Pleased to be joining this forum
Posted: January 23rd, 2018, 1:30 pm
Hello, I am a folder who has been folding origami for about 8 and a half years. I was folding a lot in 2012-2013, but after that I slowed down, and did not fold as often. However, halfway through 2017 my origami spirit was rekindled ! Not long after that, I discovered these forums. After lurking on the forums for a while, I discovered that while my folding skills were pretty good, I really needed to work on my CP reading skills and my design skills. I also was reminded of the fact that there were many techniques in origami that I had so far been too lazy to try, such as wetfolding, MC, and tissue foil.
So I decided to try and improve my skills in those areas! I have now tried wetfolding and tissue foil (which I might discuss in a later post) and mostly succeeded. I also recently bought some MC, but I am yet to use it. To improve my crease pattern skills, I first looked at some of the easier CP challenges (a tradition, BTW, that I am very in favour of restarting). After that, I went to the flickr pages of several forum members and attempted some CPs that were there. Since it might interest the authors that someone else folded their models, I'll list them here. They were turtle by NeverCeaseToCrease, dragon crane by Tomasz Krawczyk, dancing shark by kareshi, cat, lion, and pirahna by anonymous person, butterfly by PauliusOrigami, orca, turtle hatchling, and simple squid by Ponadr, and lobster by Artur Biernacki. (I still have all the folds.) I'll now try and fold any interesting and not too hard CP that I see.
However, my design skills have not improved much. I think that the monthly design challenges will be helpful in this, and that was one of the main reasons I joined these forums. (I do have ODS, but it's ODS1 not ODS2, so I miss the chapter on polygon packing and the bit on hexpleating, which sounds very interesting . ) Anyway, here are some of my designs. Unfortunately they're all boxpleated, even though I prefer other types of models. All of them were created pre-2017 (but with recent modifications), except for the last one.
Chair - my design by Goldtiger997, on Flickr
There is a crease pattern for this on my flickr. I have also diagrammed this model, If anyone wants to test the instructions.
Frog - my design by Goldtiger997, on Flickr
There is a crease pattern for this on my flickr.
I didn't have any satisfactory photos of the following design, so here is the crease pattern which should be easy enough to fold without a final image
armchair-cp by Goldtiger997, on Flickr
Note it's not flat-foldable.
This last design I created on December the 31st 2017. I designed and folded it from the only sheet of kami I brought to a tennis match. (FYI, I do like tennis, so I only folded during the breaks.)
Lady - my design by Goldtiger997, on Flickr
I don't have a crease pattern for this, but I should be able to make one.
Lastly, here are some photos of some models I folded recently. There are more photos in my flickr.
Some models I folded recently by Goldtiger997, on Flickr
Eupatorus gracilicornis - Dao Cuong Quyet by Goldtiger997, on Flickr
Elephant - Artur Biernacki by Goldtiger997, on Flickr
And thats what I've been doing in origami recently!
Thanks to anyone whose's read all the way down to this long introductory post !
So I decided to try and improve my skills in those areas! I have now tried wetfolding and tissue foil (which I might discuss in a later post) and mostly succeeded. I also recently bought some MC, but I am yet to use it. To improve my crease pattern skills, I first looked at some of the easier CP challenges (a tradition, BTW, that I am very in favour of restarting). After that, I went to the flickr pages of several forum members and attempted some CPs that were there. Since it might interest the authors that someone else folded their models, I'll list them here. They were turtle by NeverCeaseToCrease, dragon crane by Tomasz Krawczyk, dancing shark by kareshi, cat, lion, and pirahna by anonymous person, butterfly by PauliusOrigami, orca, turtle hatchling, and simple squid by Ponadr, and lobster by Artur Biernacki. (I still have all the folds.) I'll now try and fold any interesting and not too hard CP that I see.
However, my design skills have not improved much. I think that the monthly design challenges will be helpful in this, and that was one of the main reasons I joined these forums. (I do have ODS, but it's ODS1 not ODS2, so I miss the chapter on polygon packing and the bit on hexpleating, which sounds very interesting . ) Anyway, here are some of my designs. Unfortunately they're all boxpleated, even though I prefer other types of models. All of them were created pre-2017 (but with recent modifications), except for the last one.
Chair - my design by Goldtiger997, on Flickr
There is a crease pattern for this on my flickr. I have also diagrammed this model, If anyone wants to test the instructions.
Frog - my design by Goldtiger997, on Flickr
There is a crease pattern for this on my flickr.
I didn't have any satisfactory photos of the following design, so here is the crease pattern which should be easy enough to fold without a final image
armchair-cp by Goldtiger997, on Flickr
Note it's not flat-foldable.
This last design I created on December the 31st 2017. I designed and folded it from the only sheet of kami I brought to a tennis match. (FYI, I do like tennis, so I only folded during the breaks.)
Lady - my design by Goldtiger997, on Flickr
I don't have a crease pattern for this, but I should be able to make one.
Lastly, here are some photos of some models I folded recently. There are more photos in my flickr.
Some models I folded recently by Goldtiger997, on Flickr
Eupatorus gracilicornis - Dao Cuong Quyet by Goldtiger997, on Flickr
Elephant - Artur Biernacki by Goldtiger997, on Flickr
And thats what I've been doing in origami recently!
Thanks to anyone whose's read all the way down to this long introductory post !