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I have some of this wonderful paper, glassine, and I want to fold something from it. The max size of squares I can cut is about 24 cm. I already folded Maekawa's devil, and I want some other high-intermediate models that will look nice in this paper. So, any suggestions?

My favorite things to fold with glassine are tessellations.

Thanks, but I forgot to say no tessellations, only figurative models. I once folded a tessellation with this paper and I was not very impressed because when back-lighting, the creases show up really ugly.

Ah well, some people like the way the creases show up.

Most figurative models are difficult to do with glassine and the results are usually not that impressive. I have done some roses and they worked out okay.

Also, for what it's worth, there are tessellations where the creases are not readily apparent. There are also tessellations that use all the creases in the collapse... I believe there are also techniques that can hide the crease marks after the model is complete, but I don't recall all the details... heating and maybe applying wax?


No.4 Star Puff, unpuffed, backlit by malachus, on Flickr

I have done some of Fuse's spiral designs with glassine before, as well as Jarrod Needle's snowflake.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/malachus/5541778128/
http://origamiweekly.blogspot.com/2009/ ... abbit.html

Don't know if I should call it representational, but Kamiya has designed some interesting geometric figures-for example this one:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/arturori/2499415609/
Folded by Artur Biernacki.
Check his site for more.

I don't know about high intermediate, but I've folded Peter Forcher's fox from glassine--it curves!:

Link: http://www.origamiseiten.de/forcher/fuchs96.pdf
Mine was about 9x9in, which is about 23x23cms I think?
Hope I helped
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