- this wrinkled bit is due to the natural wrinkles in the paper. seriously. I promise.
- top secret paperclip stand!
- Arrr... there be gold in that thar paper, matey.
star twist, folded from flecked momogami paper.
I decided to fold one of these out of some nicer paper, and I think this came out well. most of the gold and silver is on the back, though :( oh well, that's how it goes sometimes.
this is one of the better shots- it's rather hard to capture how neat this looks. I hope you like it!
Comments and faves
Dandelion Salad, Pano e Papel, *audreysmith*, cati1ine, and 34 other people added this photo to their favorites.
lilzabubba (97 months ago | reply)
As always, your work is excellent! Keep it up!
hale_popoki (97 months ago | reply)
Another amazing miniature work of (origami) art!
Like your paperclip stand....paperclips are so handy--of course I use loads of them for clipping student paper! Paperclips are also great as hooks for hanging up stuff, as mini tools...
rockmanex6 (97 months ago | reply)
hwo you?
alizarine (94 months ago | reply)
I enjoy looking at your work. It is very unusual and amazing.
EricGjerde (93 months ago | reply)
quick comment- this item is available online as a free PDF document. there's a basic crease pattern and some photos. It was the first I ever diagrammed, so it's pretty rough! but if you can fold it properly, it comes out quite well.
hopenharmony (93 months ago | reply)
wow, this is very cool, thanks for sharing it, how did you learn to do this?
EricGjerde (93 months ago | reply)
good question! I just sort of fell into it... I started doing some different folding techniques for a animal model, and something about making repeating shapes appealed to me. So I started folding more things like this.
That led me to continue experimenting to discover what I could and couldn't fold, and this was one of the outcomes of that. most everything I fold is my own designs, and I try to diagram them to share with everyone for free!
Rainy-D (93 months ago | reply)
My sister is thinking about starting origami or something similar, I thinks she would be interested.
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EricGjerde (93 months ago | reply)
well she's certainly welcome to try this out, but I would probably start with some of the easier material on www.origami.com or www.paperfolding.com first!
This one is pretty difficult to do, even for me :)
Anduze traveller (93 months ago | reply)
Lovely art at both levels! Looks so delicate!
NRG78 [deleted] (92 months ago | reply)
very wabi / sabi .. :)
Dandelion Salad (92 months ago | reply)
Exquisite model and photo of it. :) Well done!
EricGjerde (92 months ago | reply)
@NRG78: wabisabi indeed. arigato.
@Lorri37: thanks! the photo came out much better than I really expected; this is one of my personal favorites.
laureskew (89 months ago | reply)
ahhh, your creations are amazing. thank you for sharing!!
EricGjerde (89 months ago | reply)
it wouldn't be any fun without sharing, would it?
art needs an audience; otherwise this would just be a piece of folded paper sitting in a box on my shelf at home.
I'm glad that people find them interesting... I thought for a while it was just me :)
Ana Carol Mendes (88 months ago | reply)
Wow, this is really beautiful!! I'll try to make it!! I never did this kind of thing, only simple things like some flowers and animals, and the stars.
Great work!!!!!!
EricGjerde (88 months ago | reply)
Thanks, niara! glad you like it. it's one of my favorites.
cati1ine (86 months ago | reply)
Where did you ever find this paper? This reminds me of something Chris Palmer had at the last SEOF -- it was amazing.
EricGjerde (86 months ago | reply)
I'm pretty sure it was from the local craft store, where I tend to pick up all my generic 6" kami.
it's interesting paper, and I like the metallic flecks, but it's kind of a pain to fold- the creases are rather hard to see.
momogami is hand-crumpled sheets of some sort of fancy paper. I'd really rather have them uncrumpled, but it does lend a nice effect to some things.
I'll check out my packet at home and send you the details on the manufacturer, etc.
katiejayinpa [deleted] (85 months ago | reply)
I can;t stand it...this is so beautiful...at least to me..(i don;t know the first thing about origami excep tthat i can;t do it...) but love to see these .
ktjinpa
EricGjerde (85 months ago | reply)
katie, feel free to send me a mailing address and I'd be happy to send you one of these.
This design has actually been "upgraded" to the following model:
Gino Caballero (62 months ago | reply)
Nice Done...
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called In Paper We Trust, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
EricGjerde (60 months ago | reply)
andzer -thanks for the invite, but I have to remove your comment. I'm not a big fan of animated GIFs and the like on Flickr.
SudsMuffinCanada (59 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Paper Creations (but not cards), and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Sher Christopher [deleted] (58 months ago | reply)
Truly beautiful and great choice of paper. I had a look at the pdf document - you have way more patience than me!
EricGjerde (58 months ago | reply)
I'm glad you like it - truth be told I find folding this model to be rather frustrating, so I haven't done it in a long time. When I went to the italian origami convention in 2006, someone was teaching my model, and I sat in on it to try to learn it a different way - I absolutely could not do it! it was funny when I told them who I was, we all had a good laugh about it :)
Puntocreart (51 months ago | reply)
Maravillosa!!!
writtersrightword (30 months ago | reply)
Stunning