For the Macro Mondays theme: "Corner".

An experiment in folding with a piece of very strong metallic paper…I didn't got the end result I wanted it to have, but I'm glad I took a photo of this in-between step.

Happy Macro Monday ;-))

A more closer look of "Pattern" (see first comment box). The texture reminds me of stone, so I did some processing to emphasize that.

The paper I used is 'glassine', which is great photogenic paper because of its translucency.

hss !

LIMG_5056_lr

Explored with thanks on the 27/08/2020 #79

This image was created for the Macro Monday group.

I placed some folded paper on a glass coffee table with a light source beneath, then took some shots from above.

By moving the light and changing the coloured paper, you can achieve some very interesting results, this is just one of them!

Thank you so much for taking the time to leave such lovely comment, it's very much appreciated!

Stay safe and healthy my friends!

Just White Paper for Macro Mondays

Looking Close on Friday - Week 2 Crown

A golden paper crown, left over from a Christmas cracker.

Paper bird made to stick on a card

A few young guys were playing around (taking photos / video clips) with these paper boats in the breakwater of the East Cost Park Precinct.

This photo let me remember of the old Cantonese song 《紙船》 [Paper Boat], released in 1982, by the famous Hong Kong Cantopop singer / songwriter / actor Sam Hui ( 許冠傑).

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUdbUFzVqNg

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

《紙船》

作曲/填詞：許冠傑 (1982)

路經海邊見隻小船

懷人萬里心暗酸

異鄉的她腦海湧現

如何把相思串

拾起張紙摺隻小船

徐徐地放於水面

靜心閉目許個願

船兒匆匆飄遠

望船實踐我這個願

遙遙長路也不倦

直去到她身邊

只求跟她一見

若她終於見隻紙船

盤旋夢裡千百轉

望她珍惜當中意義

齊齊把相思串

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Paper Boat]

Composed/lyrics by Sam Hui (1982).

Lyrics (an unofficial English translation from internet, not singable):

Walking pass the seaside, ( I ) see a small boat

Remind me of that person, thousands of miles away, make me feel sad inside

(Image of) her who is in foreign land rush into my mind

How to make our hearts connect

Pick up a piece of paper and fold a little boat

Gently lay it down on the water

Clear my mind, close my eyes and make a wish

(Watching) the little (paper) boat quickly floats afar

I hope the (paper) boat could fulfill this wish of mine

Tirelessly travel long way away

Straight to her side

Only hope to see her once

if she finally see a paper boat

Drifting in circle endlessly in her dream

Hope she could cherish the meaning of it

Together, let's make our hearts connect

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

P9293207

During the folding phases of an new tessellation, before flattening the paper completely, this form occurred. A paper-secret that reveals it selves while folding. It reminded me a of star to be born ;-)) Because it is to fragile to stay this way, I just took a photo of this phase and continued folding ;-)

Rhodanthe chlorocephala is a native Australian daisy belonging to the family Asteraceae. It is widely grown due to its attractive flowers and foliage, and because it’s hardy, adaptable and provides a good, fast ground cover. The flowers are long-lived and dry well. Rhodanthe chlorocephala subspecies rosea is the most widely grown subspecies and is commonly known as “Pink and White Everlasting”, “Rosy Sunray”, “Pink Paper-daisy” and “Rosy Everlasting”. It grows naturally in the south of Western Australia extending into South Australia. Rhodanthe chlorocephala subsp. rosea is an erect annual herb 20-60cm high with clumps of glabrous (hairless) grey-green stems and leaves 1-6cm in length. It has a large single flowering head at the tip of each stem. Flower heads grow to 6cm diameter, gradually decreasing as the flowering season progresses. The color of the bracts varies from deep pink (almost red) through pale pink to pure white, with a yellow or black centre. 5844

Avec de l'imagination, mes petites lamelles de papier m'ont aidé à construire un monde coloré à la texture tout en douceur qui devrait aider à la recherche d'une vie plus harmonieuse. #Macro #MacroMondays #UnusualPatterns

paper

In this phase you can see it better how many pre-folds had to be made. It took two days to do it.

This pre-folding does not apply to all origami models.

