Fabric-Based Folding Materials

Related posts: Folding Felt, Folding Window Blind Fabric, Folding a Wax Wrapper (Woskowijka)

Fabric can be used for origami, but it usually requires special treatment or sewing to keep the folds in place. Another way of making fabric suitable for folding it to glue it onto paper or some other medium, creating a composite material.

Traditional Crane from Wax Wrapper

Traditional Crane from Wax Wrapper

I folded this traditional crane from a wax wrapper (Polish: woskowijka). These are sheets of fabric soaked in beeswax, and advertised as a reusable, eco-frie...

Crane (Window Blind Fabric)

Crane (Window Blind Fabric)

I folded this traditional crane in order to test a new folding material: fabric used for roller window blinds. Despite the fabric being quite thick, I was ab...

Cat

Cat

I folded this model in order to test what folding origami from felt would be like, and I summarized my impressions in a separate blog post.