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Origami Crane chain of some kind? Ceven
Well, OK, I'm taking a 3D Art and Design course at college, and the current project (due Friday) is to be constructed modularly; that is, using the same form over and over. I thought about it a lot, and then remembered seeing a huge thing of paper cranes in the last episode of Gunbuster. Any idea how to get them like that? Also, since I'm going to have to make these things pretty big, any tips on sturdy paper? Construction tips? Etc?

I offer Turn A in hopes that I can finish this project.
>> Ceven
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OP here. Aha! Found a picture, but no method.
>> Anonymous
When it comes to origami cranes, the simplicity of the pattern makes it so that they'll hold together out of most papers. You'll get a nice sized crane out of a 8.5 inch square, so regular printer paper will work nicely. If you actually want each one bigger, have fun choosing paper. All you do to make strings of them is take string, make a knot in one end, and simply go from the hole in the bottom and out the point in the top, then keep on going through the entire batch. Make multiple groups of them, and when you get to the top, space them out, giving the illusion of all the threads coming together into one.

Good luck finishing 1,000 cranes in time for your project due date... if you go with less, don't go overly large on each piece; it'll look really hokey.
>> Ceven
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Thanks for the tip. I actually had since last Friday to do this project, I'm just a horrible, horrible procrastinator with absolutely no work ethic. Sigh...
>> Anonymous
Have you ever worked with Krylon fixatives and coatings before? They make some nice acrylic coatings for about $4.50 a can that can make your cranes have a bit of a sheen to them from a coating of some kind. There's clear coat, matte, glossy, glaze, and one or two that don't come with the smell that these things have for the first day or so after being sprayed.

I've been using the Crystal Clear acrylic coating (#1303) lately and the slight gloss really allows for the 3 dimensionality to show through without being too reflective.

If I wanted these to have different colors, then I'd probably tell you to stick with origami paper, or you can go for the scrapbook papers. Just don't pick anything that's close to cardstock; these things don't look very nice when the paper is too hard to fold.

Cranes are one of my favorite things to make in origami, and I have some origami paper that I bought recently, so I'll fold one or two and scan them in. That way you can tell what the shrinkage will be on the crane between the starting point and the finished bird.
>> Ceven
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Ah! Thanks much. I'll look into the gloss.

Gotta pick up my supplies and start working on this thing tomorrow... Hopefully I don't get halfway done with this and realize "Oh, shit, this probably isn't a good idea."

That's the problem with this damn class. one project a week, and they all better be gems or it's failsville.

Grumble, the next project is gonna be so much easier. Tricking out shoes.
>> Anonymous
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Here's a finished crane, except that I didn't blow it up yet so it would lay flat on the scanner bed. The origami paper is about 4.75" square. The finished piece turns out about 4 inches long.
>> Ceven
Aha, that will definitely work. Found some instructions online, so looks like I'm buying a crapload of origami paper tomorrow. And that gloss. Maybe I can arrange the strings in some way, too. Hmm.

Thanks much for the assistance. I appreciate it.
>> Anonymous
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Yeah, art classes like those suck. I usually have classes that give two weeks between each project being due, but they expect really high quality work, and the ability to explain why you chose to do what you did for the project.

I think the origami paper was only $3 for 100 sheets at Michael's when I bought it a week or two ago.

Oh, and do yourself a favor and get a piece of printer paper out, make it into a square, and then try the diagrams you have for making the paper crane. Unless you've made them before, there might be a step or two that isn't shown very well. The bird fold is the main thing to understand when making cranes, or most origami birds, as the name suggests.
>> Anonymous
If you want extremely detailed instructions on how to make the crane that are just about 100 percent foolproof, try http://cp.c-ij.com/english/3D-papercraft/origami/crane_e.html -- they break it down into so many steps to make SURE you get it right, it's not funny, plus the final page of the instructions gives you a square with lines on it that you can use if you totally get lost.