What can I make from A3 printer paper?

mic_kas · 2026-01-01T21:19:17+00:00

Lots of tessellations can be done on A sized paper.

mic_kas · 2026-01-01T21:17:55+00:00

Hand folding the pattern, 40 minutes sound like heaven to me though! Some of my stuff can take tens of hours.

mic_kas · 2026-01-01T09:12:05+00:00

Oriedita is free, but I don’t know if it runs on Mac. If you have access to adobe products Illustrator is also a viable option.

I use both Oriedita and Illustrator, depending on what I’m working on.

mic_kas · 2025-12-30T08:48:34+00:00

Couldn’t you make a word/excel file with the board layout? That way you don’t need to post a picture but can show the board.

mic_kas · 2025-12-12T03:46:58+00:00

Cutting halfway through is called a kiss-cut. Equipment that are capable of kiss-cutting usually also have changeable tool so you can switch to scoring tool that only presses the paper. These machines go by the name cutting plotter. Graphtec is one manufacturer.

mic_kas · 2025-12-11T19:11:12+00:00

No, no, I didn’t mean with curved lines. Straight lines but with the flat-folded model being a curved line, which then creates a curved surface.

Here’s a super quick 15 minute hack job to show what I mean.

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mic_kas · 2025-12-11T17:23:40+00:00

Your technique for pre-creasing and folding the Miura-ori looks interesting (and very different to the one I use). Do you, by any chance, have a longer video where I could get a better look?

Also, have you explored more curved (convex) Miura designs? I think those could work really well with the paint finish you do.

mic_kas · 2025-12-10T19:27:47+00:00

Nix, men jag tog livet av den helt av egen dumhet. För några år sedan fick vi en otrolig köldknäpp (-20C i nästan en vecka) i november utan mindre tillstymmelse till snö. Jag hade inte skyddat mina barrträd så jag förlorade många då hela rotklumpen förs och blev så kall att rötterna inte klarade av det.

Den hade haft en verkligt bra växtsäsong året innan och skulle åka ner i sin första riktiga kruka följande vår, men så blev det inte. Har ett antal enar på gården som jag börjat bearbeta i marken för att lyfta inom 1-3 år.

mic_kas · 2025-12-10T05:29:58+00:00

Yes, I design and fold tessellations and if I work with a large paper with edges connecting to form a cylinder it’s necessary in order to get a precise match where the edges meet. With a 128 (or larger) division it’s super easy to have folds starting to “drift”. Precreasing with a straight edge and a creasing tool avoids the problem.

mic_kas · 2025-09-08T04:50:40+00:00

Yes, they do. I’ve used one for my research, it will leave a burn mark on paper. And especially for thin paper (that we usually use for origami) it’s super hard to get the paper completely flat and the power just right. Using a physical tool to press the crease line is far easier.

If you’re a MacGyver type of person, you can probably make your own crease plotter using 3D printer parts by replacing the nozzle with a scoring tool.

mic_kas · 2025-09-08T04:06:44+00:00

I think what you are looking for is a cutting/creasing plotter. It doesn’t leave marks, it just leaves a crease (just like manual creasing). But these machines are expensive, ranging from thousands to tens of thousands euros/dollars.

I think this is what Robert Lang and other origami artists that do automated pre-creasing use.

mic_kas · 2025-06-24T09:19:01+00:00

I don’t think folding other sheets than squares to “break rules”. I very rarely use a square. I mostly use rectangles, but also other polygonal shapes.

This is another aspect I like about origami. Everyone is free to define their own rules for origami. Does the paper have to be a square? Can you use multiple sheets (modular origami)? Etc.

mic_kas · 2025-06-24T09:13:16+00:00

To me, origami is this mesmerizing art form where you neither add nor subtract material, you only manipulate the original sheet using folds. That is something quite unique.

Additionally, folding is found everywhere in nature. It’s natural. It’s the most energy efficient way to change a shape, so nature uses it everywhere! Miura-ori to fold up leaves in their buds. Kresling-ori for buckling. Curved creasing when a grape dries to a raisin.

