Cornflower Blu @cornflower@mastodon.art

"Study break"

Birthday present for a friend, who drowns in study work and can hardly make time for a relaxing cup of tea. Hopefully the Japanese tea set that went along with it can help.

A bit smaller than 30x20cm. The frame is one piece cut out of dense cork. (References for foreground and background were used, see thread.)

So far I never managed to do a more proper #introduction, but finally I got the time! So:

Hi all, I'm Blu! 👋
I like crafty art projects, #papercrafting, #3D #modelling, #gamedev, and sometimes #drawing and electronics stuff. Maybe some writing or digital painting in the future. There will be #origami occaisonally.

In the last weeks I already met a lot of cool people on this instance! I'm looking forward to mingle and posting some of my stuff every now and then. Hi all, happy to be around!

This is an #origami model I've been working on recently.

It was intended to be a human. However, the model decided to rather become a goblin. We are both fine with this development.

More in the thread.

Needless to say this wasn't the first time and the webcomic will probably never happen.

Wet folding is the jazz of #origami.

The whole channel is pretty crazy. This is Lego-blasphemy, but so beautiful and clever, I'm sold.

"The secret art of LEGO #origami?"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=m-14IidexU8

Wait for it.

I was shouting out loudly "Whaaat?".

Here are video instructions for folding the Mermaid by Sakurai Ryosuke.

This was surprisingly hard to find. Happy folding!

Invidious: https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=e6nNJbys6m8
YouTube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=e6nNJbys6m8

@joel

@joel I can also recommend the Rabbit by Jun Maekawa.

It's a popular model afaict. It felt very origami when folding. :)

The internet has instructions abound, for example here:

https://origami-art.us/instructions/156-rabbit-maekawa

I can recommend the whole book the model is from! Feels less like a book of instructions and more like a text book that teaches origami theory and practise. :)

@wwwgem

Some #origami for #mermay!

Model "Mermaid" by Sakurai Ryosuke.

Folded together with a nephew excited about origami, which was a lot of fun. :)

More info on the model:

Folded from two sheets (2:2 and 1:2) coloured on only one side. Instructions in the book Origami Planet. About 60 steps, excluding symmetrical repetition.

This wasn't the easiest model, but also not the hardest. The instructions are clear and have a great quality IMHO.

#mermay22 #mermay2022 #mastoart