Pillow Bead

hkdsass · Post by **hkdsass** » April 23rd, 2010, 3:46 am

i have tried to contact the artist twice, i love this fold but cant figure it out what the base fold is. can anyone tell me hoe to fold this or what book it might be in. i have 6 Tomoko Fuse books bit i didn't see it.

HankSimon · Post by **HankSimon** » April 23rd, 2010, 11:55 pm

I don't know this specific fold, but on p. 46 & 47 of Paper Folding for Beginners by William D. Murray & Francis J. Rigney, there is model called The Secret Envelope. (The book is available from used book sellers).

See the Puzzle Purse:
http://www.origami-resource-center.com/ ... tions.html

I am not an expert with Fuse, but I imagine that she has created a similar pattern. I think it is a common locking mechanism.

- Hank Simon

hkdsass · Post by **hkdsass** » April 26th, 2010, 1:14 pm

thank you, i will look for that book. i know it has to be a common fold, i've gotten close. but not exact.

HankSimon · Post by **HankSimon** » April 26th, 2010, 11:34 pm

The Puzzle Purse link that I provided is mostly the same as in the book I referenced - no reason to buy the book for that one fold.

However, I believe that Fuse has a similar fold, but I'm not a Fuse expert.

Try folding the Puzzle Purse and see if you get the same effect. If you do, please post pictures.

- Hank Simon

bell22 · Post by **bell22** » May 4th, 2010, 7:37 am

Hm...I don't think it's the same fold (the one hkdsass been looking for and the link). I already did the one in the link, but it's quite different with the picture provided. Let me search more on the net and I'll post once I get it.

hkdsass · Post by **hkdsass** » July 29th, 2010, 2:40 pm

thank you Hank, i did try the puzzle purse and it is very similar to the diagram but there are a few addition folds that i have to figure out

hkdsass · Post by **hkdsass** » July 29th, 2010, 8:53 pm

i think i got it thank you Hank

HankSimon · Post by **HankSimon** » July 29th, 2010, 10:46 pm

Beautiful ! they look great, and I like the choice of paper.

You'll have to teach us how to do it .

Any ideas for additional accents and modifications ?

Thanks,
Hank Simon

hkdsass · Post by **hkdsass** » July 30th, 2010, 3:05 am

Thank you, you helped to get me started & I will work on a tutorial

NoahRatcl · Post by **NoahRatcl** » July 30th, 2010, 3:11 am

Awesome! I can't wait!
(200th post of mine!)

gregorovius · Post by **gregorovius** » August 20th, 2010, 2:57 am

Hi. First post here, I would really like to know how you managed to do those. Could you at least give me a few hints on how it's different from the simple puzzle purse linked above? Thanks!

hkdsass · Post by **hkdsass** » August 20th, 2010, 4:44 am

ok here is the steps i took from the original puzzle purse, i did discover that the pillow bead from the artist i posted might be from a sonobe modular fold. but ok here is my version:

only fold two sides in like so:

fold the two top flaps down at an angle:

then finish the fold like the puzzle box:

all done

i apologize for the lack of instructions this is my first tutorial and i'm not that great as a teacher.

gregorovius · Post by **gregorovius** » August 20th, 2010, 8:23 am

Thanks a lot for the quick and detailed reply!

However, I'm having trouble understanding what happens in the second and third photo.

hkdsass wrote:only fold two sides in like so:

Could you (or anyone else, if you do understand

) please elaborate a bit?

Cheers

hkdsass · Post by **hkdsass** » August 20th, 2010, 2:16 pm

if i can tonight, i'll make a video via you tube and post it.

HankSimon · Post by **HankSimon** » August 20th, 2010, 7:01 pm

Terrific reverse engineering (or original design ?).

I agree that we need a few more steps between Photo 2 and Photo 3.

Thanks for posting and sharing your hard effort.

- Hank Simon