paperz wrote:1. How long does this method take...from once its glued to using the paper for actual folding?
Usually we let the paper dry over night, so I don't really know, but I suppose a couple of hours, maybe three or four.
paperz wrote:2. The only glass surface i have is the glass door to my balcony....could this be done on a vertical surface?
Making double tissue paper on a vertical surface won't work good. The glue would like to run down and holding the paper in place will be a problem too.
Try to get a frameless picture frame, these are very cheap glass plates with a wooden plate beneath and can be bought in very big sizes too.
paperz wrote:Your twelve-headed Hydra is awesome . How big a paper did you start with?
Thanks for the compliment. The paper was approximately 25x25cm in size.
Huh, I was under the impression that Kamiya studied with Lafosse and now makes his own paper. It could still be that he makes his own, as his book states that "many" models use origamido paper, not all (it could mean all but Splash!, which uses foil).[/quote]
Satoshi did study papermaking with Richard and I, for almost one year, at the Origamido Studio, in Haverhill, Massachusetts. By the time he was ready to leave he was making excellent paper, and we had developed special recipes for papers with particular qualities that he liked and that he needed for his work. He became quite a skilled papermaker, and he can make our kind of paper if he had the time and resources. However, he has not had much chance to make paper in Japan, if any at all: he is very busy working on many projects at the Gallery Origami House, and papermaking is not a casual proposition. He would need to invest in specialized equipment and he would need a dedicated space to make this paper. Satoshi has a supply of our paper from his year of study with us. I am sure that he also uses fine Japanese papers for a lot of his work.
As an aside, most people do not realize the great investment of money and time that we have put into our papermaking studio, at Origamido, just so that we can make paper for our own work. Making a batch of just one kind of paper is several days of effort and a lot of overhead expense. We are lucky if we make 30 batches in one year; each batch is only 100 sheets and each batch is a different kind of paper--usually no repeats in one year.
At this time our papermaking studio has been dismantled so that we can move. We have not been able to make Origamido paper for over a year now. We do hope to be set up again, soon, and when we do our web site origamido.com will let everyone know that our paper is available again. As always, the sheets not used by us for our work become available for sale to others.
Anna, thanks a lot for your reply. I just read your message today. But the funniest thing is I happened to find tissue paper in bulk, a full pack with 20 solid colours (12 sheets each), each measuring 50cm X 60cm for just 8 dollars!!! Can't wait to fold with some nicer paper for a change
. How big a paper did you start with?
a full pack with 20 solid colours (12 sheets each), each measuring 50cm X 60cm for just 8 dollars!!! Can't wait to fold with some nicer paper for a change 