isn't one. Eric Joisel doesn't release instructions for a lot of his work, and very few people would be able to fold it anyway.

I agree...
its probably because Eric Joisel is an artist, a great artist.
In my opinion he is an artist before he is an origamist if you know what i mean...

He was a sculptor before he was a folder, and that influences his origami a lot. He is very covetous about his designs, but it never hurts to ask. If you contact him through his website and kindly ask him for a CP or directions to fold Gandalf, he might be willing to give you some information.

Even with full diagrams it would probably be impossible to get anything even close to Joisel's work, though.

ahudson wrote:There isn't one. Eric Joisel doesn't release instructions for a lot of his work, and very few people would be able to fold it anyway.

if he released instructions, lots of people would be able to fold it.

making it look as good as the originals would be the difficult part.

Joisel hasn't diagrammed any of his ultra-complex works anyway. It would take him far too long to diagram something like Gandalf with the quality that he produces, and he probably has better things to do.

Just to state the obvious, have you looked at this page:
http://www.ericjoisel.com/creating_barbarians.html

As you can see, even Eric had to go through a few trials to get the effects that he wanted.

I don't have the skill to even read the "diagrams" much less try to reproduce them. However, if you do, I suggest that you make 10 or 20 honest attempts to get the feeling for the template. Then make a few trial runs at Gandalf.

I believe that if you are persistent and make good progress, Eric might give you pointers for some of the finer points. He tends to be humble and giving to the Origami community.

The worse that happens is that you waste a bunch of paper and a few weeks. The best is that you learn an advanced technique !

- Hank Simon

There are some more pictures in his gallery on the French forum, but I can't seem to find them at the moment. Here are some of his pictures to browse through:
http://pliagedepapier.com/gallery/index.php?cat=10356

EDIT: When I say more pictures, I mean of the intermediate steps in folding the different barbarians, including Gandalf

Hello my name is Ricardo and i from Bolivia
These are the barbarians, this is my tribute to that great master of the art "Eric Joisel" the Master
I hope have well done

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25835378@N ... 975554286/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25835378@N ... 274006393/

ricardo how did you manage to fold ganrlf head by a cp or what

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are my deductions and testing I did last year again and again until resembles the original model I did Use not cp thought and imagined that can fold could be and gradually I was taking but now the book will know the end if was near what I thought

oh well but your folds are great could you make diagram for it if that is not too much trouble

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I have the fotodiagramas of the models folded but if sac to the network, serious how to make the barbarians my way and I think would be going in against the new book of Joisel,and i understand containing the original cp of some barbarians but I have already ready the wizard Gandalf cp and diagram Tues horse handmade for me no show these models in the book is a fact share it important thing is to honor provided the author
The Great Joisel

ok i never that it would be illgel