What have you folded lately?

legionzilla · Post by **legionzilla** » June 1st, 2009, 12:15 pm

Nice, flaregloom! It looks like a 3d version of your first 2.

ftangdude55 · Post by **ftangdude55** » June 1st, 2009, 12:42 pm

Cephalopod: Nice folds, all three of them!

I've folded only a few new things.
The only new thing of which is Tom Hull's PHiZZ Dodecahedron

But, I also took some photos of previously unphotographed models:

Lang's Centipede:

Acrocinus Longimanus (also by Lang)

There's also a (potentially) controversial bill fold that I like to call "So That's Where He's Been Hiding..."

Cephalopod · Post by **Cephalopod** » June 1st, 2009, 1:31 pm

Thanks everyone! Flaregloom, I really like that 3D tesselation.

Funny dollar fold Ftangdude

Post by **origami_8** » June 1st, 2009, 3:31 pm

In the last couple of weeks I was working on a secret project that I finally finished today: A really working carousel.

You can see it in action here:
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As part of it I wanted a nice staircase, therefore I designed one from a square piece of paper. Here is the first draft I made:

Fortunately the Monthly folding Challenge this month is scenes so I only needed some children to complete a scene. These are based on Jeremy Shafer's dancers and are folded from one square paper:

After all this was done I played a bit around and came up with this little beauty. No clue what it shall be, but I like it

Froy · Post by **Froy** » June 1st, 2009, 4:23 pm

No way ! ! !

A working carousel!?! That's out of this world.

Very impresive.

InsomniacFolder · Post by **InsomniacFolder** » June 1st, 2009, 5:37 pm

origami_8 wrote:No clue what it shall be, but I like it

I like it too - it looks like an owl wearing a tie to me.

Ragnorax · Post by **Ragnorax** » June 1st, 2009, 6:06 pm

lol thats funny because when i first saw it i thought it was a frog wearing a tie

FlareglooM · Post by **FlareglooM** » June 1st, 2009, 7:11 pm

I also thought it was an owl wearing a tie

Nice carousel origami_8 !

And another fold from me:

Cephalopod · Post by **Cephalopod** » June 1st, 2009, 7:44 pm

I designed and folded a pig! From one uncut square. I wanted it to be like those black and pink pigs: http://www.jacobimages.com/gallery/d/27 ... -pink-baby

So I included colour changes

Unfortunately, the only colour changing paper I have is kami

But it had some good colours:

Post by **origami_8** » June 1st, 2009, 7:48 pm

Sweet pig, you've captured it very good.

rdrutel · Post by **rdrutel** » June 1st, 2009, 8:07 pm

Anna...how many pieces of paper are in the carousel?

artur biernacki · Post by **artur biernacki** » June 1st, 2009, 8:29 pm

My test fold.........
Minotaur by Kamiya Satoshi from Cp.

Artur
My gallery on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/12569445@N02/

FlareglooM · Post by **FlareglooM** » June 1st, 2009, 8:38 pm

Wow nice Minotaur Artur! (I wish I could make that kind of test folds

)

Post by **origami_8** » June 1st, 2009, 8:40 pm

Hm, if I counted correctly 84 but I'm not entirely sure because a part where much paper went for stability reasons is hidden now.

Staircase 1 square
Crank 1 rectangle
Box 1 rectangle
Roof 1 rectangle + 1 rectangle for a collar around the handle
Horses 6 squares + 12 rectangles (=6 squares) for the rods
Star Handle 3 hexagons (one only for stability reasons it could be left away)
Bearing 1 equilateral triangle + 6 rectangles for stability reasons (could be left away as well)
Floor 2x6 rectangles + 1 rectangle for optical reasons
Beams 6+12 rectangles
Struts 12+5? rectangles (these are only there for stability reasons)
Cover 1+3 rectangles (the three of them are only very small strips, this part is only to hide the mechanics inside)

WhisperPuffin · Post by **WhisperPuffin** » June 1st, 2009, 11:52 pm

Cephalopod, that is one nice pig. Love it!