A Soul Made of Paper

A sleepy origamist who wishes to share the joys and wonders of papercraft with the world~

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Farewell (but not really)...

Hi guys!

I’ve been running this blog since I was a sophomore in high school, and it’s been around 7 years since I first started. It’s been a wild ride, but I think it’s time to retire the Tumblr -- I just don’t think this website is the place for the origami community that it once was.

That being said, I definitely have not stopped folding origami! If you still would like to follow my work, you can find me on Flickr or on my new Instagram.

Thank you all for your support over all these years, and keep on folding!

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Pascal’s Hexagons designed by Byriah Loper | reverse engineered | folded by

Hi guys I’m back from the dead--medical/graduate school is much. I’m debating whether or not to migrate to Instagram but we’ll see.

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Gargoyle 2.1 designed by Alessandro Beber | instructions | folded by

Shaping is a constant struggle

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Rooster designed by Satoshi Kamiya | instructions | folded by

Getting better at the complex one-sheets!

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Origami Buddha designed by Hojyo Takashi | instructions | folded by

Getting some one-sheets in before I move!

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Uncovered Treasure designed by Ben Parker | reverse engineered | folded by

A deceptively simple pattern. First post in three months because I have to be a functioning adult now (I just graduated college!). 

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Nouveau designed by Joel Cooper | reverse engineered | folded by

It’s been a while, and I’ve been very busy getting ready to graduate this spring (hard to believe considering I started this blog during high school). This was my winter break project, and is a design I’ve wanted to do for a while.

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Any good sources(even books) to learn how to read crease patterns?

I’ve never been that good at reading crease patterns for anything other than tessellations, but I previously got help answering this question in another post set: http://paperphiliac.tumblr.com/post/120132859489/better-advice-for-crease-patterns.

I sort of began to intuitively understand how to fold a tessellation from a crease pattern just by folding so many of them, so my best advice would be to just keep practicing!

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For your larger pieces, what type of paper do you use? Do you cut paper yourself, or can you buy pre-cut sheets that large? I love and truly admire your work!

Sorry it may have taken a while to get to questions--I’ve been super busy lately! For my largest tessellations I use a large roll of kraft paper (around 30″ tall)  I bought from Amazon and cut it into squares and hexagons. For some specialized pieces I cut my squares/hexagons out of large rolls of elephant hide or glassine (purchasable from kimscran.com), which was the case for the tessellated dodecagons. 

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Nouveau designed by Joel Cooper | reverse engineered | folded by

It’s been a while, and I’ve been very busy getting ready to graduate this spring (hard to believe considering I started this blog during high school). This was my winter break project, and is a design I’ve wanted to do for a while.

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Square Tessellation of Dodecagons #3 designed by Alessandro Beber | instructions | folded by

I liked this design so much that I folded it on a massive sheet of glassine. It’s nowhere near as neat as Alessandro Beber’s version, but I tried my best.

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4.6.12 designed by Alessandro Beber | instructions | folded by

Wow a double a post--this design is from the same booklet I ordered a long time ago, would recommend. 

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Plates designed by me | folded by

I’ve returned from the dead yet again with another tessellation, this one of my own design. I’ve been under a lot of stress recently because of graduate school applications but I’m also in the middle of IOIO 2018 so look out for more posts!

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Ryu Zin Jr. 2.1 designed by Jason Ku | OrigamiConnect | folded by

I’ve temporarily revived from the dead to fold some models. I really like how the model is semi-translucent because I used tracing paper. Also I learned this model from OrigamiConnect webinars offered by OrigamiUSA, which I highly recommend (link above).

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Maria designed by Robin Scholz | reverse engineered | folded by

I know it’s been a while, I’ve been working and getting ready for graduate school applications.

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Square Tessellations of Dodecagons designed by Alessandro Beber | instructions | folded by

I actually bought the booklet a couple of years back and never folded anything because I didn’t think I could figure out the crease pattern, and look at me now.

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Square Tessellations of Dodecagons designed by Alessandro Beber | instructions | folded by

I actually bought the booklet a couple of years back and never folded anything because I didn’t think I could figure out the crease pattern, and look at me now.