Monthly Folding Challenge - November 2009

legionzilla · Post by **legionzilla** » November 3rd, 2009, 12:16 pm

Feels great heading off the contest.
My entry is a Japanese goblin!
From one sheet of mammal paper

EDIT: Added the reference picture above...

aces21 · Post by **aces21** » November 3rd, 2009, 2:07 pm

Legionzilla, which particular mammal is your paper made from?! I hope it wasn't endangered

Nice goblin by the way, it looks quite devilish.

legionzilla · Post by **legionzilla** » November 3rd, 2009, 2:20 pm

Thanks, aces21!
Actually 'Mammal' Paper is a group of paper which I termed as they are great for dry shaping mammal-origami.

orislater · Post by **orislater** » November 6th, 2009, 7:28 pm

wow im gunna try this challenge ill lose probably

any way my b-days the day after tomorrow and wondered if u guys thought license to fold and craft paper would be a good thing to get :

akugami · Post by **akugami** » November 12th, 2009, 9:23 pm

seems to be the wrong topic for the most of this forums´ members - there are about two weeks with just one model ...

Falcifer · Post by **Falcifer** » November 12th, 2009, 9:48 pm

I'm not a designer, and I'm not sure where I'd start, but the subject is something I would love to try... I might have to work on something anyway. We'll see.

Jonnycakes · Post by **Jonnycakes** » November 13th, 2009, 12:12 am

Don't be so pessimistic, grizzly-I for one am working on a design right now, and though it hasn't worked out quite yet, this is a great topic of inspiration. Just be patient. Designs take time.

Zoraz · Post by **Zoraz** » November 13th, 2009, 6:54 am

I've got a pretty ambitious plan for this challenge, I hope I can finish it before the month ends. Just think of it as everyone is putting at least 2 weeks of thought into their model so it looks extra good

Ondrej.Cibulka · Post by **Ondrej.Cibulka** » November 13th, 2009, 11:32 am

angrydemon wrote:Why do Vietnamese folders like rectangles so much? Rectangles are bad for you!

Why do "west world" like squares so much? Be less conservative.

legionzilla · Post by **legionzilla** » November 13th, 2009, 2:10 pm

I 'll be submitting multiple entries this month. I've got a Kirin ready already... all I need is better paper for it...

Jonnycakes · Post by **Jonnycakes** » November 13th, 2009, 5:35 pm

Ondrej.Cibulka wrote:
angrydemon wrote:Why do Vietnamese folders like rectangles so much? Rectangles are bad for you!
Why do "west world" like squares so much? Be less conservative.

Squares are for squares. Triangles forever!

legionzilla · Post by **legionzilla** » November 14th, 2009, 5:35 am

Squares are for squares. Triangles forever!

Eh? I thought you liked dollar bills?

insaneorigami · Post by **insaneorigami** » November 14th, 2009, 10:37 pm

Everyone likes dollar bills, legionzilla

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Now, if your talking about folding them, that's a different matter

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Jonnycakes · Post by **Jonnycakes** » November 14th, 2009, 11:40 pm

I am personally a fan of Ben franklins-I find them...more "aesthetically pleasing"

In all seriousness, though, the shape of the paper doesn't really matter to me. I would say whatever is best for the design goes, but lately I have used squares religiously. I used to fold a lot with dollar bills, but not so much anymore.

ahudson · Post by **ahudson** » November 15th, 2009, 9:06 pm

The reason we like squares so much is that it imposes technical restrictions-- without which a design challenge is meaningless. If I could start with any shape I wanted, then I could easily design 10 or more models every day; they wouldn't take any time to design at all, just some time to fold. But when I restrict myself to a square, things take longer and I learn more about the paper. Tessellation folders tend to use squares less, I think because in that context the shape of the paper no longer represents much of a technical restriction; I could fold the same tessellation out of any shape of paper, without changing the design very much at all.

Long story short: I use squares because they're more interesting!

It's also useful to have a standard size for the starting paper, for commercial reasons, and that's why squares are now so common, despite the fact that Traditional models were much less strict about it.