What have you folded lately?

[Jonnycakes]

Yes, the pattern is the same as on Kade's magic ball. But I have a hunch the magic ball was inspired by Sipho's design (which as far as I know was designed long before).

Or they could both be based on the quite common waterbomb corrugation/tessellation/whatever you want to call it.

[floopate]

Lafosse' cattleya. Folded from watercolor paper, crepe, and handmade paper i bought from the bookstore.



If you wanna see more pics check out my site http://floopate.multiply.com

[araknoid]

really nice floopate!

here come some penguins by frantisek grebenicek

[origami_8]

Wow, so many! How large are they each? Looking really cute. Very nice arrangement too.

[araknoid]

thanks anna!
they are half a cigarette tall, don't have a ruler here now
well i wanted to show the moment of those aurora colors manifesting to the black and white penguins!
colors that seem like they come from elsewhere!

[NL3181]

Swallowtail Butterfly by Meguro Toshiyuki

You need a very thin and strong paper for this model, note that my foil paper teared at the middel part (near the head/antennae)
I modified the wings

(test fold)



The finished butterfly should look like this....

[origamimasterjared]

That's one insect I will have fun folding. I quite enjoy Meguro's work.

[araknoid]

ops...
i had a look at an old italian origami book from 1980 by kunihiko kasahara and found out that those penguins are there, so i guess frantisek grebenicek is not the author

[JVega]

I found the diagram for these penguins at: http://dev.origami.com/images_pdf/pengu ... enicek.pdf

Is it the same penguin, right?

[araknoid]

exactly!
oh the book i was talking about it's called "origami facile" (simple origami?), is from 1973 (i have a reprint)

[ori-gauthier]

yes, origami facile mean simple origami or easy origami, as you want

I folded komatu sheep,from CP

[ftangdude55]

Nice Penguin setup, Araknoid! Thats alot of penguins. How long do you figure it took you to fold all the penguins, and set up the backdrop?

[araknoid]

thank you!
it took me 3 or 4 hours, the landscape is only one very large sheet of white thin paper over some books and the aurora some a3 sheets... every penguin was like 10 minutes or so

[Adam]

I found the diagram for these penguins at: http://dev.origami.com/images_pdf/pengu ... enicek.pdf

Is it the same penguin, right?

Hah, that's the first model I ever learned to fold. It's a lovely model. I really like the way you displayed them.

[stinlin]

Pig!
[img]http://inlinethumb05.webshots.com/34884 ... 600Q85.jpg[/img]

Dragon!
[img]http://inlinethumb54.webshots.com/33205 ... 600Q85.jpg[/img]

I folded a Toucan with mesh paper...This paper is VERY tough to fold with, but is great for simple models that you want for artistic purposes.
[img]http://inlinethumb61.webshots.com/44156 ... 600Q85.jpg[/img]

Cat!
[img]http://inlinethumb49.webshots.com/41008 ... 600Q85.jpg[/img]

All of the models are Montroll's designs.

Is there a point where your folds become more precise and things match up exactly? You can see the face of the cat has a gap in it. That's not supposed to be there...I thought the folding was going well, but apparently hot. And the left ear is actually sunk further down and behind the right ear. Again, I thought I was doing a good job with my folds, buuut...

So yeah - is there something I can do to improve this or just fold more and more until I start to become better at these skills?