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ORIGAMI EXPERIMENTS
I like designing new models very much, and also working
out new ideas I have in my head.
I noticed that by working out new ideas/models each time, I gradually
got better the last few
years. These are some examples of new models I designed and other
funny origami experiments.
This is an experiment with a
technic lego construction making origami planes, bombs and
clouds move. The picture on the left shows the
prototype and the picture on the right shows
the final 3d origami tv. All models move on just
one engine only.
This is also a technic lego
experiment: A large cage with moving origami parrots.
The picture on the left shows the lego
construction, it all moves on just one tiny engine
This is a project with
automatically moving origami, a wind vane made of 100% paper.
The propellor rotates very fast, if there's wind enough.
This could be a nice engine
for my yet-to-build origami factory ;) (way to much
new ideas)
Moving / rotating things are fun, so a few years
later I decided to make
small scale paper wind turbines for my city / town.
The wind turbine is made of three parts which are
slided into
each other. The rotor has three large blades and
it's folded out
of one paper square. I use a hair dryer to simulate
real wind.
Click
here to see a video with instructions for making the paper wind
turbine
Here I've tried to design a dollar bill Statue of Liberty.
I've used white paper first, before making the model with real
dollars.
These are
folded money models of a Mexican man and the queen of England.
I think they do look pretty nice.
Maybe I have to work them out a little further.
It would be great if the
text 'MEXICO' wasmore visible on the sombrero.
And the crown of the queen
could bea little larger or more visible.
Carton
furniture and Dollhouses
Carton is great for
making cupboards and small tables. I use wrapping papers or crepe
paper
to cover the dull carton, so the furniture gets a nice and fresh look.
This cupboard is made out
This small box with shelves is also
I made this cute table by just
of carton boxes and I use made out of
carton. I use it to store
wrapping a skirt around a cardboard
it for dolls with Origami
tiny Origami models
box,
easy and decorative!
fashion. I used red dotted
wrapping papers to cover
the carton boxes.
I made this Witch House out of large cardboard
This underwater ocean world is placed on
a small table which is made
boxes, each room is made of
one cardboard box.
out of carton and
newspapers. I rolled up newspapers, wrapped
The interior of the house and
garden is filled with
aluminium foil around them and
taped them to the inside of a
paper and Origami models
large carton box. I used
crepe paper as a tablecloth.
I made a draft drawing for this 3d
painting with the computer first, to see if the fishes fitted
well
between the yellow birds. Then I started
making the complete painting.
It's actually still a sort of prototype, but I
have placed it in my shop/museum already.
Every now and then I use my Origami flowers to decoratie
things like
home accessories and clothings. I decorated the frame of
this mirror
with three different flower models. This
is a video tutorial for the flower frame.
Here I am making an origami alley from
my stairs to the upper floor.
The bricks are glued to the wall. I am going to use paper with a
sort of
stone-print to cover the wooden stairs. Then I will cover the
printed
paper with plastic foil. Just a few hundred more bricks and I'm
done......
Large(r)
Origami
models
Sometimes I try to
fold an existing model in large / life size,
most of my efforts work out pretty fine.
The lid of this treasure chest can be pulled upwards, I inserted my
Origami gold bars in it.
I taped aluminium foil to a large brown paper for folding the treasure
chest.
I folded this Pig out of a thick large pink paper of 1x1
metres, almost cardboard paper.
It's pretty heavy folding large model out of thick papers, but this
pig has become real firm :)
I made the folding paper for these Flamingos by making a
poster print about 90x90 centimeters.
The original paper is about 20x20 centimeters.
I used extra paper for stronger legs on the finished model.
Long
rectangle
Origami papers
You could buy
expensive papers, fold one of these expensive squares in half a few
times
and fold a real beautiful model out of this rectangle.
Or you can think smart by just buying standard papers and cut and glue
these papers into
long, very nice foldable rectangles.
I prefer the second option, because it's the most practical and
useful.
I folded this centipede out of a long rectangle which is
black on one side and red on the other.
The Origami paper for this fishbone is made out of
a few
standard white papers cut and glued into one long
rectangle
Click
here
to see a video with the fishbone
This Necklace with Leaf Pendant is folded
out of one long paper
of about 7 x 60 centimeters.
If
you like it, I have a video with folding instructions here
Strong
paper
constructions
Roll one standard
printer- / copy paper up into a stick and you have a base for making
pretty strong constructions:
Here I made a curtain rod out of
I glued these Origami planes on
This is an example of a paper stick made
a long paper stick.
a
triangle construction made of
by rolling up standard paper
tightly.
It's strong enough to hold the
paper sticks. I hanged everything
white curtains :)
on three threads to keep it in balance.
I made this crane and ferris wheel out of paper rectangles
which are folded in half a few times, pretty solid!
The selfmade paper sticks are strong enough to make pretty large
constructions.
Origami
Fashion
- Make paper clothes
Making real clothes often uses
folding techniques which are very similar
to Origami. This skirt is a good example.
I'm designing a pleated tennis skirt here, it's almost done.
The high heel shoe is almost done too, the heel needs to be a little
more
pointy and the toe box is still open.
The first thing I do when I start designing a new model, is searching
pictures
of that model on the internet. This is to get a good impression about
the real
shape of a model.
I used about 10 example pictures for designing this mermaid gown. I
drawed
the basic shape of the dress using these 10 pictures.
After I did that, I really started designing the dress in paper /
Origami.
I learned that spending a lot of time getting a good imression about
the real
shape of a model, makes the result in Origami much better.
Click here for a video with the
Origami mermaid gown
I designed this Origami party dress by making
a quick sketch for it first.
I liked the idea of making a mini dress with overskirt
out of just one large paper 🙂
Here's a video tutorial
for making the party dress
These are three first steps in designing a Unicorn head:
This is going to be an Unicorn head which you can place
on
a table or use as pencil topper. Almost done, the neck still
needs a few adjustments.
Origami
SPIDER
Sometimes I try to improve a model which I designed earlier,
because I'm not completely
happy about it. The spider is a good example:
This is my first own designed spider,
I didn't really like the body of the spider,
looks pretty well in a handmade
paper web.
so I designed this spider a few years later.
The
body looks a bit more frightening.
Later I noticed that the legs were to thick,
which made me design this spider. Until now, I am still happy about
this design.....
Click here to see a video with my
latest spider
These are design-pictures of models which I've used for
one of my books.
Mostly, I use plain white paper to design new models. When I think a
model looks
good enough in white, I start remaking it with coloured papers.
This tiger and cat look pretty nice, they only
need a pair of ears:
This one looks like a cat too, but the back is not good
yet, because of the openings.
I think this cobra looks pretty good.
This flower is almost finished, I only need to
find a good coloured paper for it.
This one looks like a frog, but the body is not
thick enough yet.
I tried to design an origami book here, but I
finished with a kirigami book, because I used
scissors to make it. It's more difficult than I thought to design an
origami book.
This one looks like an ox, but there's still a
big gap on top of the model.
This looks like a beaver, but maybe it's just
because of the color of the paper I used.
This is an origami cow. I think this can be a
good model after a few little adjustments.
This is a flower with eight petals, I think it
looks pretty
good. Maybe the center should be a little different.
Here I tried to design another flower with eight petals.
Maybe the petals are a bit to edgy.
Here I tried to design an origami lizard, but I
found it
difficult to get a longer tail, this tail is still to short.
Maybe the basic-shape of the model is not good for a long tail.
