Inside out
Today for my folding experiment, I chose cut pleats. The most exciting part of cut pleats is that the back of the paper moves to the front when folded. So today, I covered a sheet of paper with charcoal and…
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Origami With Charcoal
I read a list of origami rules once that had, “Wash your hands,” as the first rule. So I decided to fold with charcoal on my hands.
Paper Folding
Crumpling is a technique where the paper is crumpled, unfolded and crumpled again and again. It creates an interesting texture that results from the thousands of folds. What do you think about it?
Origami and Charcoal #002
Folding paper with dirty hands is so much fun. I am sure this is going to be a thing with me. There are several ways that I am considering exploring this process. Notice that the background has smudges. I did…
Pleated Round Box
Pleated box from BYU-Idaho Art Dept on Vimeo. I have Complete Pleats written by Paul Jackson. On page 159 there is a beautiful round pleated box designed by Philip Campbel-Bell. I have tried to make it before and thought I…
Dirty Hands
Dirty Hands from BYU-Idaho Art Dept on Vimeo. I read once on an origami page to always wash your hands. Then this morning as I was considering what to fold it occurred to me that dirty hands might just make…