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Hi! I have some questions about paper suppliers, hopefully someone could help me with my dilemma.

I've really started to pick up on folding the really advanced models that take 50cm paper or bigger. The problem I've had is finding the right type of paper to use for the models that are thin and crisp, but very durable. I would really like to start buying good paper for my projects, especially since my friends have thought it a good idea for me to start selling the origami I make.

So, does anyone have any good ideas of paper to use and if there are any online suppliers to buy it from? Thanks in advance!!

I'm fairly certain there is a thread for this, but as your luck would have it, I'm bored.

PaperJade.com has several colors of gampi available, which comes in large sheets, and is thin and strong. http://paperjade.com/advanced_search_re ... pi&x=0&y=0

Papercircle.org will have some excellent origamido-type available in the spring. We are currently working some kinks out of the paper, but the stuff I've test folded thus far has been awesome. If you would like to see examples, click on the link to my flickr account down the bottom of my post and you can see 4 or 5 different models folded out of their paper.

Hiromi paper has a type of kozo (Echizen Shikibu Colored Kozo) the kids call Super Kozo, which again is strong, thin, and comes in a zillion colors. Ask Jared Needle (or is it Andrew Hudson? or both? ) about it, as he/they have used it. It's available here: http://store.hiromipaper.com/echizenshi ... dkozo.aspx

Also, I forgot that http://www.origami-shop.com has some 16x20 sheets of origamido paper available, which is a very thin, very strong 100% abaca sheet. Just go to the site and look in their paper category

Great, thanks!! There probably was a thread for it, but like you I was lazy and bored. Thanks so much though.... One question though. The 16x22 sheets from the PaperJade website and the hiromipaper.com was 14.25$. Is that 14 dollars per sheet? or is that for a pack of it? As you can tell, I'm not experienced with buying really good origami paper like this.

Thanks,
Origami94

Do any of those papers require MC to work well?

All of these papers I have suggested to you come in the "by the sheet" format. It is a bit pricey, so it's definitely best to do some test folds before using any of these, and to really make sure that your experience and skill level is up to a project that would require such papers. The good news is that if you are doing smaller projects that only need 6 to 8 inch sheets, you can get a good number of them out of those larger sheets. I might also suggest one further paper that is cheaper, but does need MC to work well. If you check Hiromi, they should have a paper called Sekishu. If you get the bleached or natural one that is about 35-39 gsm, it works very well for most complex (but not super complex) projects. You would just need to tint it with an acrylic/methylcellulose mixture...instructions for which can be found in the Methylcellulose thread, I believe.

Shortoldude: I am not sure on the Hiromi papers or the paper jade ones, but based on my experience with other such papers, you should probably use MC. Ogami and Origamido do not require MC, but adding it at the beginning makes wet folding easier. I prefer to size the sheets with MC and then use a thicker concoction of MC to wet-finish my models.