What have you folded lately?

gachepapier · Post by **gachepapier** » August 23rd, 2009, 8:53 am

JeossMayhem wrote:Looking good, gachepapier! Very nicely shaped.

Thank you

The shaping is what it is all about if you ask me. The diagrams in Tanteidan are conceptually not too hard (even though they do leave out the eye) but the shaping took me forever and is still perfectible by a whole lot. If Joisel's work is astoundingly beautiful, I am positive it is also because he sculpts his paper even more than he folds it.

While not all origami requires such shaping, I'd argue that a lot would benefit from it.

PauliusOrigami · Post by **PauliusOrigami** » August 23rd, 2009, 10:20 am

My Recent works:
R. J. Lang's Pteranodon

Sirgo's Boxer Mantis

And my submission to August monthly folding challenge (~19 Folds):

gachepapier · Post by **gachepapier** » August 23rd, 2009, 11:04 am

PauliusOrigami wrote:My Recent works:
R. J. Lang's Pteranodon

Nice folds !

I take it this is the one from Nicolas Terry's book ? Did you use Kraft paper ? Which strength ?
I've given it a shot with 50cm of Canson (80gr/m^2 I think) but the paper ripped before the end - probably a wrong choice...

PauliusOrigami · Post by **PauliusOrigami** » August 23rd, 2009, 11:15 am

Nope. That wasn't craft paper. I used 28 cm baking paper for this.
And Yes, It's from Licence to Fold

Zoraz · Post by **Zoraz** » August 23rd, 2009, 3:15 pm

PauliusOrigami - Great job on the Pteranodon, I like how the wings are translucent. I like your contest submission too (is it based of Nguyen Hung Cuong's eagle?)
Topsu, thanks for the compliment!

anermak · Post by **anermak** » August 23rd, 2009, 5:34 pm

Mantis shrimp op.62(vers 1)
Designed by Andrey Ermakov

craft 50-50 cm

elanman · Post by **elanman** » August 23rd, 2009, 5:35 pm

gachepapier wrote:Eric Joisel's fish is my current pride

Looks great, looks a lot like Joisel's original

. Very crisp, good eye formation.

anermak: That shrimp is incredible, looks very neat and well folded.

qtrollip · Post by **qtrollip** » August 23rd, 2009, 9:49 pm

Great White Shark
Designed March 2009 from a single uncut square.

Quentin

Post by **origami_8** » August 23rd, 2009, 10:07 pm

Very cool shark, the eyes are great.

elanman · Post by **elanman** » August 23rd, 2009, 11:34 pm

qtrollip wrote:Great White Shark
Designed March 2009 from a single uncut square.
Quentin

Very clean and sharp, great texture, colour change and realism.

Zoraz · Post by **Zoraz** » August 24th, 2009, 2:23 am

My second (and first successful) attempt at Kamiya's horse.

[img]http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/1586/image25e.jpg[/img]

anermak · Post by **anermak** » August 24th, 2009, 6:19 am

anermak: That shrimp is incredible, looks very neat and well folded.

Thanks!!!

legionzilla · Post by **legionzilla** » August 24th, 2009, 3:14 pm

I agree- nice shrimp!!!
Zoraz, I like the metal feel you gave to the horse!!!
Quentin, the great white shark is awesome!!! Thanks for folding my fave fish!!!
And yes, Paulius, the pteranodon is great!!!

firstfold · Post by **firstfold** » August 24th, 2009, 9:19 pm

It's time for another one of those "unbelievable" slip-and-stick creations.

Here is an "Origami Escalator" that can be powered with three different methods.

Constructed from folded rectangles. The belt for the escalator is folded from a six foot piece of plastic. The rest is folded from card stock rectangles - NO GLUE ! ! !

I think this one will give you a new lift .

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Post by **origami_8** » August 24th, 2009, 9:24 pm

Cool