What have you folded lately?

Post by **Daydreamer** » August 13th, 2006, 10:45 pm

My first attempts of folding tissue paper resized with MC.

Secretary Bird by Roman Diaz from 25cm x 25cm

Falangio by Manuel Sirgo from 15cm x 15cm

Edwin Corrie · Post by **Edwin Corrie** » August 13th, 2006, 10:57 pm

thedeadsmellbad wrote:I hope these makes sense.
Directions

Perfect sense. It's a great idea because it makes the whole model more interesting - head, tail and wings. I wish I'd thought of it.

Post by **Daydreamer** » August 14th, 2006, 1:04 pm

Pharnacia by Manuel Sirgo from 25cm x 25cm MC-treated tissue paper

Cupcake · Post by **Cupcake** » August 14th, 2006, 6:46 pm

Ondrej.Cibulka wrote:
Joseph Wu wrote: Cupcake is in town visiting his grandmother, so he got to see this one "in the flesh."
So, I need such grandmother... to see Joe and learn some models.

In the flesh? I would say "in the paper" sounds better... or "in the bones..." I doubt the skeleton had flesh... And I don't think I remember it in that pose... but then again, I have quite a bad memory...

Ondrej, I suggest taking your next vacation to Vancouver... It's quite a beautiful place

I go there every 2 years. Hopefully, you'd get to go to a PALM meeting.

PS: Joseph, did you give away that Dragon in Flight like I told you to, or did you keep it for yourself?

Post by **Daydreamer** » August 15th, 2006, 12:01 am

I've experimented a bit more with MC. These models were folded from two sheets of tissue paper glued together with MC. It was supposed to be dual-colour but the colours washed together in the process. (Any hints on that?) The folding properties of the resulting paper were very nice.

Crab by Artur Biernacki folded from CP with 11cm x 11cm

Styracosaurus by Fernando Gilgado GÃ³mez from 20cm x 20cm

wolf · Post by **wolf** » August 15th, 2006, 2:33 am

Daydreamer wrote:It was supposed to be dual-colour but the colours washed together in the process. (Any hints on that?)

It's a known problem.

phil · Post by **phil** » August 15th, 2006, 5:45 am

Daydreamer, You might also try a different brand of tissue paper, I used one brand, Spectra Deluxe Art Tissue, that the colors bleed when wet, when I used Blick Art Tissue the colors didn't bleed through.

I folded a Steer designed by Roman Diaz.

esato · Post by **esato** » August 15th, 2006, 7:00 am

phil wrote: I folded a Steer designed by Roman Diaz.

Wow

Beautifully folded models! Beautiful picture!

Aznman · Post by **Aznman** » August 15th, 2006, 7:14 am

I agree, wonderful model, and superbly folded!

I folded the pill bug by Dr. Lang.

As you can see, the model got ripped. I think I need tougher paper.

Cupcake · Post by **Cupcake** » August 15th, 2006, 3:06 pm

Umm... Phil, is your steer eating the desert ground?

Beautiful model. Same with your pill beetle, Aznman.

Because my mom keeps saying that this is my best model yet, I decided to post a picture:

It is a crane folded from an orange plastic bag (from Vancouver Science World)

thedeadsmellbad · Post by **thedeadsmellbad** » August 15th, 2006, 9:02 pm

Daydreamer wrote:(Any hints on that?)

I got the idea from Phil and it works for me, I wet one sheet then slap on a dry one. When I wet them both I don't get the colors bleeding through.

giro · Post by **giro** » August 15th, 2006, 9:28 pm

I try to glur two tissue paper with MC but for me the result i not really good, the final paper i many soft, and dont hold figures.

Any suggestion
Giro.

origami93 · Post by **origami93** » August 15th, 2006, 10:42 pm

this is my attempt at Ronald Koh's rhino.

this is made from kami paper. the legs stuck out, so i put it between very heavy books. it flattened the model, but only for a little while. i think it is because of the kami paper i used. any suggestions on what type of paper i should use next time?

Cupcake · Post by **Cupcake** » August 16th, 2006, 1:13 am

I'm quite happy because I finally designed something that ended up how I wanted it to!

Rabbit
Created/Folded by Cupcake M.

Ondrej.Cibulka · Post by **Ondrej.Cibulka** » August 16th, 2006, 12:47 pm

Congratulations! Nice model, I like it. It far looks like Kasahara's system, which is my favorite.