What have you folded lately?

gladfisk · Post by **gladfisk** » April 12th, 2007, 6:21 pm

Lang scorpion - Colored treated tissuepaper.

Cupcake · Post by **Cupcake** » April 13th, 2007, 1:02 am

I just testted to see whether my flower has color change... and it does! The stem and leaves are one color, while the petals are another (getting prouder of this model

).
Here are some pictures:

I don't know if you can see it, but I colored one side of the paper in lightly with pencil (I didn't have any colors at the moment, and no better paper either... I was at school). A bit too lightly, perhaps.

thevoid · Post by **thevoid** » April 13th, 2007, 2:37 am

great cupcake

- but unfortunately i didn't see anything - so please color one side in red or something

im interested how it looks like - and in diagrams of course

alisher_navoi · Post by **alisher_navoi** » April 13th, 2007, 3:37 am

Cupcakes models have a lot of potential for colour changes, his cat is a perfect example. Hey cupcake I would rather use duo paper than mono paper. trust me the effect will be much more better.

Post by **TheRealChris** » April 13th, 2007, 8:23 am

Hey cupcake I would rather use duo paper than mono paper.

welcome to the club of the "hey cuppy, use better paper"-people [img]http://freenet-homepage.de/origamichris ... /wink3.gif[/img]

Cupcake · Post by **Cupcake** » April 13th, 2007, 3:59 pm

I said, I didn't have anything with me! School isn't usually a good place to find nice paper (I was lucky to even find copy paper, my schools usually uses a very easily ripping paper)
But I will try it with some duo colored paper soon!

abauseind · Post by **abauseind** » April 13th, 2007, 6:16 pm

Lazy susan, traditional

Drinking bird, traditional

Post by **Daydreamer** » April 13th, 2007, 8:09 pm

Here's how Cupcake's flower might look like folded from better paper

In this case a 25cm sheet of MC-treated double tissue paper.

It's a very nice model, even though the CP didn't seem to collapse into a flat base (I had to twitch around a bit to get it flat) and could probably be optimized in some parts. I'm not quite happy with how the blossoms turned out but I didn't find a better way to shape them.

Cupcake · Post by **Cupcake** » April 13th, 2007, 8:17 pm

There is a better way to shape the petals, but I'll let you figure it out.
And there is also a way to collapse it flat, using those lines.
Looks like I'll have to fold it with some duo sided paper today, it seems you're all getting impatient

However, be warned, the stem will be blue, because thats the only good large duo sided paper I have handy at the moment.

thevoid · Post by **thevoid** » April 13th, 2007, 8:27 pm

nice daydreamer

@cupcake

flowers with blue stems are modern ;P
im interested how it will look like...

Cupcake · Post by **Cupcake** » April 13th, 2007, 10:27 pm

I found some green paper in my secret stash of good paper! Sadly, this was my last square of large green paper. I guess I will have to try making tissue foil if I want more green.
Anyway, I've fixed up the flower since I took this picture (it's kind of annoying how I find problems after I take the pictures). Heres how it should be folded:

origamimasterjared · April 13th, 2007, 11:36 pm

Cupcake wrote:There is a better way to shape the petals, but I'll let you figure it out.
And there is also a way to collapse it flat, using those lines.

No, Cupcake. I just looked at your CP, and it is not flat-foldable. You are missing lines. There are a couple of rules about flat-foldable crease patterns:

In the interior:
(1) At any crease intersection, the number of valley and mountain folds radiating from the point must differ by 2.

(2) At any crease intersection, there will be two sets of alternating angles formed by the creases radiating, both of which must total 180 degrees.

Your CP violates both.

From (1) it is obvious that the total number of creases at any intersection must be an even number. Your CP shows quite a few points where only 3 creases intersect (and at least one with 5).

From (2): To have alternating sets of angles, there must be an even number of angles, otherwise taking every second angle would include every angle (think of the days of the week: Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun, Tue, Thu, Sat, Mon...)

thevoid · Post by **thevoid** » April 13th, 2007, 11:37 pm

good job!

looks good

Cupcake · Post by **Cupcake** » April 13th, 2007, 11:52 pm

actually, I checked, and theres only one angle missing, towards the center.

origamimasterjared · April 14th, 2007, 12:11 am

Actually, you're wrong. Try to fold that CP flat without adding any creases. It's impossible. You have to add creases to be able to flatten it.

NOTE: I'm not saying that it isn't easy to fold this CP, just that it is not flat-foldable as-is. You must add creases to put flaps on one side or the other. (They can't stick up--that would make it not flat!)