Joshuaorigami's old gallery

joshuaorigami · Post by **joshuaorigami** » June 1st, 2010, 7:41 pm

pteranodon designed and folded by me from one uncut square of tissue foil.

hope you like it!

bethnor · Post by **bethnor** » June 1st, 2010, 8:03 pm

Adam wrote: Experiment with new bases, rather than constantly using the same ones;

IMHO, why he should really try some montroll... same thing happened with him.

joshuaorigami · Post by **joshuaorigami** » June 1st, 2010, 8:45 pm

i do occasionally try some complex montroll models.

joshuaorigami · Post by **joshuaorigami** » June 2nd, 2010, 1:22 pm

longheaded locust designed and folded by me.

elephant by Katsuhisa Yamada

hope you like them!

Pixion · Post by **Pixion** » June 2nd, 2010, 4:02 pm

The elephant looks quite o.k., it is pretty cleanly folded.

This is good as on the other hand, most of your models seem to follow a 3 step process:

1: Take a piece of paper, any paper
2: crumble it into a tight ball,
3: skip to the last diagram and shape the model from the ball.

Sorry, I just had to post this, it was in my head for the last couple of days when following the digest.

On a more positive note, the giraffe is pretty well done from the right type of paper. I this indicates that you are much better off folding simple models first until you get a better grip on keeping folds tight. If you then move to the more complex versions and choose the right paper type and size, your end results will be so much better!

Foil is not the best paper for most models. As a matter of fact, I think foil is only good for models which need some shiny finish. Try out Kraft paper for instance and use a large size (i.e. 50x50cm) for the intermediate models.

joshuaorigami · Post by **joshuaorigami** » June 2nd, 2010, 4:21 pm

ok, but where do i buy good kraft paper from?

Pixion · Post by **Pixion** » June 2nd, 2010, 6:23 pm

From an art store, or office store as it is used to wrap packages to send by mail...

Or just use pre-cut origami paper!

joshuaorigami · Post by **joshuaorigami** » June 2nd, 2010, 6:33 pm

thanks!

bethnor · Post by **bethnor** » June 2nd, 2010, 8:54 pm

I'm not a huge fan of tissue foil, but I do have to defend it in this context. One can see the models that Joshua folds from medium other than tissue foil look okay. Not great, but okay. Tissue foil tends to look very crumply in photos. In this case, the appearance is exacerbated by Josh's folding. There are definitely some examples in various galleries of beautiful models made from tissue foil.

joshuaorigami · Post by **joshuaorigami** » June 2nd, 2010, 9:25 pm

tissue foil looks great in real life but it does look crumply in photo's for some reason.

i guess the camera goes into too much detail!!

Jonnycakes · Post by **Jonnycakes** » June 2nd, 2010, 9:31 pm

Tissue foil can photograph poorly, but it can also photograph well. It is almost impossible to fold something with tissue foil and not have wrinkles (unless it is something quite simple and quite flat). When folding anything with tissue-foil you must painstakingly flatten out wrinkles and very carefully fold everything in order to create a passable result. Even then it is only passable-getting ALL of the wrinkles out is impossible. So Joshua, I would contend that your tissue foil models do not look great in person

(this is coming from someone who has had plenty of experience with tissue foil and finally realized that it is not worth it).

Sunburst seems to do quite well with the stuff, though, although his pictures are too blurry to tell if his creations are indeed wrinkle-free...

Pixion · Post by **Pixion** » June 2nd, 2010, 10:55 pm

I personally don't like tissue foil as it ruins the 'flexible memory' of the paper. For complex models, you want a single fold to go back and forth between mountain/valley many times and foil just tries to keep it one way and crumples if you want to reverse.

All in all, I think it is more challenging to fold cleanly in foil and moreover, it may misguide the beginner in providing a false sense of comfort as it holds on to the folds.

joshuaorigami · Post by **joshuaorigami** » June 3rd, 2010, 8:45 am

well, right now im designing a tanuki that is super complex but its actually really neat and almost completely wrinkle-free! ill post pictures when it's done! i cant believe my luck on this design because i think that it's very nice!!

legionzilla · Post by **legionzilla** » June 3rd, 2010, 9:47 am

Joshua, good luck with your tanuki! I have a few tips for you.

First, improve the paper you are using. Tissue foil is a very easy paper to use, but only those very experienced in using it (Sunburst) can make nice looking models with it.

Secondly, don't post a design the moment you fold it. You seem to be a folder with alot of technique. I can hardly think of an origamist who can fold right out of his mind. If you ask me to design a horse, I would possibly have to take a few days to design it. And you can design one so easily. Of course, the most ingenious of designs come out most unexpectedly. Once you design something, take a new sheet of pape and refold it. Refold it and keep making improvements as you fold each version. It took Kamiya soooo many improvements before he got his Ryujin 3.5.

Hope to see more ingenious designs from you!

joshuaorigami · Post by **joshuaorigami** » June 3rd, 2010, 9:52 am

pacman eating those little dots...
designed and folded by me, and i know this needs refolding with better paper.

tanuki designed and folded by me. there are no wrinkles in this model (it is just the effect on the silver paper.) fully closed backed.
heres a couple of pics of the folding process.
sorry about the first picture (it was taken at night)

now heres the final model.