👍 On Wed, Feb 23, 2022, 7:13 PM Clare <[email protected]> wrote:
> Re: finding an explanation for not liking golden ventures (Laura R) > > On Feb 22, 2022, at 7:29 PM, Paul Vincent <[email protected]> wrote: > > I wouldn?t say I dislike the technique, as such, but I have an idea why I > have no interest in it. It occurs to me that each unit is directly > analogous to a Lego brick, and in the same way that Lego bricks can be used > to build just about any form that you can imagine, by simply interlocking > them together, exactly the same is true of g.v. modules. That is, although > each module is a folded origami figure, the finished creation (and the > process of assembling it) is more akin to ?doing? Lego than ?doing? > origami. This is not to denigrate the art of creation in either case, just > a sense that the appeal of g.v. may be closer to that of Lego than of other > branches of origami. > > I found this interesting too - but my personal 'is it really origami?' is > to do with some of the hyper-real models coming out now that use a lot of > wet folding/moulding. They are amazing, but, for me, to far removed from > pure folding, and more akin to papier mache or the like. > > On the other hand, one of the loveliest things about origami is the huge > variety of people, models and techniques - vive la difference! >
