Pornogami: A Guide To The Ancient Art Of Paper-Folding For Adults is a book by Master Sugoi that teaches you how to craft up some pervy origami shapes like cha chas, ding dongs, handcuffs, and more. This ain’t your gramma’s origami! Unless your grandmother is a kinky freak, in which case: go on with your […]
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Marc Hagan-Guirey aka Paper Dandy specializes in kirigami, a variation of origami that allows for cutting paper as opposed to just folding it. Marc and his skills became well known when his haunted house kirigami went viral back in 2012. But even before he became famous, Marc was already working on his Star Wars collection. He’s finally finished the geeky kirigami and is ready to share it with the public, but he needs your help.
Marc’s Cut Scene is a collection of 12 Star Wars-inspired models, each made from a single sheet of A4 paper. Marc carefully cuts and folds each sheet, then installs them in light boxes to create beautiful panoramic silhouettes.
So why is Marc raising funds for Cut Scene if he’s already finished the paper models? You see, art galleries usually ask for a portion of an artist’s profits in exchange for hosting their work. But Marc isn’t affiliated with Disney or Lucasfilm, which means he can’t sell his models. No sales, no cut for the gallery, no exhibit. That is, unless he can pay the gallery up front. Hence the Kickstarter.
You can pledge at least £5 (~$8 USD) on Kickstarter to help Marc. Higher pledges will get you various rewards, such as high resolution images of the paper models, a photo book or even an invitation to a private viewing of Cut Scene.
[via Paper Dandy via Neatorama]
Marc Hagan-Guirey aka Paper Dandy specializes in kirigami, a variation of origami that allows for cutting paper as opposed to just folding it. Marc and his skills became well known when his haunted house kirigami went viral back in 2012. But even before he became famous, Marc was already working on his Star Wars collection. He’s finally finished the geeky kirigami and is ready to share it with the public, but he needs your help.
Marc’s Cut Scene is a collection of 12 Star Wars-inspired models, each made from a single sheet of A4 paper. Marc carefully cuts and folds each sheet, then installs them in light boxes to create beautiful panoramic silhouettes.
So why is Marc raising funds for Cut Scene if he’s already finished the paper models? You see, art galleries usually ask for a portion of an artist’s profits in exchange for hosting their work. But Marc isn’t affiliated with Disney or Lucasfilm, which means he can’t sell his models. No sales, no cut for the gallery, no exhibit. That is, unless he can pay the gallery up front. Hence the Kickstarter.
You can pledge at least £5 (~$8 USD) on Kickstarter to help Marc. Higher pledges will get you various rewards, such as high resolution images of the paper models, a photo book or even an invitation to a private viewing of Cut Scene.
[via Paper Dandy via Neatorama]
Paperformed makes a variety of papercraft models that it sells as DIY kits. Two of its most advanced kits are the Changeable Robots. They’re scale models clearly inspired by Transformers, and like Hasbro’s toys these bots have humanoid and vehicle forms.
The Racing Warrior is made of 202 parts and transforms into a race car and a dual sword-wielding warrior. The silly Rail Scout is made of 158 parts and transforms into a locomotive and a scout. It also comes with parts to build a short rail.
You can order the Changeable Robot kits from Paperformed. The Racing Warrior costs $10 (USD) while the Rail Scout costs $8, but you get a $2 discount if you order both of them at once.
[via Cool Things]
Starship Modeler reader Bernard Szukiel spent a total of four years perfecting the details on his 38″ Millenium Falcon scale model, and the result speaks for itself.
The entire ship is made of paper, except for the optical fiber and LEDs that light up the cockpit and gunner’s station.
I don’t know Han, she looks like much to me. Have your browser smuggle you into Starship Modeler’s gallery to see more of Bernard’s amazing model.
[via Comic Book Resources]
This tiny and insanely detailed Millennium Falcon was made completely from scratch. It enters hyperdrive by giving the universe a paper cut, thereby opening up space. It was made by Caleb Kraft, whose hands and eyes must be very tired.
Not bad at all for his first attempt at a scratch-built Falcon. Caleb says that the whole project went smoothly, although the cockpit gave him a bit of trouble and he had to redo it.
The whole thing is roughly business card size, so I am just amazed at all of the detail that he was able to put on this ship. I’m only surprised he didn’t add Han and Chewy inside. Great job, Caleb. If you want to see the process from the beginning check it out here and here.
This is Vince the Human Skull by Cardboard Safari. The idea is that this laser-cut cardboard sculpture ships flat and then you put it together at home yourself.
You can get Vince in two sizes and in either white, black, brown or zebra stripe color options. I think it’s pretty cool, and I’m not a big skull fan. Although I do like my own.
[via Laughing Squid via Neatorama]
I am a big fan of Post-It Notes, mostly because I can stick them to my monitor to help me remember to do all the crap I need to do. That’s all I really think of using them for, but artist Akira Nagaya is a bit more creative. Nagaya makes some incredible art of out individual Post-It Notes and a sharp blade.
The Post-It cutout images include Ultraman, Pikachu, Ultraman, and Totoro among others. My favorite out of all of these is the one of Gigantor, with his fist pumping up in the air. The detail in that art is incredible – I wonder how long it took to cut that out.
The only part of the cutout art not separated from the original Post-It is a flap to allow the cutout to stand up. Throw in some backlighting and this art is beautiful indeed.
[via Neatorama]
Growing up, the local dollar store had these cool papercraft coloring books that had pages of spaceships you could color and then fold to create 3D ships I liked to hang from my ceiling. QMx has a great papercraft reproduction of Serenity from Firefly that reminds me a lot of those coloring books from my youth.
The big difference here is that the ship is Serenity and those in the books growing up were more like the shuttlecraft from that old show “V.” If Serenity isn’t your thing, you can also get a Malcolm Reynolds papercraft as well.
QMx is the company that made that giant Serenity replica we talked about last month. To get the papercraft model, you have to spend at least $25 on Firefly products via the company website.
[via Nerd Approved]
