Akira Yoshizawa 's 30 years Cicada

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Hi artists !!
I have read an article on Origami from a Viet Namese Newspaper. It says Akira Yoshizawa is considered as a Grand Master (I know) and his most complex model is the cicada. It took him over 30 years to complete.
I wonder how is it look ? can it be prepared to ones desgined by Robert J.Lang and other Origami authors like Meguro Toshiyuki ?
Can anyone provide me a photos of this 30 years cicada?
Thank you very much in advance.
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stuckie27 · Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 8:13 pm Post subject:

sounds interesting

rockmanex6 · Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 1:14 pm Post subject:

mayb (more > old Montrol)

rockmanex6 · Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 1:28 pm Post subject:

think looks soso, compex at this time agoo... (was more lik hi-inter?)
He is not known so mush compex, but more master... not relying compex but.. teqnic of folds, shape (& air folding?)! Smile

ex som acommplisment: "fully three dimensional folding was provided by the Japanese Master, Akira Yoshizawa. His overriding aim as to capture the essence of his subject rather than simply reproduce all the salient features. To do this, he introduced two key concepts; folding softly and wet-folding."

"... Yoshizawa added colour to "this view by suggesting that some creases should be made more " softly than others. The technical problem of adding gentle creases is that they do not readily stay in place as the fold is handled. Completed works were therefore very fragile and impermanent. Yoshizawa overcame this by wet-folding "
and "Yoshizawa explains many fibers in tissue. He pushed the soft tissue against a heavy photographer's tripod. Obviously the tripod was an immovable object as far as the limp piece of" tissue was concerned. He then began to fold and roll tissue into a tight cylinder about the size and thickness of your thumb. And, as you might" expect, it was now strong enough to move the tripod. He also demonstrated that the tissue could even be used to lift a heavy metal desk. The Strength in Unity theme here reated to the wood fibers in the tissue.
"Most memorable arrangment > insects, stegosaurus with amazing detail, a chimpanzee's face done in two colors, a peacock, gorilla, frogs and lily pads. A beautifully proportioned polar "bear and a California condor
.....whole series of masks and faces in a variety of poses and characters. he often would break into a bit of pantomime further expressing the character of the masks. sneezing man, yawning man>smiles when right side up, frowns when upside down"

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