Challenge number 46 in issue 102 is a Housemaid by Ryo Kamiya. This is one of the more complicated models and certainly one of the most interesting. While it looks mostly symmetrical, it’s very not symmetrical to get all the details. I folded the grid, then drew in most of the details before I folded this one.

I think mine’s not bad. It’s a little bulky and the hair in the back is crazy (although, I like this crazy look). The bow and shoes came out pretty nicely. I made the high collar thing more of a scarf. Also, I lost the maid hat. I’m not sure where it came from, or where it went.

I haven’t been doing extra models in these as much, but this challenge reminded me of another that I liked. Actually, to start with, the Housemaid reminded me of Alice from Wonderland and the Looking-Glass. This is why I made the dress yellow (because the first colour illustrations of her had a yellow dress, though not this bright) and forgot the maid hat.

Anyway, the other model is Nicolás Gajardo Henríquez’s Conejo de Alicia (diagrammed in Origami Tanteidan Convention Book 19). In this book, his English title is Nivens Mc Twisp…? I think he pairs well with this model (as Alice) and wish I knew some more Alice-like models to go with them. Maybe I should come up with a Jabberwocky.