Leftovers...

twinsen8 · Post by **twinsen8** » March 14th, 2006, 5:18 pm

So, you know when you fold and rip a rectangular sheet of paper into a square, and there's always a small rectangle of paper left? Do you ever do anything with it, or do you just throw it away? I've got piles of scraps of paper, and I was wondering if there was something fun to do with them, instead of throwing them away...

Friet · Post by **Friet** » March 14th, 2006, 6:47 pm

I usually make another square out of the smaller rectangle until it gets too small to work with, or I just throw it away. I use an 18x11,5 notebook for folding on the train and during college. Today I made one Anibal Voyer's horse, one Joisel's Rat, a bird base rose and three cranes out of one sheet. The last crane was about one eight' the size of the nail of my thumb.

twinsen8 · Post by **twinsen8** » March 14th, 2006, 6:54 pm

Wow. I stare in awe at your origami prowess...

(Goes to corner and attempts to make miniscule crane...)

Post by **Daydreamer** » March 14th, 2006, 7:59 pm

If you are getting your squares from A4-sized paper (or any other 1:sqrt(2) proportioned paper) the piece remaining has approximately 1-Dollar bill proportions so it's perfect for trying bill-folds if you don't have Dollars at hand

Friet · Post by **Friet** » March 14th, 2006, 10:38 pm

Ooh, that's a good one. I'll try that, thanks!

Post by **Daydreamer** » March 15th, 2006, 12:21 am

Yup, seems someone thought of us Origamists when he/she invented the A-formats. You get a square and a dollar bill-sized paper from one sheet

Post by **TheRealChris** » March 15th, 2006, 8:42 am

Yup, seems someone thought of us Origamists when he/she invented the A-formats. You get a square and a dollar bill-sized paper from one sheet

maybe a kind of conspiracy of the freemasons-origamists against the non-european origami world??

I'm dreaming of a world, where even the moneybills are squares

Tjips · Post by **Tjips** » March 15th, 2006, 9:11 am

I see you guys have stumbled on an interresting subject.

Just an interresting fact about the Ax format. It is formally called a silver rectangle. I think it might have something to do with the silver ratio,

but haven't looked into it. (Try here http://www.answers.com/silver%20ratio) I discovered this fact on Toki Yenn's site, so you might even look there.

But anyway, I normally use the offcuts for modular works, like the Sonobe unit. This is where the huge amount of offcuts is a good thing.

Ondrej.Cibulka · Post by **Ondrej.Cibulka** » March 15th, 2006, 12:20 pm

From the rest of the Ax rectangle you can do this cat:
http://www.origamichile.cl/diagramas/in ... /gato.html

cybermystic · Post by **cybermystic** » March 24th, 2006, 11:10 am

Rather than fold with those sheets, I've found that they're the perfect size for telephone messages at work. I fill my smock pocket with the half strips, and I always have my note paper at hand.

I know, sacrilidge to use paper for other than it's intended purpose of folding, but it's surprisingly useful in this capacity.

Post by **Daydreamer** » March 24th, 2006, 11:18 am

Wow, someone still uses paper to write on it

I thought that usage was abandoned when computers came up

cybermystic · Post by **cybermystic** » March 31st, 2006, 1:33 pm

Ah computers! They may rule the world, but as long as there are lavatories, there WILL be paper! Speaking of which...

does anybody know of fun bathroom folds?

Post by **Daydreamer** » March 31st, 2006, 7:27 pm

There's http://toilegami.com/