Matchbox

redgator12 · Post by **redgator12** » April 23rd, 2008, 12:06 am

Every day i search day and night for origami matchboxes that aren't from Brill and the other one from Origami.com... does anyone kow where there is a diagram the is easy to follow that isn't either of the ones i just said. i am also looking for a matchbook...

origamimasterjared · Post by **origamimasterjared** » April 23rd, 2008, 3:34 am

Max Hulme in Origami : Paperfolding for Fun
Max Hulme in Origami 4

Brimstone · Post by **Brimstone** » April 23rd, 2008, 3:44 am

According to the http://www.origamidatabse.com there are matchboxes from Fred Rohm, Paul Jackson, Marc Kirshchembaum, Edwin Corrie, Marijke Horeman,

Check the book sources yourself.

Ondrej.Cibulka · Post by **Ondrej.Cibulka** » April 23rd, 2008, 11:43 am

You can buy matchbox in the tobaccoshop, they looks like origami. Hard paper rolled and glued, its also origami, isn't it?.

HankSimon · Post by **HankSimon** » April 24th, 2008, 12:37 am

You can also buy cigars... which are just Origami using Tobacco paper !

- Hank Simon

JeossMayhem · Post by **JeossMayhem** » April 24th, 2008, 4:02 am

My friend's birthday (as well as mine and my twin's) is this friday and since he's a fan of tobacco I was going to try to design him some flashy way to roll his cigarettes. I gave it some thought and figured it would not only be difficult but too time consuming to figure one out that actually lights well. Nobody else has seen/designed an origami cigarette?

HankSimon · Post by **HankSimon** » April 24th, 2008, 11:47 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyabmN9MZBA

- Hank Simon

JeossMayhem · Post by **JeossMayhem** » April 25th, 2008, 12:21 am

Heh, but I'm looking for a decorative way to roll them, so you have to be able to smoke them.

chesslo · Post by **chesslo** » April 25th, 2008, 12:24 am

umm, maybe somehow roll it up like a rose?

JeossMayhem · Post by **JeossMayhem** » April 25th, 2008, 12:31 am

I was thinking a crane would be hilarious but even then, you'd need a pretty impressively sized piece of rolling paper.

chesslo · Post by **chesslo** » April 25th, 2008, 12:34 am

ya, so how are you going to go though with his? all the ideas seem to have problems

JeossMayhem · Post by **JeossMayhem** » April 25th, 2008, 12:59 am

Hey, I was just wondering if anyone had any clever ideas cuz I couldn't think of any.
Anyway, I've pulled us off topic. Oops.

Jonnycakes · Post by **Jonnycakes** » April 25th, 2008, 4:19 am

You could have an extra long piece of rolling paper and use some simple box pleating to position a crane sitting on top of it.

Post by **origami_8** » April 25th, 2008, 7:58 pm

Happy Birthday JeossMayhem!

First of all I have to say that smoking is very unhealthy and you shouldn't do that.
If you make a waterbomb on one end and double rabbit ear the two lose flaps, you can fold them into a crane with a shared wing and still have enough paper to roll your cigarette. I've done a trial (using a pencil instead of tobacco) and it came out pretty well.
Another idea that needs a bit more of your paper would be to make a flower like the one from Hermann Lau's "Flower in a Pot" with a cigarette instead of the pot.
The nicest model of the ones I tried is by far the traditional turtle, but you will burn your lips when trying to lit it...

JeossMayhem · Post by **JeossMayhem** » April 25th, 2008, 9:06 pm

Heh, thanks Anna. I don't smoke cigarretes (maybe half a cigar on a very special occasion, such as my birthday) but it was for my friend who shares my birthday. Hopefully next year I can suprise him. But thanks for the suggestions!