Month: September 2015

Crease Pattern Challenge 005

Crease Pattern Challenge, Origami

Takashi Hojyo has many beautiful models, with a rare specialty in human figures. Many of these figures follow a signature gridding setup, but some do not. His Shibaraku (Crease Pattern Challenge 5) is very unique comparatively.

OTMCP_005 - SHIBARAKU - HOJYO (1) OTMCP_005 - SHIBARAKU - HOJYO (5)

Shibaraku refers to the kabuki piece. I don’t know much about the kabukis, so here’s the wiki for it. It’s got an excellent picture of the actor the origami model represents.

There are a lot of elements to this model, including the face, sword, fan, big pants, and lots of clothes details. There’s even ties in the back. I think mine’s ok, but I have some problems, especially with the area around the waist. Also, I think I reversed mine.

OTMCP_005 - SHIBARAKU - HOJYO (3) OTMCP_005 - SHIBARAKU - HOJYO (4)

I have made this model before, and I’m pretty sure I managed to do the same stupid thing both times. The crease pattern is in OTM 59, but a new, more complex model of the head is diagrammed in 119. I keep thinking the new head is supposed to go on the crease pattern model. It might be doable, but, since I choose paper size based on the small head, it becomes really hard to fit the new one in. This time, I noticed the problem after I folded the updated head separately.

OTM_119_A - SHIBARAKU HEAD - HOJYO

Elephant

Origami, Original Designs

WKO_008 - ELEPHANT (102)

Here’s another one I came up with. I don’t remember why, but I was trying to come up with a pentagon within a square radiating out from a point higher than center. I figured out a good way to put one in that only takes a little feeling out (that is, I found reference points only a little away from where it was necessary to fold).

WKO_008 - ELEPHANT (104) WKO_008 - ELEPHANT (101)

I gave up trying to use a pentagon for whatever it was, but I still wanted to use the oddly placed pentagon for something. I had extra paper for a long point that eventually became the trunk, but I still don’t know what made me think of an elephant. Maybe Ganesh? He seems like a cool guy anyway.

WKO_008 - ELEPHANT (105)

Crease Pattern Challenge 004

Crease Pattern Challenge, Origami

The fourth crease pattern was developed by Noboru Miyajima. It’s a neat model that uses one square of paper for two characters, a Knight on a Pegasus. I guess the knight would be Perseus, as Pegasus is created by Medusa’s blood (one way or another) when Perseus beheads her. I never thought of Perseus wearing a lot of armour (he gets his shield, hat, and shoes on the way, so I always think he travels light, but maybe he traded them in). Some paintings (such as this time-lapse painting) do have him armoured up. Sculptors tend to disagree. But “Naked Dude on a Pegasus” would probably require different points of articulation.

OTMCP_004 - KNIGHT ON PEGASUS - MIYAJIMA (1) OTMCP_004 - KNIGHT ON PEGASUS - MIYAJIMA (2) OTMCP_004 - KNIGHT ON PEGASUS - MIYAJIMA (3)

After I folded the crease pattern, I actually ended up a bit stuck. I folded it fine, but it’s sometimes hard to show specific details in a crease pattern. Instead of a dude on a winged horse, I had more of a squid with too many tentacles. Luckily, Issue 73 had complete diagrams of this model, so I folded that, then went back to the crease pattern to finish it.

OTM_073_A - KNIGHT ON A PEGASUS - MIYAJIMA (1) OTM_073_A - KNIGHT ON A PEGASUS - MIYAJIMA (4) OTM_073_A - KNIGHT ON A PEGASUS - MIYAJIMA (5)

I used nearly the same colour paper, so they’re kind of hard to differentiate. I’m pretty sure that the crease pattern one is a bit more streamlined, as you can skip a lot of steps that are more for reference.

Random 1

Miscellaneous, Origami

I had wanted to post every Tuesday and Friday, but I’m probably only going to be able to do Fridays. I thought some random ones might be fun. Anyway, I had these in my camera.

KAWAHATA - DIMETRODON (1)

KAWAHATA - DIMETRODON (3) KAWAHATA - DIMETRODON (4)

This Dimetrodon was designed by Fumiaki Kawahata and is in his book, Origami Fantasy. I got the book just before it went out of print and have made nearly every model (I think). I’m surprised I can’t find more lying around (the stegosaurus is especially ingenious); they’re all great models and fun to make. This dude’s spine is awesome. The Dimetrodon, I mean. I have no information on Mr. Kawahata’s spine.

DIAZ - HIPPOCAMPUS (3) DIAZ - HIPPOCAMPUS (2)

Diaz’s origami is usually wavy. Not wavy like the more abstract origami that’s all waves, but very clearly wavy, as an interesting aspect. Around 10-15% wavy. A Hippocampus is a mythical water horse, and this one (from Origami for Interpreters) incorporates wavyness particularly in the mane turning to gills, the horse nose-face-whatever, and the fish-foot-thing. Sometimes, my descriptions can be a little lacking.

LANG - LIONFISH (2)

Lastly, I have some designs created by Robert Lang. I like most of Robert Lang’s origami. The “Opus” numbering he has kind of rubs me the wrong way. But it’s fine. Really, it’s just that, when I folded his Assyrian Bull, it didn’t stand under its own weight. I mean, that’s fine. I should have been able to tell its legs couldn’t hold it from the crease pattern. So, it’s fine. I had it hung over my desk for a while, with a few of Takashi Hojyo’s Geistkämpfers. Their arrows were aimed at the bull.

LANG - LIONFISH (3) LANG - LIONFISH (1)

The Lionfish and Hermit Crab are from Origami Sea Life, which was a co-book with John Montroll. John Montroll has many clever designs, many with color changes, which you do not see here. Maybe another week.

I don’t know exactly why I like the Lionfish so much, but I do. Maybe because he’s so pointy?

LANG - HERMIT CRAB (1) LANG - HERMIT CRAB (2)

I had gotten some opalescent paper that I didn’t know what to do with but remembered the Hermit Crab! He’s adorable but a little hard to photograph.

LANG - SCORPION

This last one is Lang’s Scorpion from The Complete Book of Origami. He has several other scorpions, but I like this one the most of all the ones I’ve seen. He has a good face. Also, I don’t much like wet folding.