Kamiya, Satoshi

Satoshi Kamiya also taught a workshop at the CDO Convention 2009 for his fish. It was somewhat - let's say unconventional: he said he'd teach "John Montroll style": he handed out diagrams and paper, and then was there for questions. He'd scheduled 3 hours, but most of us were done with the model after about 2 hours, and I am surprised by how nice my first fold looks. It's surely connected to the awesome paper Satoshi gave us. He said it was gampi paper. It was quite thin, but strong, and took creases extremely well.

Surely one of the highlights of the CDO Convention 2009 was participating in origami workshops lead by Satoshi Kamiya. He taught this rabbit, and it wasn't quite so easy to get a nice finished model - not due to the complexity of the folds, but rather because there were a lot of judgement folds you had to make. So this is a model you have to fold a couple of times to get a feeling for how to place the creases to get a rabbit-like feel in the finished model.

This is the fourth time I attempted the model, and the first time I completed it. All the other times I faulted the paper (and just possibly a bit my folding ability) for the failure. This time I made some double tissue, which is one of the recommended paper choices for the model. And indeed I succeeded in completing the model. It might not be the tidiest fold, but I am still happy that I managed to complete it this time round. Also see a picture of the front view.

Paper: 48cm square of double tissue

This is the fourth time I attempted the model, and the first time I completed it. All the other times I faulted the paper (and just possibly a bit my folding ability) for the failure. This time I made some double tissue, which is one of the recommended paper choices for the model. And indeed I succeeded in completing the model. It might not be the tidiest fold, but I am still happy that I managed to complete it this time round. Also see a picture of the back view.

Paper: 48cm square of double tissue