This particular origamist has posted on these forums back in 2010 ... but has since disappeared, so I am guessing he won't be getting my private message.
His style reminds me of Joisel, and I would like to attempt to make a human model as well. It almost looks like his models are modifications of self-made man, or perhaps Joisel's mermaid. There are a lot of pleats on the heads it seems.
I don't know how it was done. But my guess is that it is primarily box pleated, with paper being pulled out of the box pleats (or diverting from the pure box pleated crease pattern) to shape the head, arms, feet, etc.
Does that even make any sense?
The most important thing for me is the direct observation of nature in its light-filled existence. -August Macke
What you said makes perfect sense. I figured it was box-pleating just from the look of the model. But there's something borrowed from Joisel I can't quite put my finger on. It's as if this artist modified one of his models. If I can get that figured out, or get help on an expert from the forums, I will start from there and modify as I make test models.
maybe the joisel part is the shaping of the face and hair? it looks really easy if i know it right do diamond shapes for the face then transition to flat pleats (idk how to describe it) and shape!
Sure, that's just boxpleating-- just not using a uniaxial base. It looks like this person uses flaps in a very similar way to Joisel-- four or five flaps used to make the face, pleated edges used for hair and other textures, and a penchant for sculptural shaping instead of clean lines. When you make a lot of points for the facial details, you end up with a lot of extra paper around the head which can be used for hair or other details.
Apart from technical similarities, there's also a distinctly French aesthetic in both artists' work-- which can be seen in their choice of subjects and poses, as well as the way they shape things. It's quite likely that Snan was deliberately imitating Joisel.
I know people already implied this, but it looks like one of the many variations of Elias's The Last Waltz, with the child box pleated from a smaller portion of the rectangle.
Hmmm, never would have thought of The Last Waltz ... perhaps he just added a bunch of flaps for the face, since the Elias model has a more rounded head with no facial features.
I was thinking it was a variation of Joisel's mermaid.
He may have used The Last Waltz for the extreme basics, but he definitely got his shaping inspiration from Eric Joisel. The faces remind me of the characters from his 'Commedia dell'arte'.
Art is about creation. It is about self-expression. It is giving form to something within you.
-Joseph Wu
I agree. I am getting into boxpleating and hoping to make some simple designs, something like a woman with long hair and a dress, so there's no need for feet.
