Submitted by Sara on 16 May 2010 - 5:30pm
Designer:
Lang, Robert
Folder:
Adams, Sara
Difficulty Level:
High intermediate
Model type:
Square Grid
Animals
Sea Life
Tessellations and Fractals
Paper ratio:
Square
Paper: 96cm square of Kozu, 45gsm (37.75 in)
Model: 52cm long, 37cm wide (including fins), 14cm high (20.5in by 14.5in by 5.5in)
Comments
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 16 May 2010 - 6:17pm Permalink
DID U know uve got more
DID U know uve got more scales than robert j lang
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 16 May 2010 - 6:39pm Permalink
nice work
where did you get the paper for this? i've been looking to do this model but I can't find the paper big enough.
Submitted by Sara on 16 May 2010 - 7:10pm Permalink
Paper source
I had a hard time finding this paper, too. I bought it in a local specialist paper store (http://www.cartapura...). They carry rolls of Japanese paper, and I bought 2 meters (1 of which I used). It's not the cheapest stuff, and not as crisp as I would have wished. But I'm very happy to have found this source of large paper!
-- Sara
Submitted by Sara on 16 May 2010 - 7:14pm Permalink
Number of scales
I worked with a 30 by 30 grid, as suggested in the book. I only finished the ones that are visible, though, so I didn't fold a full 900 scales. I'm not sure how many Robert Lang folded on his models, but I agree that my scales look a bit smaller in relation to the fish.
-- Sara
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 18 May 2010 - 12:00am Permalink
Just to let you know
just to let you no the date on the bottom of screen is wrong it says "2007-2009" is should be "2007-2010".
(sorry if there is a reason)
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 18 May 2010 - 8:04pm Permalink
???
just wondering why dont you make anything by shafer?
hes made some REALLY hard thing like the flasher hat (took me 6 months!)
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 20 May 2010 - 11:32pm Permalink
this has nothing to do with koi!
just wonderin if ya could make this origami: http://www.asahi-net...
its a space ship transformer! ive already made one myself... trust me use BIG paper i didnt use big Enough diagrams are at the bottom of screen.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 22 May 2010 - 11:37pm Permalink
恋 (-__-)
ときに新しく追加されたものを作るに行くの？
この恋が古いなって本当に！
<*)))-{
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 23 May 2010 - 10:51pm Permalink
Drat!
I am SO! sorry i wrote this comment in japanese then translated it... it didnt say what i typed :(
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 30 June 2010 - 1:13pm Permalink
Video
Hi Sara ,i'm Nagashi and i want to ask you .Can you make a tutorial for a little koi pond please just a little ok goodbye
NAGASHI ^^
Submitted by Sara on 8 July 2010 - 8:38am Permalink
Video on the koi
I will try to do an instructional video on the koi in the next couple of months. Not sure what you mean by a koi pond, though.
-- Sara
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 15 July 2010 - 9:47am Permalink
but the book only teaches how
but the book only teaches how to fold a koi....not a sclaed one unless you followed the chapter just before the diagrams page.....and can u make a gallery page on the turtle with pattern on the book?
jason
Submitted by Sara on 15 July 2010 - 8:12pm Permalink
Instructions in ODS, and turtle
Well, the book does include that chapter, so it does include how to fold the scaled koi. :) True, it leaves some work to the reader to figure out the details, but those I may want to include in a video of mine. We'll have to see when/whether I find the time.
I haven't folded the turtle yet, hence no picture in my gallery.
-- Sara
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 17 July 2010 - 1:36am Permalink
:)
one last thing,is the folded koi supposed to be bigger when there is no scales,because the head looks rather big
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 26 August 2010 - 6:51pm Permalink
Cant stop looking...
Sara, YOU ARE AMAZING!!!!!!!!!
ps. which was harder for you to fold, this one or the cuckoo clock? if they were both the same difficulty wich one took longer to make?
,Dave
Submitted by Sara on 26 August 2010 - 9:27pm Permalink
BFCC vs scaled koi
This model took much longer to fold. I'd say about 3 times as long.
As to difficulty, it's harder to say. The basic folding is probably easier for this one, but the size and the type of paper I used made it more difficult. Also, I did quite a bit of calculating to decide where to put the scales etc. Altogether, the koi was a more challenging project.
-- Sara
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 24 May 2011 - 12:39am Permalink
KOI
does the koi have a closed belly?
Submitted by Sara on 2 June 2011 - 6:13am Permalink
Not really
No, not really. You could try to join the two edges of the model, but I think then the fins would be pressed too much underneath the body.
-- Sara
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