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any origami involving cardsock reason is that I have a TON of cardstock. anything from simple to complex.
thanks in advance

errr...cardstock is fairly useless...it tends to crack....maybe some boxes by Tomoko Fuse?

ok, i understand

you might try wet-folding it, also...

Well, depending on the thickness of your cardstock, you might want to try doing some papercraft... google it and you'll find a ton of sites about it.

Can you tell us a bit more about the cardstock you have? There are so many different kinds out there. If it is a thinner kind that doesn't crack on the first Crease you might well be able to fold simpler models. There are for example a whole lot of business card Origami models of whom I think should be possible to fold with thin cardstock: http://www.origami-resource-center.com/ ... igami.html

Furthermore it might be possible to wet fold it, to prevent it from cracking.

Just experiment a bit to find out what is possible and what not.

the type of cardstock I have is a bit bore thinner and doesn't crack, something like the one I bought at walmart, and it is foldable and i tried to make a crane and came out great.

If it is foldable, clearly you can make some nice boxes, and maybe some modulars.

But, if you will search for Giang Dinh dog or cat, you'll read how some folks have wet folded thicker paper to make the models.

- Hank Simon

Anything with curved creases will work wonderfully in cardstock, with a bit of wetfolding. Check out the curved folding Flickr group for ideas: http://www.flickr.com/groups/783444@N25/

Are you kidding me, they work so well! Though modulars don't take too much creases for each unit, cardstock is my favorite material for modulars. My favorite model to use it with is the F.I.T. as it is super sturdy!

On the other hand if you have a bunch of it, theres a lot of uses including all that has been said, and a kool program called "Pepakura". Although the designer portion of the program is premium, the free portion of it allows you to download files and use them. It allows you to take a 3D file flatten in to a printable constructable pattern,after assembly it should accurately replicate the very 3D model that was used.