Origami, or how to fold paper really good.

lithilk

Hello I couldn't find a thread for paper arts so I thought I'd start one.

I've done origami since I was 13, but taken breaks from it during uni and stuff like that. I've dipped back into it recently and gotten into kusudamas. I've only made two so far, using 7mm x 7mm paper.

This one used 2:1 rectangles, design by Maria Sinayskaya. I really like her work.

Igel kusudama, design by Lukasheva Ekaterina.

What do people think? I'd love to see ones made by others!

MuddyParasol

An origami giraffe I made while recovering from a nasty flu. I followed the directions of an old dusty library book (the best sort of library book!), which I've long since returned and sadly I don't remember who designed it.

lithilk

Very nice! I've got that book actually, Secrets of Origami by Robert Harbin. That's Robert Neale's design.
And yes, dusty old library books are the best.

MagicToaster

How big is the original paper?

BTW, have you see Between the Folds?

lithilk

MagicToaster wrote: »

How big is the original paper?

BTW, have you see Between the Folds?

I have not seen, shall commence research!

Gristo

I can't contribute, but I want to see this thread keep growing.

Also . . . isn't 7 millimeters, like, really small? Like . . . 7/10ths of a centimeter?

zollmaniac

Dunno if you include book arts as being 'paper arts' but they are made of the stuff, so I thought I would post a couple of pictures. I made this journal as a present for my wife, but she's never used because she doesn't want to ruin it. I made the paper used for the cover and inserts and hand stitched the binding. Its a little dusty since the journal spends most of its time on a display shelf! Been years since I've done anything with book arts, but its something I really want to get back into.

Anyways, never shared anything before and the pictures aren't the best (and huge in size apparently). But that's what I get for just having my iPad around and no good place to take a photo! I'll try to reduce the size tomorrow to reduce the load time.

lithilk

Gristo wrote: »

I can't contribute, but I want to see this thread keep growing.

Also . . . isn't 7 millimeters, like, really small? Like . . . 7/10ths of a centimeter?

oops, I meant 7cm x 7cm. thanks for pointing that out!


@zollmaniac That's fantastic! I love the marbled cover and those stitched bindings. Have you got any other examples of your work?

zollmaniac

I'll see if I can dig up any my others, but I gave a lot away as presents to family who don't live close by. They were done for a book arts class and the one here was by far my favorite (and one of my final projects for the class). I really want to get back into it because its actually pretty fun. If you have a chance to take a book arts class, I fully recommend it!

Tam

I did some modular work, but it's at my parents house
modular origami is incredibly tedious during the task, but enormously satisfying when it's finished

lithilk

Latest thing I done made.

whoreray

If origami could be made into a delightful bomb, I bet it would look like that.

Brainleech

Long ago I really was into this but everything I made I either gave away or did something else with
But then I remembered one of the very first groups and chat rooms I ever went to on the internet was about this

I liked making bugs and sea creatures and I will go see if I still remember how to do this now