I decided I needed to do a presentation fold of Boice Wong’s wonderful pair of models he calls “Head Empty”.

My previous folds were with plain Kraft paper, but I decided I wanted to show off the clever colour changes implicit in the design, so re-folded them with White/Natural Kraft paper over the last week or so.

Having released only Crease Patterns (CP), part of the delicious challenge of this pair of models is working out what becomes what. Although related, the 2 models use CP variations that both allow for the formation of a box head, one attached to shoulders, the other not.

I choose to call these “Null” and “Void” – Null because he has no head attached, Void because his head is well and truly empty. They have been variously called “Dumb and Dumber” and “Look Mum, no brain; look mum, no head”, but I think Null and Void works best.

I managed a lovely neck on Void, his empty head sits nicely atop it – no mean feat given the pleat bundle that rises from the shoulders. I figured that given they were outfitted so dapperly, suit and all, they would be nothing if not extremely polite.

I wanted Void to “Doff his Hat” as a sign of greeting and respect (he would respect anyone whose head was a little fuller than his), but given he is not wearing a hat, he “Doffed his Head” instead.

I love these characters, they are a lot of fun to dols and a fabulous tautological puzzle to work out how to integrate the coat, sleeves and collar, and more importantly how to form the box heads cleanly. I went through 4 iterations on Void before I found a tidy removed head. The layers underneath are a little ugly and his supporting hand is a little clumsy, but that is an artifact of the thickness of the paper to begin with – my fault. I do like the challenge of trying to push the wrong paper through impossible processes so was determined to find a way to make it work. I am pretty delighted with the compromise I settled on.