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When you fold each first triangle in a strip, do you just approximate the correct angle by eye? Or measure it somehow? It looks like the rest of the triangle folds in a strip just follow along after that first angle is established.
How do you do the alternating colors? Do you color each adjacent one individually, or do you set up some sort of "mass production" coloring like the blue and yellow coloring at the top of the image? |
09-21-2005, 07:44 AM | #3 |
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Umm... I just noticed you can click on the picture for the tutorial on flickr. Nevermind.
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I haven't been working as hard as I could, but here's where I am so far. All 700 triangles are there. All that needs to be done is the final five joints, a few final wrappings, and a final coat of marker.
(As glatt mentions, click the picture for the tutorial/larger image. On that page, click "ALL SIZES" for larger versions.)
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You have outdone yourself.
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11-19-2005, 09:35 AM | #7 |
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I knew there was a reason it's taken me two months to get from the last picture to this one...
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Every Christmas I make a few more ornaments for the tree. I made six this year; here are three. The others are hard to photograph, I'll try again later.
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12-28-2005, 04:10 PM | #10 |
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Beautiful! I'm having trouble with the scale, how big are those last three?
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The distance from one point on a triangle to the center of the opposite side is the width of the tape I used. For the last three, I used 3/4 inch tape, and for the big one I used 1/2 inch tape. So the little ones are about an inch and a half.
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Let's go to the circus!
Nothing complicated. I just found some goofy materials...
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04-03-2006, 07:27 PM | #13 |
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Jeez, the black and white one is great camo, it really confuses the shape. You should submit that to the Pentagon.
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Dear Pentagon:
You know all that cash you spend on camo? You should just go to the "Tape for Teenage Girls" section of Office Depot! HTH, HAND A Patriot.
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Still think these are cool. New additions are neat variations. The zebra one is kind of an optical illusion. OOoooh, make a zebra shaped one with the zebra tape!!! I tried to do this a long time ago, but got too frustrated. So, I'll just enjoy yours. Any new ones on the tree this year?
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