The Origami Forum

Gosh it's been a while since I posted... Anyhow, I've been experimenting with wallpaper paste (which I'm 99% sure is MC with a little anti-fungal agent added) and various papers. My first attempt, I think I mixed the MC with too little water, and all the paper stuck to the sheet of glass and tore wh...

I don't think wet-finishing would work; it doesn't seem at all water-permeable. Hey ho. It was my first attempt at the flying Hercules Beetle too. When folding complex models like this I generally don't get a result I'm entirely pleased with on the first attempt anyway. I'll try that model with a di...

I've recently tried tracing paper for the first time, for this fold of Satoshi Kamiya's flying Hercules beetle and I must say I'm not convinced. OK, it's cheap (70p for an A2 sheet) but it splits along creases very easily.

I think I'll save it for test-folds.

Gosh it's been a while since I last posted! Satoshi Kamiya's flying Hercules beetle from tracing paper: http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg740/scaled.php?tn=0&server=740&filename=gwmgh.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640 Also, banana skin of my own design: http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg532/scaled.php?tn=0&server=532&f...

I made a crane from a 2cm square of foil (see my gallery thread) and I wondered how small folks can fold it? I expect that some of the younger members, with smaller and nimbler fingers than mine, can make it smaller...

Lang's skunk from Lang & Weiss's Origami Zoo

Folded from origami-shop's deluxe washi (35cm)

Traditional crane folded as small as I could. (from 2cm foil square)

Do I smell a challenge in the making?

Montroll's Blue Shark from Lang & Montroll's Origami Sea Life

Wet-folded from 35cm tant.

Very nice :) The only problem with it is that along the back, you can see the other color of the paper. I still think its awesome though :D Yes, I know, being able to see the foil side is a bit of a pain, but the model is really thick along the back axis and I couldn't avoid the "paper creep" that ...

Montroll's three-headed dragon:

That lovely deluxe washi again

Robert J Lang's "Orchid Blossom" from Design Secrets : http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg878/scaled.php?tn=0&server=878&filename=mz8da.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640 http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg737/scaled.php?tn=0&server=737&filename=43cgt.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640 Dry-folded from 35cm tant, and then wet-shaped....

"cotton" did the same thing on my gallery thread. ???

Cerberus, folded from 35cm tant, designed by John Montroll I think I could do some more shaping on this if I wet the paper. I ripped another sheet of the tant I bought trying to fold something else so I've been experimenting and it seems like tant will be very good for wet-folding and/or wet finishi...

I know this is a very old thread, but I've been working through the CP and I noticed that the section in the middle (that forms the four horns) is the same as the central section in the butterfly in Insects II rotated 45 degrees:

Hope that helps someone!

My favourite, at least in terms of "most often folded" is probably Montroll's Goldfish from his and Lang's book Origami Sea Life . I've folded it so many times that I could probably do it from memory by now! (Edit to add: on the google image search for "montroll goldfish" the third one along is from...