malachus ([info]malachus) wrote,
@ 2007-03-18 19:21:00
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origami pictures again

This is an interesting tessellation called Fujimoto Crowding Butterflies. The first one was folded from a 6 inch square. The second was folded from a 1.5 inch square.







This is a tiny, tiny frog I folded from a 1.5 inch square. The model is from Toshikazu Kawasaki's book Origami Dream World - Flowers and Animals.





Both of these models are a pain to fold this small because they require folding the paper into a 16x16 grid.


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[info]sonjaaa
2007-03-19 12:49 am UTC (link)
You rule!!

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[info]malachus
2007-03-19 12:53 am UTC (link)
thanks.
I have years of practice.

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[info]helenoftroy97
2007-03-20 01:48 pm UTC (link)
AWE! It's a tiny frog. That rocks!!! All the things you make are so tiny. That is amazing.

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[info]malachus
2007-03-20 11:02 pm UTC (link)
thanks.

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[info]jcortese
2007-05-19 05:15 pm UTC (link)
Just wanted to thank you for posting this picture of the crowding butterflies ... and for the arabesque you showed on the origami LJ. I tried "butterflies" last night and just adore it, and I'm happy to say that I folded my first arabesque out of 2" papers! Haven't curled back the petals yet, though.

(I really need to keep more 6" paper on hand to try out new things; having to do something for the first time with 2" all the time is a bit trying.)

So anyhow, thanks -- lovely models, great inspiration. The points on your two "butterflies" models match up brilliantly.

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[info]malachus
2007-05-19 05:52 pm UTC (link)
Thanks.

I really wouldn't recommend trying most things with paper that small. That has to seriously limit your options. =)

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[info]jcortese
2007-05-19 07:15 pm UTC (link)
Happily, I dug up some very old, somewhat crappy 6" paper, so I do have a bit. But I seriously need more, and it definitely limits what I can try out.

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[info]malachus
2007-05-19 07:41 pm UTC (link)
Have you tried using any other types of paper?

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[info]jcortese
2007-05-19 07:46 pm UTC (link)
Not really. I'm a bit of a feral origami enthusiast, don't have much specialist knowledge. And I really do like the crisp precision you can obtain from the two-sided colored-and-white garden-variety stuff.

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[info]malachus
2007-05-19 07:53 pm UTC (link)
I would just suggest experimenting with different types of paper. You can get interesting results.

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