Triangular Box (Hans-Werner Guth): Instructions

Submitted by Sara on 20 March 2011 - 1:44pm
Designer: 
Guth, Hans-Werner
Folder: 
Adams, Sara
Related website: 
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Related image: 
Triangular Box (Hans-Werner Guth)
Difficulty Level: 
Simple
Model type: 
Boxes
Objects
Paper ratio: 
Non-square Rectangle

Origami Instructions: Triangular Box (Hans-Werner Guth)

Paper used in this video: 15cm square of kami (6in)
Finished model: side length of 7.5cm (3in), depth of 2.75cm (1in), height of 3.75cm (1.5in)

Comments

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 20 March 2011 - 3:30pm

oh and one more thing
Youve writen that the paper ratio for the box is a rectangle
but it is a square right?

Submitted by Sara on 20 March 2011 - 4:44pm

Actually, you can fold the box from a rectangle, too. If you start with the long side lying horizontally when doing the first step (cupboard fold), then you can achieve a triangular box that's deeper than you can with a square. For example, you may want to fold an equilateral triangle box. :)
Do give it a try!

-- Sara

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 20 March 2011 - 7:50pm

Ah thanks! first i made a deep one then i made a very long one with a huge paper and now i am keeping my waves modules in it.That also i learntt from your videos
youre awesome

Submitted by Grace (not verified) on 20 March 2011 - 9:35pm

This made me smile and isn't really a big deal, but whenever you say "pivot" in the video you mispronounce it as "pee-voo." The "t" is not silent, so it's pronounced "piv-it." I just thought I would let you know; it's still a great video and thank you!

Submitted by Grace (not verified) on 21 March 2011 - 7:16am

Too true! Unlike me, you know more than one language, so I really can't judge. And thanks to you I learned some new origami today. :D

Submitted by kkim (not verified) on 21 March 2011 - 11:50am

Thanks for the video. I've been making tons of them in different sizes and designs ever since. :)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 24 March 2011 - 6:39pm

Dear Sara;
What a wonderful video. It has given me the courage to try a tessellation fold. The discussion of geometric crease orientation and mirror imaging gave me a much better understanding of the whole process.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 9 April 2011 - 6:28am

Are you going to do a animal model soon in your videos?And im just curious, why haven't you updated your plans.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 18 April 2011 - 12:39pm

Hey sara, great model but i still await the video on Llopio's moment of truth model...:/ any idea when youre gonna make the video?

Submitted by Sara on 19 April 2011 - 6:47am

The truth is, right now I'm struggling to even make simple videos, because I am extremely busy. Llopio's Moment of Truth will be a video that will take considerably more time, so I fear it won't happen until things have calmed down a bit and I have more time to concentrate on videos again.

Sorry, but I fear making these videos remains a hobby, not a job.

-- Sara

Submitted by Sara on 20 April 2011 - 9:12am

I know it's bad that I've wanted to make a video on this model for so long, but haven't managed to find the time to do so. Sometimes it's not so easy to do what you want if there are other things you need to do, and with a higher priority. I also understand it's hard for some to forget that this is something I do alongside a full time job and further projects. I didn't mean my response to sound harsh, but more clarifying.

Hope it didn't come across the wrong way,

-- Sara

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 21 April 2011 - 12:31pm

Dont worry about it..:)...i didn't take it the wrong way..:)..anyways thanks for the info..:) good to know..:D

Submitted by kat (not verified) on 11 November 2011 - 11:26pm

thanks a lot! i am off to make 25 of these for the my little girl's advent calendar this year. you're videos are really good and very easy to follow.

Submitted by Jan George (not verified) on 6 October 2012 - 11:20am

Sara,
I'm very impressed with your video instructions.
I'm a primary school teacher with 45 years of origami behind me but when I recently taught my class the traditional paper crane and asked them to write a procedure[instructions] for how to do it I discovered how difficult it is to be clear about what you're doing in words.
Your instructions are the clearest I've ever seen.
Thankyou !

Submitted by K (not verified) on 27 March 2014 - 5:08pm

Good directions. I like that you avoid unnecessary creases.
Regarding the word "pivot": It's not wrong. It's merely a French pronunciation.
Like "depot", or "Waiting for Godot", or "bon mot".
C'est tres jolie.

Submitted by kathryn phillips (not verified) on 24 June 2017 - 2:41pm

Hi Sara,
This is actually the second video that I watched of yours but the first one that I completed. The first one doesn't seem to be on your happy folding site. It was a moving model made with a long rectangle. Lots of pleats and when it was finished it was a circle that folded in on itself. I'm pretty sure it was you as I watched it several times.

Submitted by Kathy (not verified) on 27 June 2017 - 12:03am

Yes that's the one. It was before I found you web site I just found it on YouTube. I still haven't made this. Thanks.

Submitted by Sandra (not verified) on 27 June 2020 - 6:22am

Hola.
Muy bonito tu trabajo. Te felicito.
Quisiera saber las medidas del papel que utilizaste ya que dice que no es un cuadrado.
Espero pronta respuesta.
Saludos.
Sandra.

Submitted by Sara on 8 July 2020 - 10:07am

Paper used in this video: 15cm square of kami (6in)
Finished model: side length of 7.5cm (3in), depth of 2.75cm (1in), height of 3.75cm (1.5in)

Submitted by kanakapriya (not verified) on 18 July 2020 - 9:14am

This is so totally awesome! I couldn't follow the Facebook fold diagram... Thank you so much for this!!!

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