Sinosauropteryx -- Whose Work?

dinogami · Post by **dinogami** » January 3rd, 2011, 4:29 pm

Hi All! -

A colleague forwarded me this picture of an origami Sinosauropteryx:

...mimicking the first fossil of this feathered theropod dinosaur:

Does anyone know whose work this is? Subtracting characters from the URL doesn't lead anywhere...

bethnor · Post by **bethnor** » January 3rd, 2011, 7:00 pm

it looks like edwin ee's (author of jurassic origami, which is now out of print) aesthetic. and it may look like his aesthetic as he favored modular dinosaurs, usually out of bird bases, which this gives all the appearance of. it's difficult to be certain, obviously.

dinogami · Post by **dinogami** » January 3rd, 2011, 7:04 pm

More stuff by what looks to be the same creator (I've seen pictures of this person's stuff in the past -- the peculiar tail formation and heavily reverse-folded necks are characteristic -- but don't know a name or if any of these have ever been published...):

http://userdisk.webry.biglobe.ne.jp/006 ... 409223.jpg

If anyone knows the name of this creator, and if any of his/her work has ever been published (and, if so, where), please let us know!

bethnor · Post by **bethnor** » February 17th, 2011, 2:56 am

i believe this is who you're looking for dr. harris. he appears ~ 0:50. i've never heard of him--his name sounds like "katsuya miyamoto." not sure.

origamimasterjared · February 17th, 2011, 6:20 pm

Kazuya Matsumoto.

Flame_Kurosei · Post by **Flame_Kurosei** » February 17th, 2011, 11:36 pm

Yup, he's the one (link below)
http://www.mindat.org/article_pics/origami1_700.jpg

Whoops, this means I was wrong on that other forum topic...oh well.

I tried googling his name and all I got was "WORLD'S LARGEST DINOSAUR!!" Does anyone know if he has any books/cps/websites/diagrams on his models?

Moog · Post by **Moog** » February 18th, 2011, 1:02 am

Flame_Kurosei wrote: I tried googling his name and all I got was "WORLD'S LARGEST DINOSAUR!!" Does anyone know if he has any books/cps/websites/diagrams on his models?

I found other pictures here:
http://tinyurl.com/65q9pf2

and. perhaps, a book:
http://tinyurl.com/5rc9xhz

and some other information:
http://tinyurl.com/5rkdzy4

I'm not completely sure, I don't know Japanese...

Flame_Kurosei · Post by **Flame_Kurosei** » February 18th, 2011, 11:30 pm

and some other information:
http://tinyurl.com/5rkdzy4

My japanese isn't so hot, but it looks like their talking about a huge origami dinosaur (8 meters by 2.8 meters or so long as the finished model) that took a lot of people and children to fold...is this the dinosaur that was made in the "Giant Origami" video? It doesn't contain an image....

And yeah, the other thing's a book, but it doesn't seem to have the Sinosauropteryx model...

the modern einstein · February 18th, 2011, 11:52 pm

I wonder how much MC they used for that thing, and what paper it's made of- it seems very, very strong.

Flame_Kurosei · Post by **Flame_Kurosei** » February 19th, 2011, 12:45 am

it seems very, very strong.

I have to agree, mainly because they used a crane to lift the big one-wouldn't that tear the paper from the weight (if it wasn't strong I mean)?