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Sorry, but my first post is a begging one!

I'm 'rediscovering' origami after a few years & looking around the net I found this site with a page full of roman diaz's work:

http://design.origami.free.fr/bestof/diaz/index.htm

There's various diagrams etc on their for a number of the models but the one I really like is the hippocampus - it's stunning!

Does anyone know if Diaz has made diagrams for this one available (or even CPs - I've never tried folding from one, but for this I might)? I'm not after breach of copyright, & I'm happy to pay for it, but after much trawling of the web looking for the right book/magazine/pamphlet/website, I've drawn a blank.

Any suggestions on where to look would be gratefully received.

Pleased to meet you all and thanks lots,

H.

Maybe you could send him a mail and ask him himself. I think his Email-adress could be his Yahoo-Name (romanmdeo_1999) with @yahoo.com . It would be worth a try.

Hi harlequin - welcome to the board.

The best place to start looking for diagrams is the Origami Database:
http://www.origamidatabase.com

However, on this one even the mighty database draws a blank. I'm pretty sure that diagrams don't exist. But there is a CP, if you look closely... In the picture entitled "Disenando el Hippocampo" you will find 4 CPs for various versions of the model - the largest CP would appear to be for the final version (I haven't tried folding it, though).

Thank you both for your help.

I tried the origami db - a great resource btw, and if anyone here knows who's responsible for it please pass on my thanks - I actually found my way here as a result of that site.

Cheers for pointing out the CP in the picture. I think I might email him first though as I'd rather get hold of something legitimately rather than photoshopping the CP to try and clear it up! I was trying to avoid emailing him as he probably gets loads of people bothering him about similar things and I didn't want to be an inconvenience, but it looks like it might be my best bet.

If I do ever get to fold this thing, I'll post a piccy. I hope to be around for a while, picking the brains of those wiser and better than me!

Cheers,

H.

I'm sure Roman wouldn't mind you trying to Photoshop the CP out of the picture - why would he include it if he didn't want people to try and work it out? In fact, I'm going to have a go myself.

The main man behind the Origami Database is Dennis Walker, aided and abetted by (among others) our genial host Saj.

Roman Diaz will be publishing a book soon (this august).
Nicolas had a preliminary index of this book at the BOS convention and there will be diagrams for the Hippocampus in it. I'm so looking forward to this book

More info at http://design.origami.free.fr/bestof/di ... reters.htm

wow....drools lol that Hippocampus looks awsome. just wondering what his bacground is and which mythology the hippocampus is from.

Well, Hippocampus is the latin term for Seahorse, so Roman's model might just be a literal representation of what that term means

Daydreamer wrote:Well, Hippocampus is the latin term for Seahorse, so Roman's model might just be a literal representation of what that term means

It's the creature that pulls Poseidon's chariot, in greek mythology.

I'm sooooo going to get that book

Pedants' corner : Hippocampus derives from the Greek, rather than the latin.

It also refers to an area of the brain that is part of the limbic system, which does look a little bit like a seahorse.

mleonard wrote:Hi harlequin - welcome to the board.

The best place to start looking for diagrams is the Origami Database:
http://www.origamidatabase.com

How Can I get diagrams or cps in this site??

Nyman wrote:

mleonard wrote:Hi harlequin - welcome to the board.

The best place to start looking for diagrams is the Origami Database:
http://www.origamidatabase.com

How Can I get diagrams or cps in this site??

you can't for there are not any. What mark meant was that there you can find where actual diagrams are: bookcs, booklets, web pages, etc

Maybe the best place to find many diagrams would be http://www.origami.com and there is a sticky thread on these boards telling you about free diagrams. Check it out.