Open Source Monster Blot no. 13 Process

Ninja July 23rd, 2007

Hallo, hallo! Good morning! =) I wish I could show you the whole process behind my blot no. 13 origami monster. Unfortunately, I can’t take photos and fold at the same time (folding is sort of a two-handed process). Maybe next time, I’ll see if I can kidnap Penguin + have him viddy record me).

Here are photos from the key stages.

Here’s the original blot supplied by Stefan.

In Photoshop, I duplicated it (apple + j) and flipped it horizontally + vertically a few times. I set the blending mode to “Multiply” so that the white background would become transparent. Then I printed out two tabloid sheets of my new pattern.

I cut them up into squares (1.5 sheets for 12 squares).

Here are my parts, all ready to be assembled.

Monster 13 all put together! Rawr! My favorite thing about this piece is the brilliant locking mechanism which allows the head, individual body segments, + tail to swivel + move independently. Huge, huge kudos to Tomoko Fuse, who designed this clever origami toy.

Here’s blot no. 13 escaping into the wild.

Most of Tomoko’s books are in Japanese. Sadly, I don’t own any of them, so I can’t be sure how the step-by-step process is (I know some origami books are tricky). But I did a quick book search on Amazon, + if you’re interested in trying out some of her pieces, here’s the link for her books.

Link:
+ buy Tomoko Fuse’s books