Tips with folding unryu
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Tips with folding unryu
After searching all the craft stores in my area, I have finally found one that sells decent paper. I purchased some sheets of thai unryu, even though it was expensive, but I want to make sure I do not mess it up while folding. I do not have any MC, should I get some? It does not seem to have much sizing in it, would wet folding work? Any tricks or tips for dealing with this paper would be appreciated.
I always use sizing on unruy paper when I fold it, and I can then fold pretty complex models without foil. Without sizing, the paper is too springy for me, and it doesn't as easily hold its shape. Sizing fixes that problem very easily. The unryu paper that I buy usually isn't too too expensive, so I never have a problem with using "lesser quality" MC on it. By "lesser quality" I mean using spray cans of clothes starch instead of MC powder.
I recently bought MC from an art store, but I still haven't started using it. I usually go to my local supermarket and buy a can of heavy clothes starch in the laundry aisle, which contains MC as an ingredient. I buy the brand Niagara, but I guess any brand works. The nice thing about it is how incredibly cheap it is ($1 for a very large bottle), plus it's sprayable. The downside is that it's probably not very pH neutral, so that it might start deteriorating your nice paper in a few decades.
There's tons of information on MC on this forum, so you can search past topics for information on real MC. Eric Gjerde discovered spray starch as an alternative: http://www.origamitessellations.com/pho ... nryu-paper , but I don't iron my paper like he originally suggests. I just let my paper dry on top of a large sheet of plexiglas I bought for this purpose. When it dries, it doesn't stick to the plexiglas.
Happy exploring
I recently bought MC from an art store, but I still haven't started using it. I usually go to my local supermarket and buy a can of heavy clothes starch in the laundry aisle, which contains MC as an ingredient. I buy the brand Niagara, but I guess any brand works. The nice thing about it is how incredibly cheap it is ($1 for a very large bottle), plus it's sprayable. The downside is that it's probably not very pH neutral, so that it might start deteriorating your nice paper in a few decades.
There's tons of information on MC on this forum, so you can search past topics for information on real MC. Eric Gjerde discovered spray starch as an alternative: http://www.origamitessellations.com/pho ... nryu-paper , but I don't iron my paper like he originally suggests. I just let my paper dry on top of a large sheet of plexiglas I bought for this purpose. When it dries, it doesn't stick to the plexiglas.
Happy exploring