Boxpleated tree?

Rdude · Post by **Rdude** » January 6th, 2008, 5:13 am

I was just fiddling around with box pleating today, and I think that if you just divide a paper into a grid, and just start doing some Elias stretches, you'll end up with a tree! After a bit of practice you should be able to produce a nice tree. I'm gonna give it a try later and see what i can come up with.

Andrew

hobbestheprince · Post by **hobbestheprince** » January 6th, 2008, 1:17 pm

I think I may try that. Post what you come up with if you get the chance ... I don't have any decent paper at the moment but I'll give it a shot.

Finward · Post by **Finward** » January 18th, 2008, 1:52 am

Its not so hard to make a box pleated tree. in fact, my second box pleated model was a tree, that you can see here
http://origami.artists.free.fr/sebastia ... e/tree.htm
The photos dont make justice, the original is much better. But the only thing you have to make its to put some points in the center for the roots, a river for the trunk and lots of points for the branches. Accurancy its not necesary, because a tree its not accurate.

hobbestheprince · Post by **hobbestheprince** » January 18th, 2008, 2:02 am

WOW! How did you do that?

foldymole · Post by **foldymole** » January 21st, 2008, 11:48 am

Not tried it, but here's some instructions.

http://origami.artists.free.fr/CuKimNgo ... 2/tree.htm

Finward · Post by **Finward** » January 31st, 2008, 12:16 am

Perhaps you may like this model also, this was foldes by my friend Elerth Leiva from Perú.
Elerth Leiva: Árbol hermitaño
(Hermit tree)

hobbestheprince · Post by **hobbestheprince** » January 31st, 2008, 4:19 am

That is a really nice model

I gotta give it a shot one day ... I'd like to make a tree with arms and legs and stuff like an Ent.

mrsriggins · Post by **mrsriggins** » January 31st, 2008, 7:40 am

Since joisel does box pleating in many of his models i would bet that is a method used