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Dollar Bill Origami
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:59 am
by Pandora
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:33 am
by SirSamII
Interesting, do you know if these are done by hand or machine?
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:32 am
by Pandora
no idea, I guessed they were done by hand.
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:29 am
by Drakona
Definitely done by hand -- there's a lot of fidgety work to do getting a model like that right. The thickness of the paper matters at that scale, especially with something like a dollar bill. But many origami artists do use mechanical assistance in the form of tweezers, toothpicks, and the like. If this guy's working that small, I'd guess he does.
Though it's not impossible to do with hands alone. I used to make a lot of things smaller than a dime without anything but my fingers. Origami artists take pride in putting very weird restrictions on themselves, and I was no exception back when I was serious about it.
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:42 pm
by Lothar
folding a butterfly video, taken from
his friend's blog. Looks like that one was all by hand, without tools.
his deviantart page has several interesting models, including a series of Star Trek models.
I dropped him an e-mail to ask if he uses tweezers, toothpicks, or any other tools like that. I'll let you know what he says.
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:45 pm
by AlphaDoG
Pretty damn cool! I like the Scorpion, the Koi, the spider and the hammer head.
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:10 pm
by dissent
I think the toilet bowl wins.
Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 2:43 am
by Pandora
I love how he uses the texture of the bills for his work. e.g. the wrinkles on the bills that make the fishs' eyes and so on...
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 11:52 pm
by Lothar
He uses tweezers for small folds.
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 2:48 am
by Isaac
That's cool.
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 12:02 pm
by Burlyman
dolla dolla bill, y'all!
(you knew this was coming) ^_~