Gallery of 4sigma

4sigma · Post by **4sigma** » July 25th, 2006, 9:05 am

Giraffe -- this was the very first thing I folded from tissue foil:

Squirrel -- I think this was second.

Golden Eagle

4sigma · Post by **4sigma** » July 25th, 2006, 9:11 am

A friend of mine at the office who likes to wear blue striped shirts made the error of taking a few days off from work. His chair was occupied when he returned....

The design is a variant of R. Glynn's "Black Belt in Origami" tweaked to make the colors show where I wanted them to.

Later I went on a business trip, and there was this blank spot on my program just big enough for ...

4sigma · Post by **4sigma** » July 25th, 2006, 9:16 am

Origami galleries are required to contain insects, right?

4sigma · Post by **4sigma** » July 25th, 2006, 9:25 am

A few modulars:

Someone's made an icosahedron out of $30, I think. I stopped at $12.

Tom Hull's 5 intersecting tetrahedra:

I call this one "Bicosehedron".

Actually folded it several years ago and it's beginning to show some wear. May have to do another soon.

4sigma · Post by **4sigma** » August 3rd, 2006, 6:10 am

ROBERT LANG'S KOI!
(Including all the scales!)

esato · Post by **esato** » August 4th, 2006, 2:17 pm

4sigma wrote:ROBERT LANG'S KOI!
(Including all the scales!)

Beautiful !!!!

Did you get all 900 scales done this time?

malachi · Post by **malachi** » August 4th, 2006, 4:21 pm

How long did it take you and what kind of paper is that?

4sigma · Post by **4sigma** » August 5th, 2006, 3:37 am

Yeah, I did all 900 scales. (Actually 800+, because almost 100 of them aren't visible in the final model, and I skipped those.

But the pleats are 30X30.)

It took about 6 hours total.

The paper is tissue-foil, originally 18 in (45 cm) square. The "tissue" is marbled mulberry paper -- I bought it in a local store, but I believe it is the same as is sold here:

http://handmade-paper.us/page/CPO/PROD/mmr/05-06-01

esato · Post by **esato** » August 5th, 2006, 5:05 am

Nice pictures. But where is the Black Forest Cuckoo Clock ?

4sigma · Post by **4sigma** » August 5th, 2006, 5:34 am

OK, by popular demand, here is my rendition of Robert Lang's Black Forest Cuckoo Clock.
Folded from a 10 foot X 1 foot (3 m X 0.3 m) rectangle of tissue foil.

Closeups of the top and bottom -- click to enlarge:

It even tells the correct time twice a day!

Darksoul · Post by **Darksoul** » August 5th, 2006, 6:10 am

Dang, 4sigma good job with the cuckoo clock only Dr. Robert Lang can do it better, very good job indeed.

4sigma · Post by **4sigma** » August 9th, 2006, 5:03 am

Darksoul wrote:Dang, 4sigma good job with the cuckoo clock only Dr. Robert Lang can do it better, very good job indeed.

Thanks very much. Tissue foil does wonders. Dr. Lang's are certainly flawless.

Here are a few Mooser Trains that I have folded:

You don't see a lot of photos of the front view. Here is an all-around view, courtesy of my bathroom sink mirror.

Next I tried a bit longer piece of paper. The engine design is modified to be a bit more like the one Mike Jittlov folded out of a dollar bill:

Close-up of the engine, for those who are interested -- click to enlarge:

Also tried folding one out of a dollar. I'm having trouble getting the wheels to look round -- need more practice, or crisper dollars, or both. I can't believe how Jitlov gets the junctions between the cars to stay so beautifully thin!

esato · Post by **esato** » August 9th, 2006, 8:23 am

Wow...

Nice job!

Now I must learn how to make such large tissue foil!

lirvaengival · Post by **lirvaengival** » August 12th, 2006, 11:01 am

atonishing, the fish looks so real

4sigma · Post by **4sigma** » August 13th, 2006, 9:55 pm

My first attempt at wet-folding:

Angelfish
Designed by John Montroll
Folded from a 10" square of 120 GSM Mulberry paper.

[img]http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/8361/afishm2jg1.jpg[/img]

This project was sort of unplanned. When I ordered this paper, I didn't realize that it was 120 GSM. I thought it was thinner. When the paper arrived, I had to figure out what to do with it. The pattern reminded me of an angelfish, but the paper was too thick and brittle for the delicate fins. So I tried making the paper a bit damp...