Topic: Origami (Read 33548 times)

Emaline · « **on:** 10 Feb 2008, 19:56 »

So, I am attempting to make an origami gift for a friend. I think I want to make them a cephalopod of some sort because we both love them a lots.

My problem is, I can't find anything! Well, I've found a few sites that just have the crease patterns, but I'm pretty much just a beginner, and I don't think I can make something just based on the crease patterns. Anybody have any good beginner patterns of something cephalopod-like?

Or any suggestions on what I could make for a male friend?

Spluff · « **Reply #1 on:** 10 Feb 2008, 21:47 »

I don't think anything could top an origami cephalopod. Except for perhaps a real cephalopod.

You could try visiting a library and having a look at some origami books, theres probably a higher chance you'll find something in there than on the tangled mess we call the internet. I don't know about where you live, but the ones around here tend to have massive origami encyclopaedia-type things, which are as good a place as any to look.

Lines · « **Reply #2 on:** 11 Feb 2008, 07:07 »

I don't think my book has a cephalopod pattern, but if you want to make a jellyfish, you can find instructions for a hat, make it, and then glue some tinsel or ribbon or something inside for the tentacles. I had an origami "aquarium" when I was a kid and jellyfish were fun to make.

(The hat in the foreground is the one I'm thinking of, not the other ones that look lame that I've been finding. If you want I'll scan the instructions from my book for you, which also has instructions on how to do the folds for crease patterns.)

SonofZ3 · « **Reply #3 on:** 11 Feb 2008, 14:01 »

The Book "Origami From Angelfish to Zen" by Peter Engel has a very nice Octopus and Squid. To be fair, they are extremely difficult, though amazingly accurate. The book "Origami Sea Life" by Robert J. Lang and John Montroll has a cuttlefish and a nautilus shell, these too are difficult models. I know the origami artist Kunihiko Kasahara has also designed some simple squid and octopi, and that may be the best way to go for the beginner. I can't find the book that they are in, but I believe its called something along the lines of "The Compleat Book or Origami" and it has a folded Satyr mask on the cover. This site: http://origami.joyfulnoisewebdesign.com/index.php provides a searchable database for origami models and tells you what book they can found in.

Japanese brochades, a modular piece made of 6 sheets of paper, also look quite nice. They appear difficult once the model is finished but are actually very easy to make. There are diagrams for it in "Practical Origami" by Rick Beech, and should be on the net somewhere, its a fairly popular modular piece. Also, a simple masu box to put the model in is always a nice touch. If you make a box, it helps to cut a piece of foamcore or mounting board (something stiff) slightly larger than the inside of the lid and base. Slide the pieces of mounting board into the bottom of the base and the top of the lid to make the box more rigid, and to hold all the tips of the paper down. I like to use maps to make boxes, but any rigid, fairly tough paper will work. 80lb drawing paper also works well for a box. Also, remember that event hough a base and lid are made exactly the same way, the base needs to be a few milimeters larger so they slide together.

Liz · « **Reply #4 on:** 11 Feb 2008, 14:15 »

Origami is tough. I tried folding some Star Wars origami and it just didn't work at all.

So I just stick with the swan that I can now fold without looking because I have done so often. When I get bored I fold them out of any material at least mildly suitable.

SonofZ3 · « **Reply #5 on:** 11 Feb 2008, 18:05 »

Fold a 1000 and send them to Japan for the World Peace Prokect for Children:
To send a thousand cranes to the Children's Monument in Hiroshima's Peace Park, string them on garlands of 100 cranes each, and mail them to:
Office of the Mayor
City of Hiroshima
6-34 Kokutaiji-Machi
1 Chome Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730
Japan

According to legend you'll have a wish granted. Thats bullshit, but its still fun.

also, Japanese scientists want to fly origami airplanes from space down to Earth. Seriously:
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=0874f13d-1491-4660-902e-8fb751f240d0&k=59058

Liz · « **Reply #6 on:** 12 Feb 2008, 15:03 »

That is a lot of cranes. Also probably a lot of postage.

Lines · « **Reply #7 on:** 12 Feb 2008, 16:52 »

Yeah. Think of the size and weight of a box of 1000 paper cranes with international shipping. Eek. (If it was in the US, I might actually do it though. It'd be kinda cool!)

SonofZ3 · « **Reply #8 on:** 12 Feb 2008, 18:41 »

Its not hard to fold a thousand, I have 2 thousand on my apartment walls at the moment. I use scrap pieces from other folding and make cranes from them, when I get about half a shoebox full I put them on garlands. Postage may be a little though, but considering its supposed to be for world peace, I think its understandable. If I can ever manage not to want to hang mine where I live I plan to send some over.

HellStorm · « **Reply #9 on:** 14 Feb 2008, 18:31 »

I hate them >=[
I just spent ages trying to make paper cranes
it did not work.

Liz · « **Reply #10 on:** 14 Feb 2008, 20:05 »

I made an instructional video! Would you like me to upload it somewhere for you?

