KATAKOTO ORIGAMI

December 22, 2012

How to. One of an origami basic technique "inside reverse fold"

If you want to make origami, you have to learn some techniques.
Today, I introduce one of them.

******** Inside reverse fold ********

1. Prepare a sheet of paper.Need not necessarily be square.

2. Fold in half.

3. Fold the corner towards the edge.

4. Unfold.

5. Push the corner inside as the middle layer.This is "inside reverse fold"

6. Complete.

This technique is very important.It will appear in various cases.
Certainly, please learn and enjoy origami.

December 19, 2012

Sheep,wolf,giraffe and dog from "Works of Hideo KOMATSU"

This time, I introduce four animals at once.

Sheep

The sheep's color is gray, because he is muddy playing outside. Maybe...
It is beautiful using the front and the back of a paper.

Wolf

I thought that it is wonderful representation of the fur.
This work is 22.5 degrees group.

Giraffe

Since she is goofy, she have forgotten her pattern of the body at home. Maybe...
This giraffe is the only 15 degrees group work in the book.
Corner of the square is 90 degrees.
The corner that is folded in half become 45 degrees.
Then, fold in half again, and the corner become 22.5 degrees.
There is a lot of 22.5 degrees work in origami world.
22.5 degrees is a quarter of 90 degrees, 15 degrees is one sixth of 90 degrees.
So, it is unusual structural origami.

Dog

So cute!But this is difficult, I took 90 minutes.

Dogs is chasing sheep.

Wolf who is woken up is chasing noisy guys.

--- Sheep ---
The difficulty	:	****
Time to fold	:	1 hours
Paper info	:	25cm * 25cm (Not cut anywhere)
Reference book	:	Works of Hideo KOMATSU

--- Giraffe ---
The difficulty	:	****
Time to fold	:	2 hours
Paper info	:	30cm * 30cm (Not cut anywhere)
Reference book	:	Works of Hideo KOMATSU

--- Wolf ---
The difficulty	:	****
Time to fold	:	2 hours
Paper info	:	25cm * 25cm (Not cut anywhere)
Reference book	:	Works of Hideo KOMATSU

--- Dog ---
The difficulty	:	****
Time to fold	:	90 minutes
Paper info	:	15cm * 15cm (Not cut anywhere)
Reference book	:	Works of Hideo KOMATSU

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December 14, 2012

Dream of boys

Do you like insects?
I don't like.
However, I liked insects in boyhood.
Still now, I think that boys still have a longing for beetle.
Especially hercules beetle is a dream of boys.

I have not cut anywhere.This is only one sheet of paper.
I used Japanese paper.
The dream when I was a boy, have come true.

--- Hercules Beetle ---
The difficulty	:	******
Time to fold	:	3 hours
Paper info	:	30cm * 30cm (Not cut anywhere)
Reference book	:	Works of Satoshi KAMIYA

December 11, 2012

Cat from "Works of Hideo KOMATSU"

I used "TANTO paper".
It is harder than general origami.
So, it is not suitable for difficult work.
However, the work finished is more beautiful than normal origami.

This cat is used normal origami.
His face part was difficult.
White points stand out on general origami paper when it is folded many times.
Then, there are many white points on difficult part.

Comparison.
Maybe, you can not look any white points on "TANTO paper", can't you?

--- Cat ---
The difficulty	:	****
Time to fold	:	40 minutes
Paper info	:	25cm * 25cm (Not cut anywhere)
Reference book	:	Works of Hideo KOMATSU

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December 9, 2012

Hippopotamus from "Works of Hideo KOMATSU"

This hippopotamus's face is very cute.
Small nose,little eyes,tiny ears and short legs.
I want to pat his head.
But, folding this work was much more difficult than it looks.
I took 3 hours.

This time, I used a paper that called "Karape lapis".
I was able to express the texture of hippo's skin.

--- Hippopotamus ---
The difficulty	:	******
Time to fold	:	3 hours
Paper info	:	35cm * 35cm (Not cut anywhere)
Reference book	:	Works of Hideo KOMATSU

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December 5, 2012

Tissue paper box

This is funny.

This tissue paper is too hard to blow my nose.
Because, it made of wrapping paper.
So, This is tissue but this is not tissue.
It's so funny.

--- Tissue paper box ---
The difficulty	:	*****
Time to fold	:	1 hour
Paper info	:	30cm * 30cm (Not cut anywhere)
Reference book	:	Tanteidan Magazine vol.136

December 4, 2012

Chinese zodiac of next year

It is already the end of the year, isn't it?
I remember the zodiac when it became the end of the year.
In Japan, we use Chinese zodiac.
In 2012 is the year of the dragon.
The next year is the year of the snake.
Then, I folded a snake.

This snake looks easy.
But, it has strange point.
The length from head to tail is longer than the length of diagonal that is the square paper.
It is mysterious, isn't it?

--- Snake ---
The difficulty	:	**
Time to fold	:	15minutes
Paper info	:	15cm * 15cm (Not cut anywhere)
Reference book	:	Tanteidan Magazine vol.136

Horned owl from "Works of Hideo KOMATSU"

Horned Owl is called "Mimizuku" in Japanese.
In Japan, when we call out boys, we often call name-"kun".
This case, "Mimizuku-kun".
I call "Mimizukun" for short.

Mimizukun like sleeping.
Morning sun is too bright to him sleepy.
I thought so when I saw this face.

Mimizukun and Perch.

Mimizukun and Horse.

--- Horned Owl ---
The difficulty	:	***
Time to fold	:	30minutes
Paper info	:	15cm * 15cm (Not cut anywhere)
Reference book	:	Works of Hideo KOMATSU

--- Perch ---
The difficulty	:	*
Time to fold	:	5 minutes
Paper info	:	15cm * 15cm (Not cut anywhere)
Reference book	:	Works of Hideo KOMATSU

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November 28, 2012

Minotaur from "Works of Satoshi KAMIYA 2"

Last Saturday, I bought new origami book.
The title is "Works of Satoshi KAMIYA 2".
"Works of Satoshi KAMIYA 1" was very very difficult.
What about Part2 ?

Today, I tried Minotaur.Minotaur(Wikipedia)

Uh...,difficult!
It looks like hands part is difficult.
But, the most difficult part is bull's head.
I used a 30cm*30cm paper and the head became small.
Then, the head was difficult.I took a picture with care as you can not look bad part.

This is my easy studio.
I just pasted black paper in a corrugated carton.

Minotaur is small, isn't it?

--- Minotaur ---
The difficulty	:	******
Time to fold	:	3 hours
Paper info	:	30cm * 30cm (Not cut anywhere)
Reference book	:	Works of Satoshi KAMIYA 2

November 25, 2012

Horse from "Works of Hideo KOMATSU"

This is difficult.But the diagram is wonderful.
I thought, it will be good form even anyone fold this model.
I like back line.
Why is he raising his front leg?
Perhaps, The leg is tired.Just kidding.

--- Horse ---
The difficulty	:	*****
Time to fold	:	1 hour
Paper info	:	25cm * 25cm (Not cut anywhere)
Reference book	:	Works of Hideo KOMATSU

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