"Same thing we do every night, Pinky: try to take over the world!"

[larryhammer]

Behold my aardvark aarmy!



The rainbow colors are to show that I value diversity, even while I take over the world. Which I will do as soon as I finish folding the Pink Flap Field Brigade. And maybe a reserve Digger Division.

(This is a fun and addictive model to fold. I've several scattered about the building at work, too. As scouts, of course.)

(BTW, going by a sample size of one, cheap Japanese origami paper is different from cheap American origami paper. Though perhaps I should say rather cheap domestic and cheap for-export paper, as a fair bulk of 'gami goods in American craft-stores is made in Japan. Or better terminology yet, cheap packaged-in-Japanese versus cheap packaged-in-English. In any case, the latter, as it cheapens keeps more or less the same texture but becomes stiffer: the creases are more springy. This packet of the former (100 sheets of 15x15 cm for under $4, which is WAY less expensive than you can find the latter) folds just as crisply but feels like it's an incremental step towards newsprint. It wicks up humidity too, so that on muggy days you're halfway to wetfolding.)

---L.

Comments

[pdlloyd.livejournal.com]

Kitties want to play with help your aardvark army take over the world.

So, do you prefer the paper targeted for the Japanese paper-folding audience, or the American one?

[larryhammer]

Depends on what I'm folding, I think. Different papers for different purposes.

The better commercial papers, as opposed to handcrafted, available in the States are all Japanese or Korean.

---L.

[sfmarty.livejournal.com]

I fell instantly in love with the orangy flowered on in the second row. Don't know why, the turquoise one next to it looks perkier.

Somewhere in the house I have an elderly packet of origami papers. I thought about trying to fold stuff for a while, but my utter lack of get up and git got me.

[larryhammer]

The orange-red flowery had been standing out for a few days, and splayed out its front legs, while turquoise had spent the time pressed under some books.

Origami is a good activity for sitting around and not doing things. And there are some excellent introductory books out there.

---L.

[kip-w.livejournal.com]

You know what else is good for origami? Wrapping paper. If you get it wrapped around a present, it's free. I made a bunny out of some embossed gold foil sort of stuff, and it looked like a piece of jewelry.

[larryhammer]

Yes, indeedy. I've got a supply of used wrapping paper (much of it gold) stashed away for when I want a large piece of foil. Though to be honest, I don't really like folding in foil.

Meanwhile, I've started learning how to wetfold. This is ... interesting. Experience folding large pieces of tissue-paper seems to be a plus.

---L.