Emaline · « **Reply #11 on:** 14 Feb 2008, 21:18 »

That would be super, because I too fail at cranes.

I guess I should update you guys on what happened. Most of my male friends agreed that a penguin would be super. However, I just ended up giving him a butterfly. Well, planning on giving him a butterfly, as well as this sweet ass mix, but dude totally canceled on me.

HellStorm · « **Reply #12 on:** 15 Feb 2008, 05:38 »

Yespleaseyespleaseyesplease =]
I found like 10 crease line things
And a whole load of instructions
It didn't work =[

Liz · « **Reply #13 on:** 15 Feb 2008, 08:06 »

Alright, I'm loading it onto my computer and then I'll put it up on my Photobucket. I hope it helps, I don't know how well I explained everything or showed what to do. But I think it's pretty good.

SonofZ3 · « **Reply #14 on:** 15 Feb 2008, 10:18 »

Quote from: HellStorm on 15 Feb 2008, 05:38

Yespleaseyespleaseyesplease =]
I found like 10 crease line things
And a whole load of instructions
It didn't work =[

crease patterns are tough, and you also have to remember that the crease pattern almost always excludes all the cosmetic folds that "flesh out" the model. For example, the crease pattern for a crane is the crease pattern for a bird base, all the folds that get you from a bird base to a crane are left out.

Liz · « **Reply #15 on:** 15 Feb 2008, 11:38 »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYQrmxJQsEE

I hope it's intelligible to everyone.

SonofZ3 · « **Reply #16 on:** 15 Feb 2008, 15:03 »

The video was great, it took me 17 minutes in public speaking to get a room of college students to make cranes.

Heres a pic of what I meant about crease patterns. The red lines are all the cosmetic folds that are normally left out of a crease pattern, the black dotted lines are a bird base, and the solid black are a preliminary base.

HellStorm · « **Reply #17 on:** 17 Feb 2008, 10:35 »

Wow thank you =D
Thats amazing
I think its just the simplicity of it, coz the other ones I've seen are just all 'Hello, I've been pooping origami since I was two so you should all no exactly how to do it'
But yours was really good =D
Thank youu
xxx

SonofZ3 · « **Reply #18 on:** 25 Feb 2008, 23:15 »

bump, and a couple of pieces I've done recently. Giraffe and Pegasus

Lines · « **Reply #19 on:** 26 Feb 2008, 08:06 »

Man, my origami skills suck compared to yours.

Ladybug · « **Reply #20 on:** 26 Feb 2008, 09:39 »

Nothing compared to the giraffe and pegasus, but ah well.

Click to embiggen.

The thing on the right is supposed to be a pig, but I'm not sure if I've folded it correctly, because the last time I did it was about 6 years ago. I used to know how to make this fancy 3D-ish star as well, but I can only remember the 2D-parts now.

SonofZ3 · « **Reply #21 on:** 26 Feb 2008, 21:18 »

The pig looks good, and it reminds me of a pig that can be folded from a dollar bill, always gets a smile at a bar when part of the tip is origami folded money, and frogs are always fun =)

Emaline · « **Reply #22 on:** 26 Feb 2008, 21:34 »

I am pretty sure my origami skillz fail when being compared to anyone else, but I can still make some awesome things. I'll post some tomorrows.

Also, as of right now, I have around 40 different origamis. Currently, they are all crowding around in my windowsill. It's getting pretty full, and some are falling down through out the day. This sucks, because I really want to display them all. So my question to you, fellow origami lovers, how should I go about displaying them? I have a bookshelf that I am considering putting them on, but I was also thinking of buy some fishing wire, and either making a mobile, or just hanging them from my ceiling.

SonofZ3 · « **Reply #23 on:** 26 Feb 2008, 22:30 »

Mostly I just leave them at the front desk of the clinic I work at and they slowly dissapear as my coworkers find ones they like and take them home. At my apt I have a black DVD shelf unit I keep them on. For shelving, I suggest a nifty little thing called "zots", little adhesive circles you can attatch to the legs/tail/whatever of a model to keep it from falling over. I've only ever hung up modular and cranes before. For modular I usually tie a bead to a piece of fishing line, and then use a long beading needle to thread a crane or two onto it, then the modular. for putting the modular on I slightly open up opposite corners and use a 8 in or so long piece of wire to thread the fishing line through it. Add another crane or two and they look nice. For crane garlands I just use the beading needle and fishing line. Folding cranes from small (1 1/4 in squares of foil) can make nice earrings too. I'll try to find a pic of some to post.

Runs_With_Scissors · « **Reply #24 on:** 27 Feb 2008, 08:08 »

Aw man, I made an origami cross inside of a heart and gave it to my overly religious mother for valentines day. I'll have to find some pics, it was almost amazing but not quite.

Lines · « **Reply #25 on:** 27 Feb 2008, 12:21 »

Em, I say hang 'em from your ceiling.

