Crease Pattern Challenge 031

Crease Pattern Challenge, Origami

Challenge 31 is Seiji Nishikawa’s 15°-Based Cat. I’m not sure how you name models by degrees, but I can see the tail and out from the center to the head both have 15° subdivisions.

OTMCP_031 - CAT 15 DEGREES - NISHIKAWA (4) OTMCP_031 - CAT 15 DEGREES - NISHIKAWA (5)

The head of my sitting, blue cat is more like the original model. However, he should be standing like the green one.

OTMCP_031 - CAT 15 DEGREES - NISHIKAWA (3) OTMCP_031 - CAT 15 DEGREES - NISHIKAWA (6)

I like the cat, but he’s more of a puzzle than grandiose. So here are a couple of models from Works of Seiji Nishikawa: his Tiger and Wagtail.

NISHIKAWA - TIGER (2) NISHIKAWA - TIGER (3) NISHIKAWA - WAGTAIL (1) NISHIKAWA - WAGTAIL (2)

The tiger keeps flattening out, so I tied a rope around him. A wagtail is a little bird.

NISHIKAWA - TIGER (5) NISHIKAWA - TIGER (4) NISHIKAWA - TIGER (6) NISHIKAWA - TIGER (7) NISHIKAWA - TIGER (8) NISHIKAWA - WAGTAIL (3)

OTMCP_031 - CAT 15 DEGREES - NISHIKAWA (1)

Crease Pattern Challenge 030

Crease Pattern Challenge, Origami

Challenge 30 is Seishi Kasumi’s “Mask of Ape”. It looks more like a monkey mask to me. The Japanese title of the model is “猿”, which can be monkey or ape, so I guess it can be either.

OTMCP_030 - MASK OF APE - KASUMI (110)

This is a pretty nifty 3D model. I initially didn’t like it too much, but it grew on me. The first time, I used rigid paper to hold the 3D shape, and, the second time, I used the flimsy paper I usually use. Both times I drew in a lot of the lines to make it easier.

OTMCP_030 - MASK OF APE - KASUMI (101) OTMCP_030 - MASK OF APE - KASUMI (104)

This first time I drew in the lines with red for mountain folds and blue for valley folds.

OTMCP_030 - MASK OF APE - KASUMI (106) OTMCP_030 - MASK OF APE - KASUMI (112)

Since I was better at keeping track the second time, I just used yellow highlighter to draw in lines. It lit up when the camera flash hit it for a neat effect. I hope it works the same way with a black light.

OTMCP_030 - MASK OF APE - KASUMI (109) OTMCP_030 - MASK OF APE - KASUMI (111) OTMCP_030 - MASK OF APE - KASUMI (113)