![]() His acuity for mathematics would lead him to become a physicist at the California Institute of Technology, and the owner of nearly fifty patents on lasers and optoelectronics. As a first-grader, Lang proved far too clever for elementary mathematics and quickly became bored, prompting his teacher to give him a book on origami. The marriage of mathematics and origami harkens back to Lang's own childhood. Each work is the result of software (which Lang himself pioneered) that manipulates thousands of mathematical calculations in the production of a "folding map" of a single creature. His repertoire includes a snake with one thousand scales, a two-foot-tall allosaurus skeleton, and a perfect replica of a Black Forest cuckoo clock. It’s still hanging on the wall of my office and is one of my favorite pieces since at the time it was by far the most complex thing I had attempted.Origami, as Robert Lang describes it, is simple: "You take a creature, you combine it with a square, and you get an origami figure." But Lang's own description belies the technicality of his art indeed, his creations inspire awe by sheer force of their intricacy. I also used glue in a couple of strategic places to help hold the whole thing together, and somehow managed to almost completely hide the seams where I taped the paper together inside the model (we examined the crease pattern beforehand to pick where the seams would be so they wouldn’t be visible). The extra thickness of the paper made folding the deer’s head almost impossible, but the rest of the model held up well and I was able to wet-shape parts of it. We didn’t have large Kraft paper, but instead taped together 4 strips of Elephant Hide paper to make a 1’ x 10’ rectangle. I actually folded it alongside a good friend who was doing his own which made it more bearable, and there was a lot of beer involved after each folding session too. I remember being sore crawling all around the floor doing all the pre-creasing. That came out extremely well! That description you wrote brings back memories of when I folded it 8 years ago. If you've done this model before, I'm very much interested to hear any tips/tricks you have. I don't think that ordinary packaging Kraft is working well here at all, but the ridiculous proportions present a challenge in finding a good paper (I'm pretty much guessing the correct solution will likely be something homemade). However, before that, I'll have to figure out what paper would actually work for this, and how do I solve the problem of inaccuracy when I have to deal with such an enormous paper. I definitely want a second go at this sometime to try to actually do better. And even when I've resorted to glue, there's still spots where the result seems unsatisfactory to me like the gaps at the sides of the clock-face, the angles of the leaves, and how the weights/pendulum don't go straight down. Not only did the locking mechanism for the clock-face feel very flimsy, I also needed glue to seal the deer face at the top, to straighten the board for the bird, to make the seal at the bottom of the pineapple weights firm, and to somewhat try to straighten the pendulum. For the first time with my recent models, I had to resort to glue during shaping for a passable result. Still I'm far, far from satisfied with this one. Never would have believed that folding paper could make me exhausted, but here we are. I was working on an attic floor and am not in the best possible shape, so the precreasing/collapse was an actual workout that literally made my legs sore. Those of you who know the model probably already know how ridiculous the paper for this is: folded from a long 48cm x 480cm rectangle of packaging paper (likely Kraft). Help! Request Photo Original Diagram Tutorial Discussionįirst try at this model, and oh boy was this a mess. ![]() Images get upvoted a lot more than videos or text posts.ĭiagrams and Tutorials: Wiki - tutorial links. ![]() ![]() Do not link directly to the diagram/video. If you need help with a model make a self post.When posting an image of folded origami, include the designer and model name in either the title or comments.No posts of 3D origami/golden venture folding.Don't take credit for someone else's work.
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