Paper

OrigamiFreakAddict · Post by **OrigamiFreakAddict** » June 19th, 2009, 10:37 am

Excuse me, but does anyone know where to purchase large paper preferably 75'x75'? If so, please post a reply.

Thanks a lot!!!

legionzilla · Post by **legionzilla** » June 19th, 2009, 10:39 am

Go to the Origami Shop in Passion Origami, there may be sizes suitable for you.
Where do you live? Maybe there are some forum members who live near you.

Sara · Post by **Sara** » June 19th, 2009, 11:29 am

Whatever do you need a 75 foot square for?!? I'm ... intrigued!

As to 75 inch squares - passionorigami does sell 240cm (approx 95 inch) squares of super thin kraft paper (28gsm): http://www.origami-shop.com/kraft-sheet ... 7-770.html
I'm not sure where you can get other paper in that size, I fear.

-- Sara

Jonnycakes · Post by **Jonnycakes** » June 19th, 2009, 7:40 pm

A 75' single square of paper is going to be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to find. I would personally recommend that you make a composite sheet consisting of many sheets of paper adhered together somehow. With MC, you can almost entirely eliminate the seams between the sheets. To strengthen the larger sheet, you can add another layer with the seams offset from the other layer, so the weak points are minimized. With paper that big, you will probably want the paper rather thick so that it is strong enough to hold up to the abuse it will be enduring, so 3, 4, or even 5 layers might be best. Kraft paper comes in rolls, so maybe you could make a composite sheet with that, overlaying strips of the paper pulled from the large rolls. Good luck with whatever you are folding-using paper that large will surely be a challenge!

OrigamiFreakAddict · Post by **OrigamiFreakAddict** » June 20th, 2009, 1:53 am

Sorry about my post. I meant about 75cm. Sorry. I get all my large paper from my teacher. But i need bigger paper to fold Satoshi Kamiya's origami ancient dragon.

legionzilla wrote:Go to the Origami Shop in Passion Origami, there may be sizes suitable for you.
Where do you live? Maybe there are some forum members who live near you.

I live in Honolulu. And if you're curious, I'm 13 years old, and am Filipino.

Sara wrote:Whatever do you need a 75 foot square for?!? I'm ... intrigued!

As to 75 inch squares - passionorigami does sell 240cm (approx 95 inch) squares of super thin kraft paper (28gsm): http://www.origami-shop.com/kraft-sheet ... 7-770.html
I'm not sure where you can get other paper in that size, I fear.

-- Sara

I don't understand the sign next to the sales price. is that dollars, pesos, or something?

Post by **TheRealChris** » June 20th, 2009, 2:32 am

that currency is euro.

Jonnycakes · Post by **Jonnycakes** » June 20th, 2009, 8:10 pm

Right now, 1 Euro is equal to about 1.4 US dollars. Even if you need 75 cm paper, that is still pretty big-most fine papers (Lokta, Hanji, etc.) comes in sizes of 24"x36" max. You could still use the technique of combining multiple sheets to get one bigger sheet for paper that size.

OrigamiFreakAddict · Post by **OrigamiFreakAddict** » June 21st, 2009, 1:57 am

like i said before, i need the large paper to fold satoshi kamiya's ancient dragon.

ArmyTim · Post by **ArmyTim** » June 21st, 2009, 2:24 am

What about wrapping paper for presents? not too thick, but still fairly strong, and big none the less.

legionzilla · Post by **legionzilla** » June 21st, 2009, 6:10 am

Newspaper could do the trick, they are sold in huge sizes!

Ben385 · Post by **Ben385** » June 21st, 2009, 6:21 am

If you fold anything with newspaper, you'll really regret it when you look at your hands afterwards....

legionzilla · Post by **legionzilla** » June 21st, 2009, 6:36 am

No, the paper used for making newspaper. I have large sheets of those at home. And, I once tried to fold something with newspaper, and it came up fine, only that the paper was abit flimsy.

OrigamiFreakAddict · Post by **OrigamiFreakAddict** » June 21st, 2009, 9:02 am

I am not using newspaper. It's too weak to hold the structure of the dragon. Question: What kind of paper did Satohshi Kamiya use to make the ancient dragon anyway?

OrigamiFreakAddict · Post by **OrigamiFreakAddict** » June 21st, 2009, 9:05 am

ArmyTim wrote:What about wrapping paper for presents? not too thick, but still fairly strong, and big none the less.

I might use wrapping paper if i can't find any other type of large paper.

Wizmatt · Post by **Wizmatt** » June 21st, 2009, 12:50 pm

OrigamiFreakAddict wrote:Question: What kind of paper did Satohshi Kamiya use to make the ancient dragon anyway?

Most of Kamiyas' models are folded from Origamido paper that he made at the Origamido studio. He made a whole batch so there's enough for him to fold almost all of his models from it.

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