You may/may not be an origamist if...

~folder~of~paper~ · February 23rd, 2007, 9:19 pm

I've come up with models in my sleep, or daydreaming at school at least. I used to get away with it but year 8 is very different.

I know where you can buy little boxes of paper that slot into each other and that you can used to keep your carried stash from creasing or getting and all furry and brown. This happens to me because I take my crummy sheets held together with a rubber band of two in my school skirt pocket.

Fraze · Post by **Fraze** » February 25th, 2007, 1:37 am

I have a packet of paper in my backpack. 500 sheets, each about two inches (5 cm) square. They keep me occupied in my classes. Unfortunately, I now have a growing (and highly unstable) pile of little origami knickknacks next to my desk.

Rdude · Post by **Rdude** » February 25th, 2007, 6:22 am

Fraze wrote: Unfortunately, I now have a growing (and highly unstable) pile of little origami knickknacks next to my desk.

I usually run into that problem

, once a physics teacher threatened to make a tiny bonfire if i didn't stop folding.

a definite mark of an origamist is if someone gives you a piece of paper thats important, and you just automatically start folding it. I've ruined several documents that way.

Fraze · Post by **Fraze** » February 25th, 2007, 7:45 am

That's why I try to give away my models as soon as I finish them. Unfortunately, I'm not always able to do that.

I know what you mean, I have to make a conscious effort not to fold a sheet of paper that's in my hands.

Cupcake · Post by **Cupcake** » February 25th, 2007, 2:46 pm

All my stuff goes on shelves, or in the "bad attempt" drawer

Watusa · Post by **Watusa** » February 25th, 2007, 8:22 pm

i always give the stuff i make away, even if i like it a lot. i dont really have many ornaments and stuff around that are mine, and having them around doesn't really interest me. plus, seeing the look on people's faces when you give them something like a well-done piece of origami is priceless

Fraze · Post by **Fraze** » February 25th, 2007, 11:46 pm

Watusa wrote:i always give the stuff i make away, even if i like it a lot. i dont really have many ornaments and stuff around that are mine, and having them around doesn't really interest me. plus, seeing the look on people's faces when you give them something like a well-done piece of origami is priceless :)

Exactly! It's especially fun if the person isn't expecting it. I was at a restaurant once, and put an origami rose in as my addition to the tip. Our waitress (who happens to go to the same university as I do) gave me her phone number when she saw it. I was...shocked. Several of the other guys at the table immediately vowed to learn origami, and asked me to teach them.

Rdude · Post by **Rdude** » February 26th, 2007, 12:00 am

Thats what makes origami so special; the reactions and appreciation that can be invoked wth little more than persistance and a piece of paper.

Rdude

Cupcake · Post by **Cupcake** » February 26th, 2007, 2:29 am

Well, some of my friends aren't so impressed. As was mentioned before, people often say "you should sell those". I have to ask them if they would buy one, and they say "I wouldn't spend money on a folded piece of paper! But still..."

eric_son · Post by **eric_son** » February 26th, 2007, 3:42 am

Rdude wrote:Thats what makes origami so special; the reactions and appreciation that can be invoked wth little more than persistance and a piece of paper.

Rdude

Years ago...I got accepted in my first job because of origami. But then again... I had a Japanese boss.

During my interview, my future boss found out that I knew Origami. He asked me to make something. He gave me the last page of somebody else's resume. I made a Tsuru (Crane) out of it. Amused, he asked me to report for work as soon as I graduated. I then folded Kawasaki's rose out of the left over paper. Hehehe...

~folder~of~paper~ · February 26th, 2007, 6:17 am

At my local bric a brac shop they sell 'Peacock' by Adolfo Cerceda for $6 each. Not exactly worth it but they are incredibly well made.