Sunday, December 27, 2009

elephant

Blue foil backed paper, tusks are white (ivory?) side of paper.




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I don't recall whose original diagram this came from - anybody know?

triangular bowl

60 degree angles form the equilateral triangles in this Tomoko Fuse bowl.  Six squares (3 form the bottom and start up the sides, 3 more complete and lock in the sides) are used - in this one I alternated gold colored foil and some pastel colored paper.





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little star

Starting from a cube, added pointy parts to make a colorful start.



































A golf ball for scale.   This is detailed work.

pigasus

the flying pig

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pegasus

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icosahedron

An icosahedron consists of 20 equilateral triangles.  (google it, and follow the links for "platonic solids")  The shapes below are made from 15 squares, five forming the top dome, five on the bottom bowl, and the last forming a belt into which the top and bottom are both inserted.  From Tomoko Fuse's book on unit origami.   (Yes, there are ten equilateral triangles in the "belt" for a total of twenty triangels.)   Overall strategy is to fold the square with 60 degree (120 degree) angles to form the triangles,















koi

variations on Won Park's koi

and some non-koi at the end...













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pleats

Piece made from a decorative translucent paper which is pleated at 120-degree angles.  Multiple layers add color - this was in a Winchester Artists Network show at the library in 2008.




Private collection.