Officially Cool
Officially Cool: *Origami* Yoda
Posted by Brian C. Gibson (brian@filmschoolrejects.com) on April 4, 2008
A friend of mine sent this over, and I have no idea how he found it. This image comes from a Danish website. No big deal though, because this is cool in any language.
I have learned to appreciate good art. When someone uses their craft to create something original and fun, it always appeals to alot of people. Now when you can take that same passion and apply it to Star Wars fan art, it makes for some of the coolest stuff ever seen. I wish I knew more about this little Yoda, but he will forever be a mystery. Due to my ignorance, I have put another picture down below as a treat for you Star Wars fans.
*Thanks to reader Juan Carlo, we have found out that this is actually an Origami Yoda by Japanese engineer Fumiaki Kawahata. Thanks Juan Carlo!*
When I saw these statues, they just made me smile. These little christmas figures are fabriche art from artist Kurt Adler. Within the article, it indicated that Adler was planning on creating a figure of Darth Vader building the Death Star out of snow. Ha!
Source : Pl0g, StarWars.com
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3 Comments
April 4th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Hey Brian! Actually that’s not paper-maché –that’s (I think) a kind of homemade paper called tissue-foil: basically a sheet of ordinary kitchen aluminum foil with two sheets of tissue paper spray-glued on. This Yoda is made in origami, and it’s all one single square, brown on one side and green on the other, no cuts. I know this for a fact since I have the diagrams to make this model and I have practiced origami for several years. This Yoda has to be one of my favorite models, I fold it any time I can. It was designed by a Toyota engineer in Japan called Fumiaki Kawahata.
Greetings from Venezuela!
April 5th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Hi Brian! Since you’re on the origami Yoda subject, you might be interested in my YouTube videos demonstrating how the make Kawahata’s Yedi Master Yoda (in 4 episodes). http://www.youtube.com/Marigami.
I have a better photo of a completed origami Yoda if you’d like it.
~Mari~
April 8th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
I can’t make an origami Yoda, but I can make a Godzilla out of a wet hand towel! I live in Japan, and the latest craze is “oshibori origami”, making things out of restaurant hand towels. I’ve made some YouTube video tutorials which you can see at OshiboriArt.com.