Introducing myself

origamilive · Post by **origamilive** » November 2nd, 2010, 9:38 am

I'd like to introduce myself in this forum.
I'm Stephan weber from Germany, you'll know me from Master of Origami in Salzburg or maybe some of you for my Bull.

I'd also like to invite you to my Youtube Channel where I teach origami and shown my own models.

happy folding!

Tavin · Post by **Tavin** » November 2nd, 2010, 2:34 pm

Welcome Stephan,

Thank's for your help concerning my models!

akugami · Post by **akugami** » November 2nd, 2010, 3:10 pm

welcome stephan! nice to meet you here. with your video-instruction of the kawasaki-rose i've once managed to fold my very first lifelike blossom ...

origamilive · Post by **origamilive** » November 2nd, 2010, 5:48 pm

Thankyou for your nice response.

If you look closer, you'll see it's not kawasaki's rose. The only thing I use is the twistfold that is fold is involved in nearly every rose. For sure kawasaki was the first to use the twistfold in roses.

But a friend of mine,Johan Sallers, who folds napkins, is an authority in origami (big exposition in Salzburg, Barock museum), told me that the twistfold is about 300 years old.

There a two videos on roses on my youtube-channel and one of those is a tutorial. An this tutorial is totally different from Kawasaki's designs, it starts like a birdbase. It was attempt to show an completly different aproach for an origami rose.

I repect Kawasakis work a lot. And the same is right for his will not to have any video tutorials on his designs available on the internet.

I respect him as an artist and if had given me the permission. I maybe would have showen one of his.

greetings,

-Stephan

Whitefly · Post by **Whitefly** » November 5th, 2010, 8:37 pm

Hi Stephan
I am a fan of your works and i am very glad to have you on the forum!
Of course we all know your bull! The base is similar to some other models
but the sculpting is really awesome!!
Welcome to the forum
Bye
Mario

origamilive · Post by **origamilive** » November 6th, 2010, 9:52 am

i mostly use common bases but in case of bull its jon montrolls dogbase he is verry genius in bases are develop fast and efficient and he does not boxplate

akugami · Post by **akugami** » November 6th, 2010, 3:24 pm

what's wrong in boxpleating?

kevin89 · Post by **kevin89** » November 6th, 2010, 8:23 pm

Your rose is wonderful! It looks very natural and has lots of nice curves. I've been working on my own rose for a little while and I hope it will be as nice as yours is!

Tavin · Post by **Tavin** » November 10th, 2010, 4:20 pm

I don't think Stephan has something against box-pleating.
He always keeps telling me that he never folded complex models because as a street-artist one has to be very fast. And, if I got him right, that is also the reason he never box-pleated.

akugami · Post by **akugami** » November 10th, 2010, 6:26 pm

so there IS something wrong with boxpleating - it takes a lot of time for precreasing - often wasted time if you fail with the final shapes ...
may i ask where you are from exactly in germany, tavin?

Tavin · Post by **Tavin** » November 10th, 2010, 10:05 pm

I'd not say that's a reason to call it "wrong", a disadvantage maybe.

...And yes you may, you have a PM

akugami · Post by **akugami** » November 11th, 2010, 2:46 am

thanks for the pm. nice place where you live at but a little too far to meet for folding - may be at a convention ...

gudrun · Post by **gudrun** » November 11th, 2010, 11:24 pm

ich bin ein riesengroßer Fan von ihren supertollen Faltungen

akugami · Post by **akugami** » November 12th, 2010, 1:04 am

gudrun, you'd better write in english or send a pm to mr. weber.
in an international forum, where everybody writes in english, it's always a little impolite to communicate in other languages ...

origamilive · Post by **origamilive** » November 23rd, 2010, 1:30 am

tavin is right i am absolutly not against boxpleating wat other artists do with it is inkredible joisells work is the moast amaysing origamiwork ever perfect combination of highest technicl skills and artistic expression
and not imaginable without boxpleating .that i dont boxpleat is because
my modls are verry fast and i try to stay in my style wat is verry dificult
to be recogniced with a personal characteristik . i have nearly no konstruktionfolds at the surfices of my modls and i try to be verry direkt and expressiv.doing this simple klear not komplex origamistile is the easyast for me i am somtims lucky with it .
i think boxpleating alows finest shaping and developping moast komplex bases but you always have to fols verry precise wat i am simply not able to do i dont have this special origamiskill but the longest modl i fold is the bull and i need 10 to 15 minuts for it eaven in my masks i have only verry view folds in moastly 3d folds and curves just the moast nesessery ones to form a carakteristik face .my paprs i dont cut properly al my personal way to fold is limited by my limited skills .
my be one day i will be pacient enough to box plate but not jet.
boxpleating is my be the moast important modern origamitechnic it puts up the new limits of folding to inbilivible posibilitys realisiced first by robert lang and eric joisel later by satoshi kamia and other great artists.
kind regards stephan
and thaks for the feedback you give