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Alun Kirby<p>I posted how I'm struggling to fold some origami models of complex polyhedra.</p><p>I have an idea which involved folding them from tracing paper.</p><p>I've folded them before, using 200gsm watercolour paper. </p><p>When that paper is coated with cyanotype before folding, you can get a metamorphogram.</p><p>Here's John Montroll's 'Gamma Star' during exposure, and as a final image. </p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/origami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>origami</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/polyhedra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polyhedra</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/JohnMontroll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnMontroll</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/GammaStar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GammaStar</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/polyhedron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polyhedron</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/folding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>folding</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/FoldingPaper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoldingPaper</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/cyanotype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cyanotype</span></a><br> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/blueprint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blueprint</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/metamorphogram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metamorphogram</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/memory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>memory</span></a></p>
Alun Kirby<p>Sometimes things fail.</p><p>I've been trying to get back into origami practice with John Montroll's - 'A Constellation of Origami Polyhedra' (<a href="https://johnmontroll.com/books/a-constellation-of-origami-polyhedra/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">johnmontroll.com/books/a-const</span><span class="invisible">ellation-of-origami-polyhedra/</span></a>).</p><p>Using 75 cm squares of tracing paper made it harder - wrong paper for these models.</p><p>The crease patterns are beautiful - this is for a Sunken Cuboctohedron. But I've failed to fully fold them into 3D shape.</p><p>But it's OK. Sometimes things fail.</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/origami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>origami</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/polyhedra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polyhedra</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/artfail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artfail</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/fail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fail</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/cuboctohedron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cuboctohedron</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/polyhedron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polyhedron</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/folding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>folding</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/FoldingPaper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoldingPaper</span></a></p>
Alun Kirby<p>I'm starting to get back into origami more, as I think about the next project. </p><p>Sometimes it's just good to make.</p><p>This is an octagonal helix made from a piece of craft paper about 2 metres long and 40 cm wide.</p><p>It's based on a design from Tomoko Fuse's book, 'Spiral'.</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/origami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>origami</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/helix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>helix</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/TomokoFuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TomokoFuse</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/FoldingPaper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoldingPaper</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/PaperFolding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaperFolding</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/CraftPaper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CraftPaper</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Spiral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spiral</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/memory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>memory</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/practise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>practise</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/testpiece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>testpiece</span></a></p>
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