4sigma wrote:Yeah, I gotta decide what to make out of it. I'm thinking maybe wolves, elephants, or spiders. Open to suggestions.
I've used that paper before, it works well by it's self without any treatment. I folded a lot of of insects from it about two years ago. Here are some pictures from my old photo gallery.
OK, this Thai 3D Marble is officially my new favorite paper. Thin and very strong. Doesn't tear easily. The crispest paper I've seen that isn't foil-backed. Amazing stuff. And it's even on sale. Can't ask for any better than that!
4sigma wrote:OK, this Thai 3D Marble is officially my new favorite paper. Thin and very strong. Doesn't tear easily. The crispest paper I've seen that isn't foil-backed. Amazing stuff. And it's even on sale. Can't ask for any better than that!
Sure you could ask for better... you could ask for it to not be discontinued.
Thispaper looks similar to the paper in 4sigma's picture on the previous page, but I can't tell if it's the same. I like the look of the Momi Forest and Thai Marbled Momi Black/Gold designs.
I was at a paper store last week, and among other more expensive papers, bought a "pack" of glassine paper, ten huge (about one meter wide, by longer--took up most of the dinner table) sheets rolled up together.
I tried folding Joisel's Mermaid crease pattern but modifying it to not be a mermaid, something with legs. I found the paper extremely unwieldy, too large and thin, but too crisp, not curving to avoid extra creases when making a simple fold (think of a long diagonal fold with tissue-foil, sort of. The paper would not hold together at all at that large size. I failed miserably
I decided to try folding with the stuff again tonight. I tried using a much smaller piece, 6 inches (which I cut out of the failed model) , and folding Satoshi Kamiya's Coelophysis, whose long, thin appendages and closed back would test the abilities of this paper. Success! It could be thinned and shaped very well, and the legs didn't splay too far apart for it to be able to stand on its own, a problem common in closed-back models.
I still don't like how the paper feels like wax paper, or the paper that a hamburger comes wrapped in. Also because the paper is nearly transparent, it is great for when instructions deal with hidden layers, but also gives the problem that where there are few layers in the complete model, it shows them all. What follows from that and its ability to both hold a crease and have a crease's direction reversed, it would be great for tessellations (though I don't fold many of those). Oh, and it's really strong.
It seems to work very well at relatively small sizes (I've only tried 6 inch and ~1 meter) but not too large. I'd recommend it for things like insects with thin appendages, but not for large things like elephants or the ryu-zin.
Now if I could just get a hold of some of that Korean Hanji Dr. Lang uses...
one reason glassine feels like the paper that hamburgers come in is... because it IS the same paper that hamburgers come in. :)
Glassine is commonly used as food wrapping paper, although it comes in different weights/sorts/types so the kind you are using to fold is probably different than the stuff a greasy hamburger would come wrapped up in.
Thicker glassine is really nice for folding tessellations and geometric things, once you get the hang of it. It's important to remember to only put down creases you really want to use, because they will be very visible in the final model (tessellations or otherwise).
when you work with really large sheets of it, the crinkly nature of it can be a bit difficult. getting thicker glassine for larger pieces is highly recommended, it has a slightly less ephemeral quality to it.
I've just returned from a trekking/rafting trip to Nepal with 42 sheets of handmade Nepali rice paper. The Albertino "Jumbo" was made from memory in various transit lounges on the way back to Brisbane.
I just happened to be in their main shop on the high street selling premade cards ect, asked if they had any plain sheets and got taken to the warehouse, we were given a cup of Nepali milk tea. This is me sorting through half the pile, wanted to get an assortment without too many holes, twigs or lumps.
I will post models as I make them- will be taking my time- it is only going to be for very special models, I have folded a few times, not going to waste any of this.
You know that the special model never comes, do you? It´s nonsense to keep your paper for that special purpose, you can always buy more paper and every folder I know has a lot more paper than he/she needs. Fold your paper as long as you can you don´t know what happens tomorrow and every sheet of paper that stays unfolded is lost.
But to tell the truth, I´m also such a person that most of the time folds with "waste paper" and keeps the good one for the special model that never comes...
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so I haven't folded in a while... I just can't fold copy paper... I need my kinwashi!! 
