origami plant cell

robert565777 · Post by **robert565777** » October 17th, 2010, 8:44 pm

I have a project on plant cells and have to turn in a model of one for school.

i would like to make it with origami. so far i have decided to use the origami magic ball for the nucleus.

but i can't think what else i could use for the other organelles. please help me

kevin89 · Post by **kevin89** » October 18th, 2010, 8:42 pm

For the membrane and the cytoskeleton, I would use two geometric spheres, I can't seem to recall what they are called.
For the rough ER and smooth ER, I would create my own origami model by taking a paper and pleating it so if you look down on the paper (like looking through a tube) it forms the shape of the outline of the ER, and then folding the corners of the pleats down at a 45 degree (or 33, or whatever) angle to lock the pleats, and then puff them up and make them look less geometric. Did that make any sense?

For the mitochondria, I would also use the magic ball, but in a different color, and only inflat it slightly, to get the ovular look, and/or make the rectangle you start with taller than what you would normally start with, essentially making the "ball" an oval.

I hope it goes well!!