Best FMA Accessory Ever

[kate_nepveu]

My sister-in-law does origami (for those of you at the wedding, she folded the 1001 cranes that were in the centerpieces and on the tables), and as a birthday present she sent me an origami bookcase, complete with individual books, with a note saying it was a library for Ed and Al.

As you can see from the pictures behind the cut (one of just them, one of all my Fullmetal Alchemist figures), they look very happy to have a bookcase to defend.

(The origami books are very cool; they're folded from a single sheet of paper, and have endpapers and everything. There's another picture behind the cut of a larger one she did for me for Christmas, and a stegosaurus she did for Chad.)

The Elric brothers and their bookcase:

(Looking at the picture, I'm wondering if I have it upside-down.)

Mustang, Hughes, Hawkeye, Winry, and the Elrics (sorry about the shadows) across the top of one of our own bookcases:

A larger book and a stegosaurus:

Comments

[turnberryknkn.livejournal.com]

Now that's just super-awesome.

Thanks for sharing!

[kate_nepveu]

Glad you liked!

[cliosfolly.livejournal.com]

Oh, these are all so great! I think you've got the bookcase right side up; the narrow band of blue on rightmost book on the top shelf is in the right place--you usually see those darker bands of color in space reserved for titles on spines, and titles are closer to the top than the bottom of spines.

[kate_nepveu]

I did try it both ways when I put it there, so I like your theory confirming mine. =>

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. That is so cool!

[kate_nepveu]

I am really ridiculously pleased by it.

[pameladean]

That's glorious. And really superior books, too, so elegant.

P.

[kate_nepveu]

She finds such cool paper. And the pink-and-white ones could, possibly, be alchemical designs, which is all the more appropriate.

[thomasyan.livejournal.com]

Whoa.

[kate_nepveu]

I forgot to mention that the book & stego are folded from a single sheet of, I believe, 6" paper.

[treetelling.livejournal.com]

Those pictures are wonderful. I don't suppose she ever mentioned where she found the book origami pattern?

[kate_nepveu]

Probably in a book, but I've asked, since Googling for an origami pattern of a book is impossible given all the books about origami out there.

[kate_nepveu]

Okay:

The green book is from David Brill's _Brilliant Origami_ (which is supposed to produce a hardcover) with a 6" square of paper.

The books in the bookcase, and the bookcase itself, are from Kunihiko Kasahara's _Origami Omnibus_ (which is supposed to produce a paperback); the books were from a 4" paper. The stegosaurus is from a 6" square, took her all day and is "notoriously hard", and is from Kasahara & Takahama's _Origami for the Connoisseur_.

The paper for the books in the bookcase was wrapping paper that she cut up, because she liked the designs.

[treetelling.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I am going to abebooks right now. I am mildly addicted to origami books and it is often hard to know what will be good when buying online. I will probably pass on the Difficult Stegosaurus, though - she sounds like an expert, while I am only an interested amateur. Thank you again!

[leighdb.livejournal.com]

Neeeeeat.

[kate_nepveu]

Yup.

Hey, do I owe you DVDs? I forget where we left things.

[leighdb.livejournal.com]

I'm... not sure. It depends on whether you intended to send me dubbed versions of Eps 1-26 or not.

I have dubbed versions of 27-51, and fansubs of 1-26 and the movie. Is there a dubbed version of the movie?

[kate_nepveu]

Dub of the movie, late Sept.

Do you want dubs of the early episodes? I think I didn't send them because you'd seen them, but it's no problem.

[leighdb.livejournal.com]

Well. The completist in me would like them, but I don't want you to trouble yourself. You've been so generous with this already!

[texas-tiger.livejournal.com]

Oh, that *is* awesome!

Hey, you said you did cranes at your wedding? Do you have any information about that? I've been thinking about that for mine.

[kate_nepveu]

My sister-in-law did it all; my involvement was limited to saying "you really don't have to but if you want, do whatever you like, we trust your taste."

An uncle who used to be a florist incorporated them into the centerpieces by threading them through green wire/stalk things at intervals, which was way cool, and we scattered them on the tables at the reception as decorations/souvenirs.

Umm, that's all I got.

[texas-tiger.livejournal.com]

D'you suppose she still has the pattern? Or would know where I could get one? And any suggestions on folding? I did origami when I was a kid but not much since then.

[kate_nepveu]

I suspect you could find a pattern in almost any origami book; I don't know if she used a specific one. I'll ask, and also get a ballpark of how long it took her. =>

[kate_nepveu]

Okay! I'm just cutting & pasting, here:

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the pattern for the crane is widely available; in fact, it's almost always included with pre-packaged commercial origami paper (especially that sold by aitoh). however, the pattern is also widely available online; here's a link i think is particularly useful, since it has pictures of each step.

http://monkey.org/~aidan/origami/crane/crane1.html

once i really got folding, i think i figured it took me about 5 minutes per crane. of course, that doesn't factor in the time for cutting the paper, which can be take quite a while. the online paper seller i used to use is now defunct (::sigh::), but i know a new seller, paperjade.com, has some options for origami paper. in fact, it sells packs of 1000 sheets for under $20; see the link below. if the link doesn't work, try the "economy and variety packs" tab at paperjade.com.

http://paperjade.com/index.php?cPath=51

the only problem is that the paper is 1) rather luridly rainbow colored and 2) very cheap. for your cranes, i used a mix of foil, which is usually pretty inexpensive and comes pre-cut in small sizes, and different sorts of washi, which i cut into 2-inch squares. washi isn't cheap, but it's nice and it folds well, and you can get 9 2-inch squares out of a 6-inch sheet, so it ends up being cost effective if a bit labor intensive.

as kind of a side note, i found some interesting photos of different ways to display a thousand cranes; believe it or not, all of the pictures at the link below are actually composed of cranes mounted inside a frame.

http://www.sumocaarts.com/pages/3/index.htm

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HTH.

[texas-tiger.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much and thank her too, for me, please!

hello

[(Anonymous)]

hi, iam a portuguese girl, that find out your web site. sorry, but my english i´ts a litle bad. i also love to do origami and i would like to ask you a favour. can you send me the diagram of the book?

iam going to married, anda iam going to ofter the guests of the wedding the 1001 cranes. i would also like to give them the book . can you do that for me.please

send me the diagram please. cristina_fundao@iol.pt

Re: hello

[kate_nepveu]

Unfortunately I can't. Sorry.