Need help with gigi the cat

hrabbit · Post by **hrabbit** » April 13th, 2008, 1:53 am

Hi, I'm new (to the forum and to origami lol) and I would appreciate it if someone could help me with "gigi the cat" by Robin Glynn.

here is a link to his homepage
http://www.glynnorigami.co.uk/Index.htm

and here's the cat
http://www.glynnorigami.co.uk/Cat.pdf

I'm a little confused at step 25 and step 30, as well as 32

at 25 do you just sort of fold the ear over? or is there something more complex going on because I can't really tell (it says to swivel but I don't see how really... and I'm not that good at swiveling

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at step 30, do you sink the tip in?? or just fold it over because when I try to sink it, it runs into the tail and then I cant rabbit ear the tail very well because the paper gets really thick.

and Im assuming you just shape the body at step 32, there really isn't much folding going on, right?

any help is appreciated!

chesslo · Post by **chesslo** » April 13th, 2008, 2:36 am

yap, you are right

Nathan · Post by **Nathan** » April 13th, 2008, 5:34 am

First of all, chesslo, your post was entirely worthless, and it did not tell or solve anything. Please make your posts worthwhile.

Anyways... I took some pictures, which I hope will make things clear. The paper I used is this thick foil which folds rather badly.

at 25 do you just sort of fold the ear over? or is there something more complex going on because I can't really tell (it says to swivel but I don't see how really... and I'm not that good at swiveling )

Step 25 is a swivel, which is more than just folding the ear over.

at step 30, do you sink the tip in?? or just fold it over because when I try to sink it, it runs into the tail and then I cant rabbit ear the tail very well because the paper gets really thick.

I don't entirely get what you're trying to say here, but I believe step 30 is a sink.

and Im assuming you just shape the body at step 32, there really isn't much folding going on, right?

That's right. At step 32, most of the folding is just shaping. The only real folding is the crimping for the feet, and the reverst fold at the end of the tail. For my cat, I bent the tail backwards, so the tail might not all be visible.

Hope this helps!

hrabbit · Post by **hrabbit** » April 13th, 2008, 6:43 am

thank you!!! That helped me a lot! I'll try it first thing tomorrow!

ps: I loved the paper you used

edit: this was how my first real attempt turned out! (it was a little lopsided and didn't want to stand on its own so I propped it up with a tape measurer)

I think it looks alright

I'm going to try it using foil paper in a bit.