The Spiderfold Chronicles, part 3

[larryhammer]

Thanks to a plurality's confirming my prejudices, I made the Orb Weaver. Before pictures, showing the paper's translucency and pattern:




The second picture shows the spiderweb pattern if you click through to the full size.

The folding itself took a couple days, with pauses for Life and to press the model flat every once in a while. The paper itself was interesting to work with, where by "interesting" I mean finicky. It takes creases almost too well, which means it doesn't like reversing folds -- not as bad as foil, but similar. Which meant all the closed wraps and unsinks were ... a challenge. The effect was like trying to fold extra-stiff onion-skin. Fortunately, all the places I ripped it are folded in out of sight.

As you can see:




Click through for the bigger picture. I'm pretty pleased with it myself. The photo doesn't really convey that the abdomen is translucent, with only one layer of paper there.

Now then -- I have one more marbled piece, similar to the griffin's, but more diagonally swirly and less pink. I think this calls for another poll.

[Poll #1094887]

---L.

Comments

[coyoty.livejournal.com]

You could try doing that 8-foot scorpion found in Germany. It should be easier to fold, but you'll need a lot more paper.

[larryhammer]

I don't have anything larger than 14x14" on hand.

Actually, folding on the scale of feet is daunting. The stuff's hard enough to manipulate when it's just a little larger than your spread hand.

---L.

[janni.livejournal.com]

How much paper would an eight foot model need?

[larryhammer]

Of the scorpion? About 20 feet square -- call it 6x6 meters.

---L.