What have you folded lately?

DavidW · Post by **DavidW** » September 17th, 2010, 1:14 am

I don't think that we're talking about the same paper then. The sample paper I had is nowhere near as thick as copy paper. It is at least as thin as origami paper. Maybe Terry improved on his paper in the time since you tried it.

Lpatch · Post by **Lpatch** » September 17th, 2010, 3:16 am

I have had absolutely no time at all to fold anything new (due to my 19 unit semester (engineering major)). But I thought I'd post these cool pics of what I've made in the past!! Hope you like'em. More detail about them in my flickr link.

Army of Devils

Baby Devil

origamimasterjared · September 17th, 2010, 5:20 am

DavidW wrote:I don't think that we're talking about the same paper then. The sample paper I had is nowhere near as thick as copy paper. It is at least as thin as origami paper. Maybe Terry improved on his paper in the time since you tried it.

Nicolas doesn't make it...he buys it from a supplier and sells it through his website.

It's of a pretty similar thickness to copy paper, and yes, it is thinner than Tant (which is quite thick).

Although, perhaps we ARE talking about different papers. Nicolas sells a couple of completely different papers as "tissue foil". I believe three are one kind of paper (gold, silver, copper), and two are another (white, pearl). If it was the pearl, and not the gold that you used, it is probably a bit thinner. The same might go for the copper, as I've never used it. The gold is definitely quite thick though.

Lpatch · Post by **Lpatch** » September 17th, 2010, 5:41 am

The tissue foil from origami shop I have differs greatly! The HB I made with copper tissue foil held VERY WELL. Yes it was thick but it was very nice to fold with. While the white tissue foil I used with my scorpion SUCKED badly. It felt very foamy almost, the paper seemed to not hold a crease. When I did a refold of the scorpion with silver tissue foil, it came out WAY better. It held together nicely.

DavidW · Post by **DavidW** » September 17th, 2010, 5:57 am

Yeah the tail on your silver one looks better, the white one just flops on the ground. How would you compare thickness? Do they feel both like 40 gsm (advertised density)? Between you and Jared it looks like there is two types of "tissue foil" here with different properties. btw the sample that I got was the pearl, and while thin it could have held a crease a little bit better. I mean it is good for paper, but not foil like.

Lpatch · Post by **Lpatch** » September 17th, 2010, 6:43 am

Yea exactly, the pearl and white could/should hold a crease better, but they don't. and your right, it's more like paper than any kind of foil (foil properties are not present). I just bought some more too in hopes of getting more that will hold a crease... the paper should be coming any day now. As for the thickness... they all feel about near the same, I could not tell a difference, just one type of this foil tissue is less malleable. BUT there is a good side to this paper. It's amazing with sinks, and it's very strong in terms of not ripping. I could make 20 creases on one point and not see any rips.

LastBosnianJedi · September 17th, 2010, 12:26 pm

Brian Chan's One Sheet Rose:

Last Waltz by Neal Elias

Rat by Eric Joisel

bethnor · Post by **bethnor** » September 17th, 2010, 2:29 pm

as jared says, kami is pretty thick, at least too thick for the super complex origami. it's okay for practice, but won't last for presentation purposes.

newbpcpfolder · Post by **newbpcpfolder** » September 17th, 2010, 4:22 pm

Tracing paper can be pretty thin.

Yeah, it folds pretty well, but reversing creases is a bit of a problem. I use it most of the time. It's pretty thin(not as thin as some of that 20$(can't remember the name, Echizen?) stuff you use), and it works well for Sinky crease patterns(box pleats and Phoenixes).
And the inference to why I replied so late:plug breakdown.

orislater · Post by **orislater** » September 17th, 2010, 5:41 pm

my tracing paper is strathmore 300 series parchment tracing paper. the same that insaneorigami and shuki kato use. it's really expensive in the stores but you can buy it here for cheap http://www.dickblick.com/products/strat ... ing-paper/ ... my tracing doesn't wrinkle i wonder why yours does?

Ragnorax · Post by **Ragnorax** » September 17th, 2010, 8:11 pm

Skull
Hojyo Takashi
35x35cm Tant paper

newbpcpfolder · Post by **newbpcpfolder** » September 18th, 2010, 4:12 am

orislater wrote:my tracing paper is strathmore 300 series parchment tracing paper. the same that insaneorigami and shuki kato use. it's really expensive in the stores but you can buy it here for cheap http://www.dickblick.com/products/strat ... ing-paper/ ... my tracing doesn't wrinkle i wonder why yours does?

then I take mine is not of as high quality as this one.

debugmode · Post by **debugmode** » September 18th, 2010, 7:04 am

Ragnorax wrote:Skull
Hojyo Takashi
35x35cm Tant paper

Great fold
I wait my tant.16 with impatience...

LastBosnianJedi · September 18th, 2010, 5:35 pm

I tried folding Philip West's mod of Kamiya's Wizard, and yet again (3rd time) I failed to make fingers...but still it came out pretty good.

PaperAlchemist · Post by **PaperAlchemist** » September 18th, 2010, 7:45 pm

That wizard wand looks like a lightsaber, how fitting. Great fold, by the way.