I have some strips that I suspect may actually be for crane eggs; when I use them for lucky stars, they end up being almost ridiculously huge (about .75" across after puffing).
So... I was wondering if anyone out there can point me towards some sort of instructions or diagrams for making the crane eggs. Thanks!
Illy
Crane egg instructions?
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They end up as six-sided solid geometric forms, called a hexahedron (I think). Anyway, they're not too difficult (kind of addictive, really). I make them from strips of copy paper, and it doesn't seem to matter too much about width (I've used 1/4" up to 1 1/2"). Length is determined by the width; I just kind of "go with it" when I'm folding, and cut off the extra length to avoid them getting too bulky and out-of-shape.
A long time ago, there was a site on the web with the instructions; albeit in Korean (I think). This same site had a really neat rose, too--only in video, but easily memorized. The site was changed a while back, and I haven't found it again. I think it was connected with Jong Ie Nara somehow...
The only diagrams I have are in a picture for a package of Crane Egg Paper; if someone can help me insert a .jpg picture, I'll try to get them to you. They're not great, though they do show the basic folding method. The big thing to remember is once you finish the basic folds, you then open the entire strip up and re-fold it, rolling it into the 3-d shape.
Gosh, I hope someone else has a better description of this...
They end up as six-sided solid geometric forms, called a hexahedron (I think). Anyway, they're not too difficult (kind of addictive, really). I make them from strips of copy paper, and it doesn't seem to matter too much about width (I've used 1/4" up to 1 1/2"). Length is determined by the width; I just kind of "go with it" when I'm folding, and cut off the extra length to avoid them getting too bulky and out-of-shape.
A long time ago, there was a site on the web with the instructions; albeit in Korean (I think). This same site had a really neat rose, too--only in video, but easily memorized. The site was changed a while back, and I haven't found it again. I think it was connected with Jong Ie Nara somehow...
The only diagrams I have are in a picture for a package of Crane Egg Paper; if someone can help me insert a .jpg picture, I'll try to get them to you. They're not great, though they do show the basic folding method. The big thing to remember is once you finish the basic folds, you then open the entire strip up and re-fold it, rolling it into the 3-d shape.
Gosh, I hope someone else has a better description of this...
Last edited by elf on October 4th, 2005, 7:51 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Upload it using ImageShack. Once you´ve uploaded it you get a lot of links pointing towards the picture. Copy and paste the first long link (hotlink for forums) onto your posting. Done!elf wrote:if someone can help me insert a .jpg picture, I'll try to get them to you.
Oaky--I hope this works...
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Remember, this is not a great picture, but if you look closely, you can see the basic folding technique. After you fold the whole strip, unfold the whole thing then re-fold it into the 3-d shape (hint: when you start to re-fold it, the first section of the bottom edge lines up directly on the third vertical fold--hopefully, that will make sense when you get folding).
P.S. Thank you, Anna! You made it very easy (considering it only took me two tries to copy the link, I'd say you are a terrific teacher).
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Remember, this is not a great picture, but if you look closely, you can see the basic folding technique. After you fold the whole strip, unfold the whole thing then re-fold it into the 3-d shape (hint: when you start to re-fold it, the first section of the bottom edge lines up directly on the third vertical fold--hopefully, that will make sense when you get folding).
P.S. Thank you, Anna! You made it very easy (considering it only took me two tries to copy the link, I'd say you are a terrific teacher).
Last edited by elf on October 4th, 2005, 7:52 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Nearly. Use the hotlink for Forums (it´s the fourth link in total and the first link after the large text in the middle).
To copy the link, click at it first with the left, then with the right mouse button, an dialogue opens, choose "copy" (with the left mouse button).
Now click first left then right onto your text where you want to insert the picture and choose "paste". That´s it.
The picture is really very small. It´s very hard to detect anything on it
To copy the link, click at it first with the left, then with the right mouse button, an dialogue opens, choose "copy" (with the left mouse button).
Now click first left then right onto your text where you want to insert the picture and choose "paste". That´s it.
The picture is really very small. It´s very hard to detect anything on it
Last edited by origami_8 on October 4th, 2005, 10:36 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Okay; here we go (again). I had a friend scan the hard copies for me, and I think I have them large enough (I hope).
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I hope this works okay for you--I think I did it right this time (thanks again, Anna).
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I hope this works okay for you--I think I did it right this time (thanks again, Anna).
Last edited by elf on October 4th, 2005, 7:46 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Sorry Joseph, I haven´t looked at them so closely. The only thing I noticed was that the diagrams are now good visible. I have to believe you that their was a copyright notice on them because I´m no longer able to check it up...Joseph Wu wrote:Uh...since there is a copyright notice on those scanned diagrams, isn't posting this here a violation of the "no copyrighted materials" rule of this forum? (Not to mention a violation of copyright law?)
Oh and to the other rule:
Maybe you should write this rule as your signature, instead newbies will always call you Mr. Wu again
