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origami plant cell
Posted: October 17th, 2010, 8:44 pm
by robert565777
I have a project on plant cells and have to turn in a model of one for school.
i would like to make it with origami. so far i have decided to use the origami magic ball for the nucleus.
but i can't think what else i could use for the other organelles. please help me

Posted: October 18th, 2010, 8:42 pm
by kevin89
For the membrane and the cytoskeleton, I would use two geometric spheres, I can't seem to recall what they are called.
For the rough ER and smooth ER, I would create my own origami model by taking a paper and pleating it so if you look down on the paper (like looking through a tube) it forms the shape of the outline of the ER, and then folding the corners of the pleats down at a 45 degree (or 33, or whatever) angle to lock the pleats, and then puff them up and make them look less geometric. Did that make any sense?
For the mitochondria, I would also use the magic ball, but in a different color, and only inflat it slightly, to get the ovular look, and/or make the rectangle you start with taller than what you would normally start with, essentially making the "ball" an oval.
I hope it goes well!!