You need bricks to build a castle, lots of bricks.
So at first I started folding bricks,
without thinking further ahead too much. I made two different bricks:
A square shaped brick and a rectangle one, which is twice the size of
the square brick. By the time I had enough bricks for a good start, I started with
building the castle.
Meanwhile I kept on folding a few new bricks each day.
The castle itself stands on a small selfmade isle of about 100 x 50
centimeters.
First, I determined the surface of the castle and made the ground
floor of it, then
I made an extra floor of the same surface on this ground floor. The ceilings of my castle are made of two layers of cardboard and
the parts that stick
out of the building are used as balconies.
Three floors for the main part of the castle seemed enough for me. The
fashion dolls
wearing my own designed Origami clothes fit exactly on each floor and
give the setting
a more vivid look. After I finished the base of the castle with three floors, I added
a few smaller towers.
The tower roofs are actually pink Origami pyramids, folded out of one
paper each.
And I used cardboard to make the lower part of the whole construction
stronger.
The actual building of the castle is finished by now, I think I used
about 900 bricks in total.
After the building I added white stone-like fences to the balconies
and surrounding of the garden. Then I started decorating the castle with Origami models, like
flowers in the windows
and garden.
Here I'm placing two Origami chairs on the upper balcony... just
fits!
And on the right I'm placing Origami animals in the garden, like this
(stubborn) cat :)
Well, I'm really done now: Trees in the garden, details on the
front door and some nice fashion dolls.
Another finished project, I'm happy with it! Maybe I'm gonna use it
for an online game....
This is a timelapse video of me making the paper dollhouse castle:
