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344: It’s A Unicorn, Joyce

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A dear old friend is not well, but likes Unicorns – what better example of such a beastie is Satoshi Kamiya’s model:

This has been an all day affair – started this morning before I went out, some more in the late afternoon then finishing off after coming home from dinner out.

Satoshi suggests a starting size of 35cm square, I decided on 55cm, and found even that terribly fiddly, particularly as this was a first fold and I did not know what was going to end up where.

Happy with this as a first attempt – this model will not be auctioned, sorry, it is a gift to Joyce, I hope she likes it. So what’s with the title? I took a photo gallery up to my Mum’s yesterday, seems the models are not as recognisable as I thought (maybe it is because I am so familiar with them), but the number of guesses that were not even close was amazing – you get that.

225: Lang’s Green Tree Frog

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When I first saw this model, in “Origami Design Secrets” I knew I wanted to try it:

Such a torturous but interesting fold, initial pleating followed by some amazing swivel and sink folds to get the body differentiated from the legs, this is my pose for this model – I like that it looks like ti is crawling and I thought much more interesting that being symmetrical.

there is much to be in awe of with this model – I am and I managed to fold it; the toes, the eyes and the overall accuracy of the morphology are simply amazing – more proof that Robert lang is a maestro mathematician and true artist in his designs.

This model took ages as I was fastidious with my folding, accuracy mattered but wow, no I mean WOW! What a difference good paper makes – I did not attempt this with copy paper – there is a spread/sink/swivel move that would shred the paper early on so I used a sheet of tissue foil and am glad I did.