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Hi, I was just wondering if anyone could suggest some, reasonably complex origami, that could be made from post-it sized paper.


The paper is about as thick as copier paper, and I am a beginner so I can't make any super-complex stuff, but it would be cool to make some really good looking but tiny models.

Any help would be great.

Richard

Toshikazu Kawasaki's frog. It's not exactly hard, quite simple to fold just from pictures. But it's a really nice result

Modulars are great from post-it sized paper. Try out some stuff with Sonobe or PHiZZ units-they are very versatile.

I mostly fold from small paper. My usual paper is 10cm by 10cm, so that's a little bit larger than a post-it note, but not much.
One model that I've enjoyed making from small paper is Petr Stuchly's Octopus.

I like these three by Peterpaul Forcher:
Fox, Scottish Terrier, German Shepherd.
They're not complex, but I think they look pretty nice

First off, I would request that you observe the incongruence of your four variables : beginner, relatively thick paper, complex , and very small.
The only variable you missed was capability to finish under 5 minutes...
Having said that, I might recommend that you check out MiniGami by Gay Merill Gross. The practice alone will advance your quest .
Another option might include John Montroll's turtle, a very nice model in small sizes & textures.
Obviously, thin paper will more readily lend itself toward your goal .
Finally, pick a well practiced model, of any complexity, that you really enjoy folding .

Chocobo by Kamiya, I folded it with 15cm by 15cm printer paper, and though the result was rather dissapointing, it still looked like a Chocobo!

I wonder if this is small enough. But not complex.


4mm*4cm small star

I've tried one. from 3mm*3cm rectangular paper. hardly be able to make the star fat enough...cause my finger too big.

Nice one, K2002, the star is really tiny!

I once folded montrolls giraffe from a 15x15cm (?) paper. I'm pretty sure that you could use a smaller paper and get a good result too

[img]http://freenet-homepage.de/origamichris/bilder/055.jpg[/img]

Chris, those are so cute!

But..giraffe?
Seems more like a zebra to me

well the giraffes on my planet may look like zebras on yours

[not important]
I usualy visit 1 "brain game" where we make a team compeete other teams in many questions. answers are given on small sheets of paper and we get lots of extra answer papers so during all game i fold those small ones. (about 3 hours)
[important]
So for now i figured out that best are hearth, ship and lotus. If u wish harder, scorpion is also good but don't have it online so reply if wish and i upload it later.
p.s. ship was one of first my origami ,i was folding it for years so posibly it looks good for me cus of memories.
http://www.origami-fun.com/origami-lotus.html
http://www.origami-fun.com/origami-heart.html
http://www.origami-fun.com/origami-boat.html

I normally fold from ~10 * 10cm (Thanks to spiritofcat for realizing my error in originally putting 10cm²!)
There are some excellent suggestions above (Particularly Forcher's Fox '96)

Here are some of the most complex & pleasing models I reliably produce to a satisfactory finished model, in terms of appearance and neatness, from very cheap (Copy Paper) of that size. They are intermediate to complex, none would be considered super-complex by todays standards.

Also listed is where the instructions are to be found - they are all full diagrams, and should be pretty easily obtainable sources.

Robert J. Lang - Ant (Origami Insects & Their Kin)
Robert J. Lang - Hercules Beetle (Origami Insects & Their Kin)
Robert J. Lang - Mouse (Origami Zoo)
Robert J. Lang - Rabbit (Origami Zoo) - Though difficult at this size.
Robert J. Lang - Murex (Origami Sea Life)
Stephen Weiss - Dog in a Doghouse (Origami Zoo)
Stephen Weiss - Duck (Origami Zoo)
John Montroll - Weevil (Origami Sculptures)
John Montroll - Asparagus Beetle (Origami Sculptures)
John Montroll - Fox (Animal Origami for the Enthusiast)
John Montroll - Goldfish (Origami Sea Life)
John Montroll - Cichlid (Origami Sea Life)
John Montroll - Baracuda (Origami Sea Life)
John Montroll - Lion (African Animals in Origami)
John Montroll - Wyvern (Mythological Creatures & the Chinese Zodiac in Origami)
John Montroll - Western Dragon (Mythological Creatures & the Chinese Zodiac in Origami)
John Montroll - Earwig (Bugs & Birds in Origami)
John Montroll - Butterfly (Bugs & Birds in Origami)
Fumiaki Kawahata - Jedi Master Yoda (AEP website)
Noburu Miyajima - Horse (Miyajima-San's Website)
Toshikazu Kawasaki - Supersonic Reconnaissance Plane - SR-71 'Blackbird' (Origami for the Connoiseur)
Quentin Trollip - Danger! (Mr. Trollips Flickr Account - "Quentin Origami")
Mark Kirschenbaum - 'Fluffy' (origami.com)
Jerry Barker - Acrocanthosaurus (origami.com)
J. Anibal Voyer Iniesta - Ghost (origami.com)
David Brill - Fairy (brilliantorigami.com)
Luis Fernandez Perez - Perro Liberando (Origami Kit for Dummies)
Go Guspath - Mouse (Origami Kit for Dummies)
8 Pointed Star - Peter Engel (Origami from Angelfish to Zen)
Kunihiko Kasahara - Llama (Origami Omnibus)
Edwin Corrie - Square Bear (Encyclopædia of Origami)
Hsi-Hua Liu - Fish (Mr. Liu's Flickr Account - "hsi-hua"

Other more complex models can be folded from cheap paper at this size (even by me on occaison) but they are overly difficult & the finished product is unsatisfactorily thick and messy.

Gilad Aharoni's excellent website has pictures of all of these models, and reviews of the books where applicable: http://www.giladorigami.com

NB: I don't have the most popular, expensive books like Kamiya's or Tanteidans. So, unfortunately, I can't comment on how those excellent models fold. I'm sure many others can help in that regard.

Good luck! Hopefully you can post pictures of whatever you decide to fold.

InsomniacFolder wrote:I normally fold from ~10cm².

10cm² would be only 3.16cm per side. Do you really use paper that small? Or do you mean 10cm x 10cm, which is actually 100cm²