My name's Sara Adams, and I discovered origami for myself during Christmas 2005. I've been hooked ever since. The intention of this site is to get you hooked, too. You've been warned! — Now go enjoy some instructional videos, pictures in the gallery, and all the rest of it. And most importantly, happy folding!

Paper Review Special: A Third Opinion

by Ilan Garibi and Gadi Vishne and Eyal Reuveni

It took some time, but we knew - we must do something special for our 10th paper review!

Our reviews are all about getting to know different paper types and with hands-on experience reviewing their strengths and best areas for use. But we - Ilan and Gadi - are only two folders, so our reviews summarize only our point of view. And we know there are better folders than us out there. So we decided to approach a great folder, one of the best, and ask for his opinion on each of the papers we reviewed so far.

Nicolas Terry Tissue Foil Review

Authored by Ilan Garibi and Gadi Vishne
Weight (gsm) Sizes Color Palette Texture Aging
50 15cm, 20cm, 30cm, 40cm, 60cm 8 colors Glittery; handmade look Unknown
Attributes:
Wear and Tear Memory Forgiveness Tensile Strength Bending Restistance
n/a 8 / 10 8 / 10 9 / 10 8 / 10
Model Suitability:
Classic Action Tess. Complex Modular 3D Wet Folding
9 / 10 8.5 / 10 8.5 / 10 9.5 / 10 8 / 10 9 / 10 9.5 / 10
Final score: 9.5 out of 10

Tissue Foil is a rare product. The combination of the stiffness and strong memory of the foil, with the look and agility of the tissue paper makes a promising paper to answer many of our paper-folding needs. For year now the only solution to obtaining tissue foil was to make your own and many still do.

To make some, you have to bond foil (sold as a kitchen product) with whatever Tissue paper you have. Truth be told, it's a lot of hassle, and it's difficult to obtain a perfect result. That is why we were happy to see what may be the perfect solution - Ready Made Tissue Foil.

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Update on the Re-release of "Creating Origami" by JC Nolan

Three weeks ago I posted a quick video and a somewhat longer written text on JC Nolan's Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for re-releasing his book "Creating Origami". And what a success it has already been!

Reprint of "Creating Origami" by JC Nolan

Designer: 
Diagrams included in the book: 

tl;dr*: If you'd like to see "Creating Origami" by JC Nolan reprinted visit http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1925886496/creating-origami-a-foldab... before Monday, June 4th 2012.

* too long; didn't read - in other words, beware, this is a longer post. :)