VVeet · « **Reply #26 on:** 04 Apr 2008, 15:10 »

anything with 8 tenticles is going to be tough and will probably need string thin paper to make.
I'v been trying to find a good pattern for a unicorn for quite a while, any sugestions would be apreciated.

labcoatguy · « **Reply #27 on:** 05 Apr 2008, 22:17 »

TIE Fighters and other Star Wars ships:

very wide scene of TIEs and rebel ships, click to access, not a rickroll
TIE fighter instructions:
http://www.duke.edu/~yt10/tie/TIE.htm
TIE interceptor instructions:
http://www.duke.edu/~yt10/tie/Interceptor/Interceptor.htm

A boring summer internship and a large stack of note paper can lead to this.

SonofZ3 · « **Reply #28 on:** 13 Apr 2008, 10:28 »

Quote from: VVeet on 04 Apr 2008, 15:10

anything with 8 tenticles is going to be tough and will probably need string thin paper to make.
I'v been trying to find a good pattern for a unicorn for quite a while, any sugestions would be apreciated.

If you have a college near you check out the bookstore/wherever they sell students art supplies for large sheets of tracing paper. Our bookstore sells sheets that are 24in by 36in or so for about a buck a sheet. For most complex models, like Engel's or Lang's mollusks, a sheet of paper smaller than 15in or so is just too small. As far as 15in paper goes, rolls of parchment paper can be bought at the grocery store and it works fairly well. If you're using parchment paper or any other paper that comes on a roll you can iron your squares to make them flat, or, what really works is to place them in a dry mounting press for about a minute.

For finding good models of just about any subject check out a site called "Gilad's Origami Page", it has galleries for just about any subject you can think of, so you can find a model you like and the book it came from. The unicorn from Roman Diaz's "Origami for Interpreters" is pretty nice, but that book is also expensive and hard to find, but if you really want to make it then its worth it. The Hippocampus in that book looks pretty amazing too.

Liz · « **Reply #29 on:** 13 Jul 2008, 11:57 »

Guys, look what I made.

It's supposed to be an X-wing. It kinda does look like one but the directions were a bit confusing so it's also a bit awkward.

SonofZ3 · « **Reply #30 on:** 07 Aug 2008, 21:02 »

heres a few models I made recently: Fox, Horse, and my first try at a Dromedary

SIMONCAPITAL · « **Reply #31 on:** 08 Aug 2008, 07:03 »

Anyone ever read the dollar origami book? I forget what it was called. I got it when I was ten and used to fold my lunch money. My favorite thing to make was dollar rings. Despite not making one for over a decade I found it fairly easy to construct one this morning.

Sorry about the quality. I used my old camera phone.

SonofZ3 · « **Reply #32 on:** 11 Aug 2008, 18:56 »

I found a picture of a pair of origami earrings I had made a while ago.

SonofZ3 · « **Reply #33 on:** 28 Aug 2008, 19:05 »

Bump, also, this is pretty much the only place I post origami pictures, so induldge me. Unicorn I made at work:

3Z3VH · « **Reply #34 on:** 07 Sep 2008, 00:47 »

I have a book in storage that has instructions for a really nice Octopus model. If I remember correctly, making it is almost exactly like the traditional frog model.

The only thing about it was that it wasn't TRUE Origami, because you had to make 4 cuts in the square piece of paper to split the 4 legs into 8... but it was still a fairly easy, and great looking model. I will see what I can do about getting that book from my storage bin and scanning the pages for you (even if you did want these back in February).

SonofZ3 · « **Reply #35 on:** 29 Sep 2008, 17:42 »

Pegasus, a rearing stallion, and a black rhino.

ikatirina · « **Reply #36 on:** 27 Oct 2008, 01:42 »

one of the most beauttiful things i've seen
was something like a chandelier

but instead of bulbs,there were origami cranes in different colours,hanging from it..

damn,I'm going to try to fold one crane

btw got the feeling that the origami thing is great for hitting on indie chicks

"wanna fold me"

SonofZ3 · « **Reply #37 on:** 01 Nov 2008, 10:11 »

A friend of mine that does Origami and I have had a conversation on the applicability of origami to dating, namely that any relationship starts out with many possibilities open, just like a sheet of paper, and also like a sheet of paper any relationship (or person) can be folded to attain the desired result, as long as you recognize the limitations of the medium and take care not to over stress it and tear things. Serious/Complex relationship/model=more folds, great care taken in early manipulations so that later ones don't cause damage, more planning and thought. Simple relationship/model= less folds, less manipulation of the subject, lower expectations of the result. It became obvious pretty quickly that the Origami approach to dating was objectifying, and manipulative, so we dropped it.

Emaline · « **Reply #38 on:** 08 Nov 2008, 11:21 »

I made an origami bunny for my friend/person I was courting. It did not help me get laid.

Jace · « **Reply #39 on:** 10 Nov 2008, 02:01 »

You might try two bunnies. To help the person get the idea.

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