The Origami Forum

My parents just threw away my water bomb (Kade Chan) precreases!!! NOOOOOO!

Don't worry, the opposite is just as bad... Picture coming home four years later and your mom hands you a box completely full of ancient (relatively simple) origami pieces, all that she could find from your (now clean) room, preserved, just in case you wanted them all those years later. I think I kept only one...

my origami gets thrown away all the time! even sometimes by me!.

A lot. I often throw away those test folds with copy paper.
Or when I refold something, the older ones are thrashed.

At a wedding I made a Kawasaki rose out of a napkin, then as soon as I set it on one of the tables a cleaning lady grabbed it and mashed it up and threw it in a bag.

hahahaha epic fail XD

I throw away many models and when I fold a better one of a model I throw away all of the ones of that design I made before

I never actually throw my stuff away. I just have a shelf that is my gallery, and those unfit (most of them) to be on my shelf are thrown in a box. That way, I can revisit old folds and the memories just seep in, and before your know it you start crying ... never mind. I'll just cry by myself in the corner.

Mine usually get scooped into a box, I try lots of simple designs all the time then leave them lying around untill my boyfriend gest fed up.

I usually have this problem instead.

I wouldn't blame anyone for throwing something away. Most of the models in my room look like trash, lol. I will throw things away when I am designing and the piece I've been working with has been folded so many times it no longer holds its shape. Or like others have said, if I fold a better version, I will throw the old one away.

There was one time I folded a flower in school. I accidentally left it behind, but when I came back for it the teacher had thrown it away. I didn't think it looked like trash, but it wasn't a big deal. I don't think I spent a lot of time on it.

cjbnc, I forgot to comment on the cute photo! My cat will do the same thing if I let him. =)

Yes, dogs ate 145-point my Megura sea urchin as soon as I finished and stepped away. Nice paper too...

i folded a kawasaki shell on the school bus one time. i told this girl to pass it to my friend so she could see it. instead of passing it she crumpled it up and gave it back it was funny

I throw mine away all the time. i run out of room to store them. then there are some horrible looking practice pieces that just go straight to the recycling bin