AnnaArt

Hi everyone, I am an art lover and I am into painting and sculpturing. Recently, I started learning origami and it has been like 4 months now. I really loved working shaping different designs out of paper. I even inculcated mediums other than paper and shaped them into different artworks. On experimenting with various materials, I found tissue foils to be a good medium for creating origami.

My first attempt was a Stegosaurus and the final origami product was pretty good. It looks great. My second work with tissue foil was a Samurai helmet beetle (I tried a lot to copy Robert J. Lang) but I've been encountering problems with that such as, the Samurai helmet has developed many wrinkles that made it look like a crushed ball of paper - not a pleasant sight for any origami artist. My main purpose to post here was to figure out any technique that could help avoid my tissue foil turning into a wrinkled ball of mush.

If any of you'll have faced a similar problem and know how to deal with it, I would really appreciate your guidance regarding this serious issue when working with tissue foils.

kidkim

I am a student and I have recently joined an origami class. I haven't reached the phase of experimenting with other materials so I can't provide you the best advice regarding your issue but what I've learned so far from my origami tutor is that one has to understand the appropriate origami tools before proceeding with this art. Thats all I have to say for now, however, I shall put forth your query to my tutor and get back with what she has to say.

OliviaOrigami

Hi AnnaArt, I have also started experimenting with different paper materials, and I totally rely on online sources like videos and tutorial websites. Till now, its been very difficult sourcing out good videos for creating origami from tissue foils. There are a few, but none that helpful. Would be great if you could suggest your approach or a few links that you found helpful while using tissue foils.

ClaireAndrews

I don't have an idea about the ideal online platforms that can teach you to work with tissue foils, as I've gained my knowledge regarding this art form through a course on origami from Taro's Origami Studio. So I did not feel the need to opt for online learning. But as you've asked me for guidance, I did search for some videos and I found this link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssEuZVm5_7I) to be a reliable one with procedures similar to the one I'm currently following. You can follow this channel to learn the basics of using tissue foil for creating origami.

christianjordan

Hi everyone, I am neither a professional artist nor an art enthusiast. I'm a blogger though and recently, I shot a video of my friend's origami art with tissue foil. He told me about the use of better adhesive while using tissue foil as the medium for origami. This will not create any wrinkles and cuts in your foil. Instead of using a spray adhesive, he opted for wallpaper glue. The finished paper was better to fold and it also held its shape very well. AnnaArt, I guess you should change your adhesive and your procedure accordingly to mold the tissue foil in the right manner.

jasonlian

I followed this video tutorial while molding tissue foil - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzLx6KFdenc. I also used wallpaper glue as an adhesive and I must say, the overall strength of the tissue foil had improved and I didn't find any difficulties while creating shapes with it.

bellajustin

Hi there christianjordan, you may be right on your part, but wallpaper glue is not the only ideal adhesive for tissue foil. There are many types of glues that probably are an equivalent adhesive and will work the same way. What you need to look for is an adhesive that will bond both to porous and nonporous materials. Some wallpaper pastes like Henkel's Metylan Normal only works with spongy materials, so even if they'll work efficiently for wet folding or back coating, they'll be ineffective in molding the tissue foil.

AnnaArt, I would suggest that you should go for white glue along with a foam roller to apply the glue.

AnnaArt

Thank you bellajustin and christianjordan for your sound advice. I shall try the different glues suggested and revert with the name of the glue that solves my problem.

tristontaylor

Correct me if I am wrong, I don't think you are using any form of tissue support like a paper roll that is absolutely necessary to get (almost) wrinkle-free foil. A quicker method is just to wrap the tissue around a flat object. It's much faster. Use a blunt plastic edge (like the edge of a plastic card) to smoothen out any air bubbles after sticking the tissue down. Avoid using Reynolds Wrap if you can, and get the cheapest roll of tissue that you can find; they are much thinner than Reynolds Wrap, so any origami made out of such a tissue foil will prove to be more flexible. I hope this solves your major concern of wrinkles as it's usually the bending of the thick aluminum that causes the foil wrinkle and rip.

AnnaArt

Thank you so much tristontaylor for your valuable guidance, I may have been messing up due to a wrong choice of foil for my work. I shall try this as well and let you know.