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[topsu]

I've been lazy enough not to update my latest folds here, but here they are now:


Dolphin
designer: me
paper: double home-made abaca paper (nice, huh?)
diagrams/CP: strangely disappeared, I'll try to seek for those



the paper I used was fancy, but extremely thick. I had to wet fold it from the start, which was pretty much terrible. Well, at least I did it! It doesn't have the clean look of the earlier elephant hide version, but it shows the color-change now.


mother & child (two giraffes)
designer: me
paper: homemade abaca-paper with MC
diagrams/CP: no




Pretty happy with this (or should I say these?). The paper got a little thick in the end, but it was pretty good to handle and I think it gives the model a nice look.

[topsu]

Experimenting with home-made paper continues after a break...

Anteater
designer: me
paper: home-made abaca paper
diagrams: no




please comment and suggest improvements!

[topsu]

Merry Christmas!

I'll have to admit it: I'm an on/off folder

But since it's the holidays and I've just received awesome papers and Quentin's new book, it is time for more origami! Here you go:

Springbok, Quentin Trollip


Springbok, Quentin Trollip by Topsu 96, on Flickr

a great model which was everything but a pleasure to fold. The paper didn't want to behave but I managed to get it done.

Clown, Quentin Trollip


Clown, Quentin Trollip by Topsu 96, on Flickr

I've always admired this model and now I do even more as the folding sequence is clever and gives nice results. The paper is some kind of heavily textured handmade paper which I found to be quite suiting for this guy.

[topsu]

One last for today:

White Rhino


White Rhino, Quentin Trollip by Topsu 96, on Flickr

[topsu]

Star-nosed mole


Star-nosed mole by Topsu 96, on Flickr

An improved version on a design of mine. The only structural change was the size of the graft increasing from 1/8th to 1/6th from the square. I also did some shaping differently.

[akugami]

nice to see you back in this forum, topsu!

[topsu]

I'm happy to be here!

[topsu]

Star-nosed mole CP


Star-nosed mole (ver. 2) CP by Topsu 96, on Flickr

More about the references on my flickr if anyone is interested in folding it. Also a photo diagram showing a bit of the shaping process.

[topsu]

Wolf, Darrel Tan a.k.a. Littlezilla


Wolf, Darrel Tan (Littlezilla) by Topsu 96, on Flickr

A fun model to fold. I shaped it to my own taste.

[topsu]

The origami forum logo


The origami forum logo by Topsu 96, on Flickr

Took some hours to fold. It was a fun experiment. Not that I want to do it again.

[topsu]

Marc Kirschenbaum, Biplane


Marc Kirschenbaum, Biplane by Topsu 96, on Flickr

This has to be one of the hardest models in the history of origami. There's just something about it that makes it really hard to do neatly. Ingenious model anyways, I've always liked Marc's designs.

Flower


Flower by Topsu 96, on Flickr

One of my oldest models folded with some unknown handmade paper.

Conductor


Conductor by Topsu 96, on Flickr

A model I came up with while doodling.

[chris_t]

Nice fold of the biplane. I tried it once last year and just about managed to complete the folding but ended up with a complete mess. What size and type of paper did you use?

[topsu]

Nice fold of the biplane. I tried it once last year and just about managed to complete the folding but ended up with a complete mess. What size and type of paper did you use?

Thank you!
50 x 50 cm white glue tissue foil. I'd go a tad bit bigger and thinner, possibly double unruy/other thin handmade paper. 60-70 cm and you should be fine.

[topsu]

Recent stuff. Struggling with my camera and light conditions.



Bit of a joke, I messed up the proportions and ended up with a goofy looking model.
pegasus (Dong Viet Thien) by Topsu 96, on Flickr

White Shark (Ngyen Ngoc Vu) by Topsu 96, on Flickr

Inoshishigami/The divine boar (Kamiya Satoshi) by Topsu 96, on Flickr

The yellow bird (Kamiya Satoshi) by Topsu 96, on Flickr

Pill bug (Robert Lang) by Topsu 96, on Flickr

Pill bug (Robert Lang) by Topsu 96, on Flickr


Ps. I've got a 3.5 surprise coming up right after I come up with a better setup for photography! ; )

[origami_8]

Oh, I thought "what a funny looking ship" until I realized that you wrote it's a pillbug