The Origami Forum

oh, so for each model or artist, there is a different type of paper thats good for it. I know for a fact that most of Eric Joisel's models are best made with elephant hide or just thick paper wet folded, so is that kind of what your leading to? Yes, something like that. But I wouldn't even categori...

A piece of string is as long as you make it to be, it could be only several micrometers up to several thousand feet. Exactly. The best paper depends on the model, desired effect, size, folding method, skill of the folder, etc. Although there are many papers lauded as holy grails of a sort (origamid...

A cheaper, but perhaps less effective option, might be to snag a copy of LaFosse's Advanced Origami, which contains some paper making recipes, and find a local paper maker willing to either make some batches for you or let you practice yourself. I notice that you're in GA. On occasion the Robert C. ...

You can't just order thousand of sheets... Don't you know that it's hand made and only made by two guys? Actually, I believe you can, with some limitations. I seem to recall that at one time Origamido Studio took custom orders, but it was fairly expensive and the entire batch would be the same colo...

It was not actually my post that got locked, it was yogigami's, and the entire point of this discussion is that not only do I disagree with the reason but I also disagree with the method, as I have also stated in the past. As for your recommendation that I not complain, if a forum can not handle civ...

regarding to the fact that 63% if our users have 1 post or 0... and only 3% of our users have more than 100 postings its pretty obvious that a very small number of users are really productive in here (only 0,4% have more than 500 postings). its more than unsure if that user would have ever posted m...

I am trying to remember, but I believe David Mitchell's book Origami Alfresco talks about this and has one or two examples where the model is completed face down, then flipped over to reveal the final result. There is also a method, diagrammed in Montroll's Easy Origami, for folding a traditional pi...

Isn't this a little overzealous? This is a new user asking a very specific question, "Where in the UK can I find 3" squares of pink and green paper to fold for a project?" Simply responding with a link to an 8 year old thread about what paper people prefer to fold with seems confusing at best. I fin...

25 pounds of MC would last me several lifetimes.

There are several strategies that involve creasing references that can create a fairly accurate square, although I would say that it will typically not be a perfect square due to paper creep. I also generally like to avoid unnecessary creases, so if the diagonals are not going to be part of the mode...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/phillipwest/505158448/ "Lokta sandpaper paper back coated to tissue paper." I would guess that "tissue" in this context is mulberry tissue and that "sandpaper" probably refers to the color of the lokta. I would also go out on a limb and say that magicmonkeys.co.uk misapp...

I used an 18 inch (around 45cm) square for mine and it came out as a reasonable size to work with.


hedgehog by malachus, on Flickr

I didn't realize that Brilliant and Selected Works of Elias were candidates, so add those to my list...

This is how things should look...

origami bookshelf by malachus, on Flickr

There is a business card model that is similar to the butterfly ball.
There is also a cube puzzles from Kunihiko Kasahara's book The Art and Wonder of Origami may also work.

I usually brush one side with MC and then flip it over and brush the other side, so the side resting on the surface sticks. I have also had luck with coating both types of paper with wax, although that changes the characteristics of the paper quite a bit. Crease lines show clearly unless the paper h...