An interesting fold and the bird has a posture as in flight, difficult to photograph, soz.
Folded whilst in Victoria, on the Great Ocean Road.
8: Seagull
A nice model (particularly pleased with the body/tail) that is difficult to photograph, as someone pointed out to me the proportions are more Albatross-like than seagullish, but there you go.
Folded whilst in Victoria, on the Great Ocean Road.
7: Leatherback Turtle
A deceptively simple model – much work is done underneath to form the shell, legs etc. I might look for a better turtle later, but this is a worthy first reptile.
6: Strawberry
Two views of the same berry, a nice variation of the time-tested and much tossed water bomb base. Made with a square cut from half an A4 page, the smaller you make these the more realistic the shape.
Quite happy with the hull (or calyx) although some of my more nerdier botanist friends will argue that it should have 5 subdivisions not 4.
5: Veloceraptor
I like this, the posture/stance is sort of what I expect (after watching Jurassic Park) and I like how you get the vestigial arms seemingly from nowhere. I like how the shadow makes it more menacing as well, accidental photos using obscure light sources can result in nice happenstances sometimes.
Nice model, interesting manipulation of the bird-base, first time I tried it – you can try it too at http://www.fishgoth.com/origami/diagrams/velociraptor.pdf
4: Nessie
A cute plesiosaur, or loch-ness monster (but waay to cute to be scary).
One square of A4 photocopy paper – looks more like a juvenile as the neck-body proportions are a bit out for an adult (well, that is my story and I am sticking to it)
3: Jackstone
This is, in my opinion, a masterpiece of pre-folding, you make one model, unfold it and bend it into another model. I pride myself of folding this from memory – not bad given I have not folded it in at least 15 years.
One piece of paper (photocopy A4 is not great as it frays after 3 or 4 creases on the same line) cut square, no additional cuts, no glue – all class.
Design by Jack Skillman, USA, 1965 (I first saw it in a Robert Harbin “Origami 2” book I own)
2: Llama
I rather like the expression on the face, position of ears and body stance of this model – not bad for a first time fold.
Fold found here: http://synconi.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d2qno4x have a go yourself – you know you want to.
1: Peacock
One sheet of paper, rectangle 2×1, folded prior to this project started but the inspiration for it so it is a fitting first
I like this model as the tail is fully articulated – it stands up as a display for the male peacock. Folded during a particularly boring exam supervision (whilst still being vigilant)
365 Days of Origami
So I decided to move this project to a blog, because it lets me index and be a little cleverer, sorry for any poor sod trying to actually follow this project as it has jumped around a bit.
My aim – 365 models, one per day for a year. Ambitious and scary actually – no idea if I can do it, willing to give it a try.
For your reference, the models, when photographed, are standing on a block of note paper some 17cm long. I will try to remember to include in the tag what shape paper is used to make it and what base it is derived from (if any) and if I remember the Designer of the model.
Rules (attempted guidelines at least):
- * if I am unable (due to awayness) to post, I will, as separate posts, the next available day, catch up. Circumstances and busyness vary, sorry.
- * models made from sheets of paper, white
- * after the initial shaping of the unfolded page (square, rectangle, transverse polyhedra, whatever) no cuts, no glue
- * model must be (hopefully) recognizably something
- * ONE box/container model per month
- * ONE compound model a month (ie. a model that uses more than one sheet of paper, combined into a single figure) unless a celebration day has a model that looks good but requires more sheets
…wish me luck