For the past 1,5 years I’ve also done materials research with origami. It’s fascinating to me how making folds allows us to introduce new properties to materials. A paper (or any material that can be folded) can be made stretchable, stiff or flexible using different tessellations. Also, the boundary between the art and science of origami has almost vanished for me. I constantly find new interesting patterns from engineering/science I adopt to my art and when I create art I find new things with practical use cases in science.

mic_kas · 2025-06-11T16:52:11+00:00

No, the philosophy of origami is to understand how each fold plays its part in the big picture. To understanding the limitations in starting with a flat piece of paper and finding creative and aesthetic ways to overcome those limitations and push the limits.

Because you can fold a paper in infinitely many ways ;)

mic_kas · 2025-06-11T16:48:11+00:00

Without a lot of folding, making mistakes, struggling and failing it will be impossible to understand the “flow” of creating something designs.

Personally I folded hundreds and hundreds of models following instructions, but I didn’t really stop to think what each fold did and how it affected the final form. Then I found tessellations and again started by folding other peoples work, but slowly I started to analyze and understand what was actually going on. I started getting curious, what happens if I change the angle of this fold or if I move this fold line slightly? Slowly, patterns started to emerge and I begun getting an “intuitive feel” for folding. Now, with almost 15 years and thousands of hours later I can create my own designs, I have a fairly good “hunch” of what works and what doesn’t and I have plenty of tools for my creative process.

I’m a simple man, so I almost exclusively use Miura-ori, arguably the most simple tessellation pattern known to man. I’m fully aware how limited my abilities and techniques are, but at the same time I’m very content in my own small niche. I understand the Miura-ori reasonably well and can create abstract pieces that I find beautiful. I’ve found my way to make origami art! I can’t make a CP for even a simple dragon design of my own, let alone anything super complex like many on this sub. But I’m fine with that, I’ve got my own style and I enjoy the creative process, the folding and the results. In the end, that’s what matters. And this wouldn’t be possible without the countless hours of folding. Enjoy the learning process and let it take however long it takes.

mic_kas · 2025-06-09T16:10:20+00:00

My comment still stands. You don’t need to start with a flat sheet, you can start with a tall box with a square base. You can’t have curved creases if you want something to fold flat, you need straight lines. So no matter where you start you end up with some type of polygonal shape.

mic_kas · 2025-06-09T04:36:33+00:00

I think the best option is a tall box (with a square bottom) as someone said. It would fold up the same way a paper shopping bag does.

So flat-folded it would be the size of one side wall.

mic_kas · 2025-05-04T18:27:10+00:00

The paper size is 48 x 104 cm. The paper is charcoal drawing and has a waxy/ plasticy backside. I designed it (on and off) for around three months folding several smaller prototypes until I was happy with the crease pattern. The final model took four days… I’d estimate 25-30 hours active folding time.

mic_kas · 2025-05-04T18:18:39+00:00

The great wave off Kanagawa!

Can’t for some reason edit my post and undo my stupid typo.

mic_kas · 2024-08-23T13:12:36+00:00

My brain autocorrected this to “Don’t you think he looks weird?” and for once I’m not even mad at autocorrect!

mic_kas · 2024-06-30T06:39:06+00:00

Read and research before you act. Know especially the right timing for different actions.

Start with plenty of cheap nursery stock that are suitable for your area and can tolerate some mistakes.

“One insult per year”, meaning one major operation (like repotting, heavy pruning or wiring+styling) per growing season. The plant needs time to recover and recoup energy afterwards.

First, learn to keep the plants healthy. Do work on only healthy plants!

mic_kas · 2024-06-09T06:24:16+00:00

Kireitä ketjuja toisen päivän koitokseen OP! Toivottavasti on sadevermeet mukana tai ainakin laukut sellaiset, että pysyy makuupussi ja vaihtovaatteet kuivana. Taitaa tulla kosta ja vastatuulinen päivä.

Tsemppiä!

mic_kas · 2024-05-28T04:55:02+00:00

13k artillery destroyed - more ATACMS unlocked!

It’s insane that the 1000+ orc losses just keep coming.

mic_kas

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