I bet you got a lot of other results then too, which you couldn't post here :p lol

thats a cool pic Neil!

It isn't very big, but it's beautiful and it does the job ;) hehe

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/135/3...77a44d0d10.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/162/3...81f333f677.jpg

C'est magnifique :)

Thanks :) It was a bitch to make, because I did it fairly small, and the tail requires lots of pleating, and at such small scale it is difficult, and then the tiny feet had to be reverse folded, which again is difficult to small.

How big is it, compared to say, a mini-pringle box?

Well I think the paper I used was 204 x 102mm and the final model fits in the palm of my hand. I thought I'd taken a photo of it in my hand actually but I can't find it.

I found them -

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...6-12-31100.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...6-12-31101.jpg

It's almost sexual in it's beauty :)

I've started to sell some of my origami -well, try to sell it, haven't managed to sell any yet - on a site I found especially for selling handmade items

www.blampish.etsy.com

:)

one day ill learn how to do all this

It isn't all that difficult really, you just need patience. Once you learn all of the specific terms that they use in design books for each type of fold (mountain, valley, reverse fold [inside and outside]) and the bases too (preliminary, waterbomb, bird, frog, kite) Any design book will have step-by-step instructions, usually with photos so you can see how well you're doing by comparison. The best book I've had is one Practical Origami by Rick Beech

Ok, I'm going to get drunk now, may be back l8r :)

Have fun lol

Just made this one...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2057/...8f757c9de7.jpg

:D

ah its very cool if i had more time....

:) Very cool

i think someones copying me!

Huh?

I did some modular origami last night. This took 20 sheets of paper to make, and quite a bit of time -

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2204/...53adf58f05.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2196/...fbe9698a3d.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2261/...668e0c659a.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2077/...ad3ce8739e.jpg

what do you do with all of these?

They make nice decorations. I did setup a store on etsy last week, but haven't sold any yet.

does it cost much in paper?? how many do you make??

i dont think i'd have much patience!

If you are happy enough to get A4 paper and trim it yourself (most designs you start with a square of paper) then it's as cheap as you can find paper for. Some shops do have specialist origami papers, and you can find all sorts. The Works usually have a specific pack in, I've bought a few the same, for £1.50 and you get 100 sheets in about 10 different sizes and colours (so 1 colour per size) That specific paper is quite thin, so good for small models. I've also had some from Rennies, which is a dear shop anyway, and I bought a pack in there last week and it was about £6 for 100 sheets of 8" paper (4 sheets of 5 designs in 5 colours). I've also had stuff off eBay, which is a bit more due to postage, but I've had some good stuff from shop sellers. It all depends on what kind of sizes, colours and patterns you want.

i think i shall look into this...

You're best sticking to simple models at first, learning the bases and basic folds, and then just build up. If you have some paper around cut a few into squares and try some basic little designs.

This is a nice little one - http://www.tinyshiny.com/HowToProjects/OrigamiBox.php

ahhh you know, if i had some paper i could get creative!

Not got any paper at all? Even like printer paper or anything?

we dont seem to have any printer paper which is quite odd..

I have lots of it, because I haven't printed anything for a while because I can't afford to be spending £40 to replace all of my ink cartridges right now (and can't buy copies this time as they won't work)

lol we've just replaced our ink cartridges, our printer scans copies prints and stuff...

I never really need to scan anything. If I did want to then I'd get a seperate, high quality scanner. My printer is a good Canon one, got it for a little over £50 though it should have been about £80 at the time :p The cartridges have a little microchip on them, which only Canon make, so buying compatibles you have to take the chip off an official one and fix it onto the copy - and after doing this about 5 times, my printer won't recognise them anymore :( So I'll have to fork out £40 for a set of official ones, and then hopefully the chips off them will last through a few compatibles too

mines a lexmark jobie and i just let my dad sort it out... we had a printer but my dad turned round and said it was just as cheap to buy a new one so he bought a whole new printer...

Well if you get Lexmark ones then yes, that is correct - the printers cost about £20, and then the official cartidges cost about £30 haha Our first one was a Lexmark, and we've had Canon and Epson ones, but now I have my own one. We have 3 PC's in the house now, but only 2 printers - I keep telling my parents to make my sister buy her own instead of using theirs, because she uses it a hell of a lot more than they do.

Aaanyway, if you like printing photos and things then it's always best to get a good printer :) Mine is great for photos

ah the one we had was a delll but now its lexmark, all i use it for is photocopying...

I suppose any basic printer can do bits of stuff, if you don't want it for higher quality stuff then it's not worth spending loads for it.

i know both printers were expensive, i just dont get involved with that

You can get a decent one for <£40 now, and usually a set of compatible cartridges for <£15.

I have a Canon Pixma ip8000 or something like that. £49.99 from Currys and SUPERB! Although Cartridges are a million pounds :(

Mine is the Pixma iP4300, and it takes 5 seperate cartridges, each one is like £8 each :(

Just bought this: http://www.reidys.com/index.pl?submit=View_PLU&PLU=4782

Stratocaster Number 3. :)