Playing with Washi Paper

Playing with more cubes and some washi paper (hat tip to @evansd2 for turning me on to this stuff). I picked up this really cool bee paper from Blick:

Made a hex cube with some LEDs…

and wrapped that rascal …

Plug it in and coolness:

To those who are curious, I used Super77 Spray adhesive.

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That’s a great effect!!

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That turned out great!

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:hushed: Totally cool! I love it! Congratulations @shogun and thanks for sharing.

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Bee-dazzling! Nicely done.

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Cool! I hadn’t heard of Washi paper.

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It’s really common in origami circles. One thing that’s nice about it is that you can fold it and then flatten it back out in a lot of times you can’t see where the fold was. It’s kind of a “soft” paper if that makes sense. It’s very forgiving when you’re doing things like wrapping gifts or folding certain types of origami models

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It feels a little like fabric and it diffuses the light nicely. Lots of variety in the designs. These are the other ones I got from Blick:




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This has sent me down a beautiful rabbit hole. One source alone (Mulberry Paper) provided hours of visual stimulation.

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Ooooooo… Thanks for sharing that @dklgood !

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I assume you’re talking about this:

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Yes I am. Between this site and Spoonflower I can look at pretty graphics and patterns all day.

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( https://www.spoonflower.com/ )

Links, man. It’s cold to mention a site and not give the link :slight_smile:

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Sorry!

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Hehe, I’m just teasing. :slight_smile:

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My sister just sent me this and it reminded me of this thread :slight_smile:

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Oh, man! You had me excited for a minute there by mentioning a paper vendor and Spoonflower together. A place that custom-printed nice kozo or similar paper in big sheets would be too cool.

I already have stuff up at Spoonflower ( https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/evermorian ) and, recently had my first washi tape design manufactured ( https://evermorestud.io/celtic-key-pattern-washi-tape/ ).

I guess I could get a wide-format inkjet for a few grand, if I could figure out where to put it.

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I think you should stick to designing, and leave the production to someone like me that has space but no talent. I wonder how much paper I would have to print and ship to justify a new tool. I would really love to have an excuse to buy a fabulous printer. If it didn’t work out, it would be a tax deduction so win win. Right?

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Nice! Another rabbit hole!

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Oh wow - that washi tape of yours is beautiful! When I get a job again y’all have pointed me to SO MANY THINGS to buy :-/

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