I improvised this design in class using an envelope that was lying around.
 Uncut envelope, designed in August 2008. |  "Crease pattern" |
I liked being able to use the flap of the envelope as part of the nun's gown - so I was using the envelope "fully" and not simply as a rectangular sheet of paper!
Thinking back, I was probably inspired by Vietnamese origami master Giang Dinh's evocative abstract human figures:
Thinking back, I was probably inspired by Vietnamese origami master Giang Dinh's evocative abstract human figures:
 Little Girl & Cat (2007) |  Red Fox 4 (2008) |
You must check out his achingly beautiful origami faces, animals and figures. I saw his gorgeous work in a book of photographs from an origami exhibition, titled Masters of Origami: At Hanger-7.
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