(Posted on behalf of JC Nolan <[email protected]>) On 5/18/14, Gerardo @neorigami.com <[email protected]> wrote: >... I mix specific folding ideas > from different models ending up with a new one. Know what I mean? Most > of the times they are ideas from previous models of my own creation > but sometimes I also include ideas from models by others.... > > My question is, does this technique already have a term? If not, I > would love to propose the "Frankenstein method". It would be an > analogy: stitching parts together in order to create a totally new > creature...
Greetings Gerard, I'm "Creating Origami" (c 1997) I describe 7 different approaches to design. The one you describe I dubbed "piecemeal" as in taking a piece from here a piece from there. My model "Natasha's Dragon" is an example of that approach where I basically took two pieces from Montrol's dinosaurs (head from Struthiomimus tail from Rhamphorhynchus) and grafted them on to a traditional crane. (Thanks John!) http://creatingorigami.com/diagrams/natasha.html My Frost dragon is another example though more complex... and designing it actually led to the accidental invention of my "Braided Paper". Cheers, JC
