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random origami
Oct. 11th, 2006 06:46 pmHaving discovered a few weeks ago that I'd forgotten how to complete a Kawasaki rose, I hauled out my copy of Origami for the Connoisseur and stumbled my way back through the directions. It'll probably take a few more roses before I actually remember all of the steps again.
Meanwhile, for the past few days I've been poking through some tamatebako models, which interested me because of their presence in myth as well as their (alleged) properties-- it's a long-lost origami pattern which was apparently lost for several centuries but was finally reconstructed from sketches in a historical manuscript. It's a cubical box which can be opened from any one of its six faces, but supposedly if you open too many faces, the entire box falls apart. However, it's not a "pure" origami pattern because it involves both scissors and glue.( Read more... )
Meanwhile, for the past few days I've been poking through some tamatebako models, which interested me because of their presence in myth as well as their (alleged) properties-- it's a long-lost origami pattern which was apparently lost for several centuries but was finally reconstructed from sketches in a historical manuscript. It's a cubical box which can be opened from any one of its six faces, but supposedly if you open too many faces, the entire box falls apart. However, it's not a "pure" origami pattern because it involves both scissors and glue.( Read more... )