I made a kind of blue print. ;-))

If you want you still can make suggestions what it will be…….

What you see here is an in-between-step of an origami ….???

I made a little series about it: Paper Art:

- Paper Art 1

- Paper Art 2

- Paper Art 3

Update:

Model: origami Hedgehog

Design: Kouji Nakagawa

Diagrams in Tanteidan Convention Book #8

Paper: 35x35cm brownish elephant-hide paper.

Final size: height 5cm, width 12cm, length 12cm

if you want to see more photos of this origami model, please visit my Origami - Kouji Nakagawa album.

~ ~ ~

Paper handmade in Vienna for Paperlovers

Little paper Japanese paper doll. So cute! For Macro Mondays. This week's theme: paper art. HMM

For the Macro Mondays theme"Begins with the Letter P": Pre-creasing paper for folding.

When you fold with vellum, the creases becomes white lines. The vellum gets actually damaged and the risk it might tear is very big, so it is necessary to fold with great care.

HMM for everyone ;-)

There were so many things to try. Everthing I tried I was liking. The closer I got. The better it was.

Happy Macro Mondays

A fragment of a birthday card, for Macro Mondays group. HMM!

Shredded paper. HMM

Boungainvillea or " Paper flower "

Have an excellent Wednesday !

Thanks everyone !

For Looking Close... on Friday! theme: "Made of paper"

Did I scare you?

#118/123 Word/s:123 pictures in 2023

Dress : Miwas - School Love Gacha. At The Epiphany.

Hair with beret : Wasabi - Rainbow. At The Epiphany.

Head : Catwa - Catya

Skin : Glam Affair - Sienna applier for Catwa. At Soiree.

Decor :

Paper Dragon, colored envelopes, fortune candy (mouth), candy plate, mandarin trees : Kotte - Xin Nian Gacha. At Shiny Shabby

Stalls : Maru Kado - Tawamure Gacha. At The Epiphany.

My favourite notebook has the most colorful paper.

HMM!

for Macro Mondays: paper

🌷thank you for all visits, comments, favs - have a good start to the week and HMM!🌷

Each paper roll is .625" wide. Total image is 2.43' wide.

Handmade paper rose in tiny salt cellar ~~ Macro Mondays

dancing should be like paper blowing in the wnd

Stuff:

AZOURY Charnel Ballet Shoe NEW @ Cosmopolitan - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/No%20Comment/152/6/23

Hand Bandage by Kilamanjaro

DwHc Punishment Mask

ZIBSKA Noir Eyemakeup

Mesh Cow Rumpled Rugs

Mesh Cow Crumpled Paper

This is a macro photo of a checkboard pattern made out of thin strips of paper.

This week's theme for Mosaic Montage Monday was paper. This one looks like it's sailing into the unknown! HMMM!

Conrail freight ELKA5, led by EMD GP38-2 No. 8134, cruises through New Carlisle, Indiana, during a snowfall on January 15, 1994, in a panned photograph. It wasn’t until I received the Kodachrome slide from processor that I noticed the conductor neatly framed in the cab windows, using ambient light from bright snow to read the morning paper!

and all, all my love is here

from the garden

to the shadows

every heartbeat

♬ belongs to you ♬

the things:

Konoha - Iris valarie

Konoha - wild grass

both @ Konoha

Ariskea [Birdy] Stone Bird Bath

A Paper Wasp standing guard over the larvae in it's nest. Photographed in Maryland.

Taken for the Macro Mondays theme of 'Paper Art'.

This is a close up of a bead on a necklace. The beads are made from strips of paper (which you can see if you look closely)

Old paper factory in Brittany at Belle Isle En Terre

For Macro Mondays and Pick Two.

This week's Macro Mondays theme is to pick two, one from each list.

The colours:

Red

Blue

Yellow

Pink

The items:

Flower

Bottle Cap

Paper

Pen

...and combine them in a macro photo. This is a thin, cellophane-like, translucent paper that made folding difficult for me. All one hue, but the lights make it look like many.

About 4cm /1.5 inches across.

My husband prefers this one. He isn't keen on abstract or bokeh balls.

Thanks for looking.