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[origami_8]

Very fascinating! It´s always very interesting to me to see others folding. The video is very good made, the folding sequence is very clear and it is always visible which part is folded in what way. Thank you!

[thedeadsmellbad]

Very fascinating! It´s always very interesting to me to see others folding. The video is very good made, the folding sequence is very clear and it is always visible which part is folded in what way. Thank you!

Thank you very much Anna.
I also like to see others fold.
This is me folding for the camera so I actually changed my style to compensate for clarity.

The link I sent was only good for 7 days, here is a more permanent link.

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I'm thinking of doing my cranes next, does anyone have a suggestion for something else in my gallery?

[itay]

I folded your piece. It turned out lovely.

I deem the level of my folding skills lower intermediate. I find your instructions to be very clear, generally speaking.

I had hard time figuring out step 23, though. In fact, i can't say with certainty that i did figure it out eventually: contrary to all the previous steps, where the result of my foldings corresponded perferctly with the illustrations, here i couldn't get the same degree of correspondence by blindfoldedly following the instructions, and this goes not only for the original step no. 23 but for the more detailed segment you posted afterwards as well.

Finally, regarding the shaping of the front legs in figure 27. I got a little confused at first, because, by looking at figure 28 it looks as though the legs are flat, and i simply couldn't make it happen by folding the way indicated in figure 27. Only by looking at the picture of the final piece did i realize, that the folding was meant to make the legs 3-D. I believe i would arive at this conclusion sooner, had the magic expression "3-D" been somehow integrated into the instruction.

All in all, a fine, well-diagramed piece (taking the added segments into account), which is also pleasant to fold (at least the first 22 steps...).

[itay]

I've just noticed there are four pages to this topic. My comments related only to the first of these pages. I see there is further explanation of step 23 in other pages of the thread. I'll take a look at them now.

[itay]

I've checked out all the instructions given in all forms: diagram with or without preliminary crease pattern, pictures and movie. I just can't get step 23 right. I'm also having difficulties in shaping the final dog. I'm afraid the final figure i get has more resemblence to a goat than a terrier. Following the common wisdom: "if you fail to succeed, redefine success", i now pretend this model is really titled: A Goat.

In view of the fact, that several people have folded this model successfully (bow of admiration), i must resign myself to the conclusion, that this model is too advanced for me at this time.

It's really beautiful to see you, Mathew, fold this model so easily and elegantly in the movie I also admire you're creativity in designing this model in the first place, and all the pains you've taken to make it accessible for others to fold. Chapeau!

[thedeadsmellbad]

Itay,

Thank you kindly for your interest.
It seems the diagrams in the steps for the front legs & feet and around step 23 need to be revised. I am thinking of trying to make a video that will focus only on those steps as well.
In the meantime, if the model is made without those steps, a "Goat" sounds fine

I enjoyed reading your feedback and thank you for trying my model.
I would love to see a photo of your results if ever possible.

- Matthew

my current instructions:
$ Scottish Terrier (CP , diagrams , Video Instructions)
$ Resting Feline /$ Grassland Animal
$ Demon v3
Crane Derivation

[itay]

Hello Mathew,


I currently don't have a digital camera, so i can't expose my goat to the world, as it were. You'll be comforted to know, that by any standard, you miss nothing.

Thanks for the encouragement, though.

[thedeadsmellbad]

While looking at the crease pattern tutorial by Ben Ball Here , I saw an image of a crane Here

I'm thinking it has too striking a similarity to the crane I diagrammed.
Too similar to call my crane my own.
Yes, No, Maybe So?

[wolf]

Call it an independent discovery, and leave it at that.

[thedeadsmellbad]

Scottish Terrier

Same as my $ Scottish Terrier but from tissue foil

[Friet]

Woah, looks great!

Makes me wish we had dollars in Europe

[wolf]

It'll work with Euros too, just that the body will be somewhat squished. Or you could just cut out a sheet of paper with 3x7 proportions and fold it from that.

[thedeadsmellbad]

Thank you kindly.
I am happy to hear the input as I do not actually know anyone who folds.
What is the ratio for Euros?

There also seemed to be a strange burst of creativity around the world recently with dog models showing up. Sort of bad timing for me I guess. I hope this will make print.

Someone else has attempted this scotty on the Polish origami site. Link
It trips me out everytime I see one.

[wolf]

Euros are approximately (exactly?) 1:2.

Don't worry about the timing. There's enough places to send your diagram to, so chances are quite high that it'll be accepted by one publication (or even more).

[origami_8]

10 Euros have the size of 12,7 x 6,7 cm. At the moment I don´t have other notes to measure. I think Euros aren´t the best material to work with because it would be a very expensive hobby. The smallest note is 5 Euro, then 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 500€.