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

[jamiam.livejournal.com]

I like the redundant evil-ness of a the translucent spider-body covered with little translucent spiders and spiderwebs. Extra evil with a dollop of evil whipped cream.

And I suppose all that evilness puts me in the mood for the scorpion. Though I don't have any real objections to meese.

[kateelliott.livejournal.com]

awesome

[incandragon.livejournal.com]

Way cool spider. I hope you're proud of it, because it's fabulous. Even without the supremo-cool paper (but extra points for the supremo cool, and apparently tricksy, paper)!

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Elegant.

Nine

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

w-wait! I want to change my vote to "moose," now that I've seen the picture....

That spider is marvelous.

The paper looks like it is slippery--is it?

[sfmarty.livejournal.com]

I am in awe that anyone I know can do this. I fiddled with origami for a time, but sort of just forgot about it. My imagination didn't go much beyone swans and paper hats.

[randimason.livejournal.com]

You should do a spider crab.
If there is such a pattern.

Darn it, now I will have to look for one. ^_^