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MATERIALS
WHICH I USE for my origami projects
The fun thing about origami is that you don't need much
tools/equipment to make
something nice. No need to fill a room with heavy stuff and other
materials which are
almost impossible to move, before you can finally start working. And
almost the only
trash this hobby produces is paper, paper and paper.
So you're not stuck to one good working place, I fold on the couch
sometimes and if
the weather is fine, I do it on a chair in the garden. I lay a book
with hard cover on
my knees which I use as a solid folding base.
The
basic
things I use for origami and other paper projects
PAPER
I design colored patterns for many of my models.
I print these patterns on standard
copy/printer paper.
SCISSORS
I cut these patterns out with a scissors
GLUE
I use glue for some of my models, like the flower bouquets.
This is very strong glue and it dries real quick,
I can't recommend
it to everybody, really.
TRANSPARENT TAPE
I use tape to make large models like vases and boxes stronger.
I also use it to make models look more shiny, like candies.
COMPUTER+PRINTER+INK
I use a graphic computer programm (Corel PhotoPaint)
to design my own origami papers. I print them out with
an inkjet printer
As you can see I don't need very special things to have some
crafting fun. If I know I can't use
a computer for a day, I just print some papers the day before, so I
can continue making new
models.
Things
I
use for making my Origami Flowers I need a little more then the
above for making nice arrangements
FLOWER/FLORAL WIRE
This is for making stronger stems. If the wire
is to long for
a stem, I just bend it in half to make it shorter, so I won't have
to spend time searching for a large/strong scissors.
POTS AND VASES
I like using small and modern pots and vases
with not to much
printing on it. This makes the flowers come out more prominent.
FLORAL FOAM/LARGE PAPER BALL
The stems are inserted in the foam. Lately, I use
a large paper
ball sometimes too, instead of the floral foam. I found out that
this works fine for smaller arrangements.
Papers
I
use for many of my other models I just need 1 folding paper for my
animals and many other models:
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Colorful
A4-papers Sometimes I buy colored A4-papers
for my models. It doesn't have to be
expensive/special paper. I like using bright colors and most papers
with
hard/bright colors aren't real expensive.
I made these flowers with colored
A4 papers cut into foldable squares:
These longneck vases are folded out
of
exactly one a4 paper each (no cutting)
Drawing
nice
colorful patterns myself Sometimes I use coloring pencils
to make nice origami papers myself.
I draw the patterns on standard copy/printer papers.
I traced this zebra pattern from
I
made the paper for this butterfly the same way
a picture I found on the internet.
I hold a white paper and the original
picture against a window and start
tracing the picture.
I made this paper myself by drawing colorful
circles on a white paper
and used it for folding a firebird: The first part of this video shows how
I draw the Firebird paper:
And this video also shows it's not very difficult to draw nice
origami patterns:
Other
things
I also use sometimes
ALUMINIUM FOIL
Aluminium foil makes models extra shiny and silver colored.
I glue / tape it on white papers first, to make the folding more easy.
These high heels are decorated with Origami
studs.
This birdcage is made of paper sticks with
The studs are made of white papers and aluminium foil
aluminium foil wrapped around them.
There are even complete books available with
sticky-note-instructions,
maybe a good idea during a day at the office...
WRAPPING PAPERS
Many wrapping papers have real nice colorful patterns and it's easy to
fold
large models out of it. It can be difficult to cut good squares or
rectangles
out of it, because the paper rolls up real easy by itself again.
I made these flowers and shopping bag out of wrapping papers:
Origami Geranium Pink Flowers
Polkadot
shopping bag
Wrapping papers are also great for decorations like
this table skirt:
NEWSPAPERS and
MAGAZINES
Sometimes it's great to use newspapers for making fashion or flowers: Origami
newspaper dress
Newspaper Origami flowers
Newspaper Origami flower pots
The advantage of using newspapers is that it's cheap and the papers
are very large.
The two advertising boards on the left are made of cut outs from
fashion magazines.
And the doormat is cut out of an advertisement folder with home
improvement ideas :)
Sometimes I use 'real' origami papers, I use whatever I already have,
I never go
out shopping/searching for it. I made these models with real origami
papers:
Box
Flowers (not the leaves)
Japanese Fans
GLOSSY
PHOTO PAPERS
I often use thick photo papers for folding boxes and vases, I print a
nice pattern
or color myself. Photo paper makes solid boxes and vases and the
models come
out very shiny and bright.
This diamond box is
made from I folded this cake box
out of
These vases are real useful and also
a purple pattern printed on thick
photo papers with a selfmade
folded out of thick photo papers.
photo paper
polkadot pattern
'REAL' FABRIC an (REAL) CLOTHES
Sometimes I try to fold an Origami model using real fabric: I glue a
piece of fabric
on a paper square to make the folding easier. The paper also keeps the
model in the
right shape when it's finished.
I also use real clothings as decoration for things like small tables
which I made out of cardoard.
I made this purse out of a piece
This doll dress is
made by This small
and decorative table
of PU leather which is glued on a
just wrapping a t-shirt
is just
a cardboard box with a
white paper square.
around a
fashion doll
yellow skirt wrapped around it.
As you can see there's not really much special required for origami,
it's not a big step
to start this hobby and you don't need to spend big money to begin
folding. Most materials
are common available in many shops.
ALUMINIUM FOIL
Banknotes
POST-IT NOTES 
WRAPPING PAPERS
NEWSPAPERS and
MAGAZINES
'REAL' ORIGAMI PAPER
GLOSSY
PHOTO PAPERS
'REAL' FABRIC an (REAL) CLOTHES
