Monthly Folding Challenge - November 2009

akugami · Post by **akugami** » November 1st, 2009, 11:00 am

"Folding Japan - legend and myth"

as a long term Japan friend I want to invite you to fold something special out of a beautiful and interesting culture.
Some keywords to choose from may be

- tengu
- daruma
- oni
- shishi
- kappa
- raiden/raijin
- tatsu
- inari
- samurai
- geisha.

Those who know and appreciate the impressive origami masks by Tomoko Fuse may also want to fold an own interpretation of traditional theatre characters.

Rules:

- fold from a square without any cuts and glue - if possible just one piece of paper
- find a new and own design - something special for this challenge
- give a reference picture of a model you take inspiration from
- no drawing or painting - just paper.

Post by **origami_8** » November 1st, 2009, 12:14 pm

Ha, I'm out for this one. The only word that rings a bell for me is Samurai and I'm not gonna fold a human again this month.

akugami · Post by **akugami** » November 1st, 2009, 2:53 pm

no fear, anna! "samurai" doesn't mean a whole human but for instance a mask, a helmet or may be the s-h-beetle if you have a faible for insects ...

i'm still working on my little geisha model - with being not qualified for the japan challenge, too, i post the new version just as an example ...

Jonnycakes · Post by **Jonnycakes** » November 1st, 2009, 6:35 pm

This sounds great-a lot of exotic subjects to choose from. Can you say Amaterasu

legionzilla · Post by **legionzilla** » November 2nd, 2009, 10:03 am

How about kaiju?

FlareglooM · Post by **FlareglooM** » November 2nd, 2009, 10:10 am

Got an idea, lets hope I can make it work. It is an idea I already have in mind for a while, but I got 0% experience in designing (already asked for ODS for Christmas, can't wait for that.

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Anyways: Good luck everyone, may it be a fruitful month yet again

tanvuong85 · Post by **tanvuong85** » November 2nd, 2009, 3:03 pm

grizzly man wrote:fold from a square without any cuts and glue

I hate this word. hahahah. All my design is in a half of the square. Why always a square. I hate square. hahaha

insaneorigami · Post by **insaneorigami** » November 2nd, 2009, 3:56 pm

Haha, you could always fold a square in half

. Then, you would have rectangle models out of a square, as long as the rectangle model was 2/1. Of course, it would be bulky, so you would need thin paper, but...

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Sounds like a great challange! I'll have to get to work on some designs

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angrydemon · Post by **angrydemon** » November 2nd, 2009, 5:03 pm

Why do Vietnamese folders like rectangles so much? Rectangles are bad for you!

topsu · Post by **topsu** » November 2nd, 2009, 6:04 pm

just take a piece of paper, fold it in half and MC it down, no one can say you used a rectangle

I don't think that's allowed, though.

Jonnycakes · Post by **Jonnycakes** » November 2nd, 2009, 7:18 pm

Why not? That would still be from a square. I think if rectangles work for you, then use them-unless it is against the rules like in a challenge like this.

Kijjakarn · Post by **Kijjakarn** » November 3rd, 2009, 2:08 am

Vietnamese like rectangles and box-pleating. Japanese like squares!

WhisperPuffin · Post by **WhisperPuffin** » November 3rd, 2009, 4:03 am

I like squares too, I'm not Japanese

legionzilla · Post by **legionzilla** » November 3rd, 2009, 7:32 am

Hey puffin! I like squares too and i'm not japanese.

Anyway, I've got my first entry to the contest, now just for the photo-taking...

wolf · Post by **wolf** » November 3rd, 2009, 9:06 am

If inspiration is still lacking, take a look here:

http://www.obakemono.com/introduction.php

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