Hi

[youdneverthink]

Hi,

I have been folding on and off for a very long time. I recently got robert j lang's math origami book and started making some of the modes, well attempting to at least.

I joined the forum to learn more about paper, as that seems to be a limiting factor for my origami.

I live in the area of Tampa, FL, USA.

[Ragnorax]

Welcome to the forum

There are quite a few people from florida on this forum, which is pretty cool =P Anyways, hope you enjoy and learn from here

[InsomniacFolder]

Welcome.

You are right in thinking that many modern origami designs require very large squares often of specialist thin papers to complete satisfactorily.

Lot's of folks here have good advice about such things, and I hope they cacn point you in the right direction to more suitable paper to get more out of origami.

[youdneverthink]

thanks to both of your for saying hi! I went nuts and bought some tracing paper and super huge newsprint paper to try and fold with. Any tips on cutting perfect squares?

[InsomniacFolder]

This is a common problem - never quite resolved to my satisfaction.

Try some of these Topics:
Cutting Squares 1
Cutting Squares 2

The answer seems to be that those that can do it don't see that there is a problem - it must just be incompetence or lack of application of those having the problem.

Those, like me, that have a problem with this continue to pull our hair out.

If it's any help at all, I get best results by working very slowly and using the method outlined by Jackie in topic 1 above.

A very good craft knife, metal ruler, well lit cutting area and lots of space are also essential for me personally.

Many others cut bigger sheets and more exotic papers than me with great regularity. If you still have problems, just add a comment to one of those existing topics (They, rightly, frown upon over cluttering the forum with duplicate topics)