While stuck in quarantine, I decided to take up a new hobby, which was origami. I had been gifted a set a few years back and had never taken the time to actually use it. So, with all of the extra time that I had found myself with, I decided to start using the kit. It was then from this that I got the idea to incorporate it into my project. I started to print and fold my images to create abstract little models, and I must admit that I was a fan of the results.
When I first started off, I found that I wasn't quite as sure of the folds that I was making, which can be seen in the left hand image, but as I kept editing, I started to understand what worked and what didn't.
I found that images with a more prominent portrait were more successful as they made more interesting overall images.
However, I did also like the images that were a bit further away as the negative space was quite pretty and subtle.
I then just kept playing about, trying to make the folds as interesting as possible, and playing with the technique until I felt like I had found some stand out images.
I really started to explore just how much I could distort the models' faces through the origami technique, and I felt that I was starting to create some pretty interesting images that were more in tune with the aim of my project.
Overall, I found that this was the most original and interesting technique that I had used throughout my editing process and found that I could think of a lot of ways in which these images could be displayed. Whether they were hung by string or put in neat little box frames.
I then attempted to take it one step further by printing my images onto the backs of sheets of origami paper. I made three things; a crane, a pyramid and a balloon. However, after testing this more advanced approach out, I found that I had actually taken it one step too far, and that the final product was not as impressive as I hoped it would be.
Crane
Pyramid
Balloon
I felt as though none of the interesting parts of the image were bing seen and that all you could actually see was some abstract parts of the models' hair and/or clothes. I think that this technique could be really interesting and unique, if it were used with the right kind of photograph. However, the ones that I was using were unsuccessful.
Because I had made so many origami edits, I decided to make a mobile of some of them. I thought that this would be a creative way to display the images and it was also a lot of fun to make!