Happy Folding - Comments

yep...

Anonymous — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:18:57 +0200

In reply to Five Intersecting Tetrahedra (Tom Hull):

Yeah, I had the same feeling too when i did it the second time.

Taurus

Anonymous — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:56:03 +0200

In reply to Full Rigged Ship (Patricia Crawford):

Hello Boys and girls !

1) i´m spanish , I´m studing english in this moment. I ask for pardon for writing so badly.

2) Its possible, to to record a video, also I have problems with this book, thanks

Later I explain it in Spanish

traducciñon al castellano:
1 ) soy español, estoy estudiando ingles en este momento, perdon por escribir tan mal.

2) es posible que se pueda grabar un video, yo tambien tengo problemas con el libro, gracias.

No experience

Sara — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:17:26 +0200

In reply to Pig (Quentin Trollip):

Given that I've never used MC before, I'm not the right person to ask. My plan is to align two sheets on a glass surface, then cover them with MC, and let them dry on the surface.
You might want to try ironing the paper carefully, i.e. on low heat and not staying on a place for too long.

-- Sara

YouTube video

Sara — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:11:14 +0200

In reply to Atlantic Purple Sea Urchin (Robert Lang): Mulberry Paper:

Have you checked my video on the model? It's not the best, but might help you with those steps. Check part 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk8miHbytU4) from 2:22 onwards.

-- Sara

thnxs

Anonymous — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:08:21 +0200

In reply to Pig (Quentin Trollip):

hey sara thanks for the tip about the paper i tried the thing with the mc (actually i used starch paste) and made some double tissue but the tissue i made got all crinkly how can i prevent that?

step 29

Anonymous — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:03:18 +0200

In reply to Atlantic Purple Sea Urchin (Robert Lang): Mulberry Paper:

hi sara im stuck at step 29 of this model when i do it i think im doing it right and it looks like the next picture but then at step 30 i lift the flap and there's nothing there
please help

-slater

Re: What is MC?

Sara — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:48:00 +0200

In reply to Pig (Quentin Trollip):

MC is short for methyl cellulose, a glue used for preparing paper. The glue seeps into the paper, thus making it crisper. It is especially helpful if you want to fold with tissue paper, mulberry paper, or other thin, but very soft types of paper.
Tissue paper is often too thin to fold with, so many origami enthusiasts make double tissue: you glue together two sheets of tissue paper using methyl cellulose. Anna and Gerwin gave one sheet of their double tissue.
If you find non-bleeding tissue paper (i.e. it does not bleed colour when wet), you can also make duo coloured paper with this technique. More often, though, duo coloured paper will be tissue foil. This is a sandwich of tissue, foil, and for the duo effect, another layer of tissue. As MC doesn't penetrate foil, you then either use spray glue or white glue. Apply it to the foil, and then roll the tissue paper on it. The foil prevents the back colour affecting the front one, and can even intensify the colour.

Having said all this - I've never treated paper with MC yet, and I've only tried making tissue foil twice with spray glue. So all of the above is mostly what I've read, and I apologize if any of the information isn't quite spot on.
But! I've now bought both MC (I bought a wallpaper paste that's based on MC) and white glue (a glue that you can also use for wallpaper, mostly if the wall covering is problematic). I also got some tissue paper, and foil's always in the kitchen. So I'm ready to start experimenting. :)

mc

Anonymous — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:39:00 +0200

In reply to Pig (Quentin Trollip):

hi sara what do u mean by treated with mc

complainers

Lorien (not afraid to post my name) — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:57:10 +0200

In reply to Snail (Shiri Daniel): Instructions:

if you don't like how this website is conducted, then go somewhere else, you're just looking for something to complain about...

fabulous

doctorbeans — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:30:50 +0200

In reply to Clover Folding (Shuzo Fujimoto): Instructions:

Thanks for this great instructional video :) I've done several models through your guidance, Sara. Thank you very much for sharing them with us. ^_^ I've actually taken some pictures of the origami that I did and linked back to your website a few times. You make precreasing look so easy ^_^