{"id":690,"date":"2010-01-29T12:56:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-29T12:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/29\/my-hands-are-tired-but-the-project-is-done\/"},"modified":"2010-01-29T12:56:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-29T12:56:00","slug":"my-hands-are-tired-but-the-project-is-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/29\/my-hands-are-tired-but-the-project-is-done\/","title":{"rendered":"My hands are tired, but the project is done."},"content":{"rendered":"
I’ve been working on an origami project for my co-worker and his girlfriend for their wedding. I had made up a bunch of samples for them, but what they selected turned out to be a massive project. Mette Rings<\/a> – they will be using these on the wine bottles they are giving away at the reception. <\/div>\n
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Each Mette ring requires 18 units made from square paper of the same size. And they requested 100 rings. 100 x 18 = 1,800 units. And the wedding is at the end of February. In making my samples I determined that I could fold one unit in about 30 seconds – so, plenty of time for those, but it was harder to factor in getting the paper ready and putting the units together. I broke this down into phases to stay on track.<\/div>\n
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Phase 0 – Material Acquisition. I pulled from my own paper stockpile, a craft store, and Staples. I also bought extra blades for my paper cutter and 3 bottles of glue.<\/div>\n
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Phase 1 – Paper Cutting. I wore out two blades for my paper cutter, but got all 1800 units cut in about 4 days.<\/div>\n
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Phase 2 – Unit Folding. I started carrying around stacks of paper with me and a knapsack to hold the completed units. To the movies, to the birth of my niece. Any downtime was spent folding. I did too many in one day and had to put my hands in the snow to numb them. My parents – who are pretty good folders themselves – helped while we were at the hospital in the waiting room. (Thanks Mom and Dad!)<\/div>\n
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Phase 3 – Ring Construction. I had all the colors sorted out into boxes and bags – then with movies playing on the TV, I sorted out 2 white, 1 red, 2 white, 1 black, etc. until I had 18, then I put together 2 sets and then put those together. I put them in stacks of ten to keep track of them.<\/div>\n
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Phase 4 – Structural Integrity. To prevent the rings from flying apart when handled, I coated each side with glue. (I’ve tried gluing the units while putting them together and it’s tedious – even for me). Each side had to dry before I do the other – took a lot of time and a lot of space. <\/div>\n
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I finished up last evening and boxed them up to bring into work. Took me about two and a half weeks for the whole project. My co-worker has promised to get some good photos for me.<\/div>\n
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In other news… my work phone stopped working yesterday. We’re gearing up to move to a new office in the building and I thought this was a precursor – but no, it’s just broke. I had the office manager make the call to repair yesterday afternoon before I left – we’ll see how it goes. It’s pretty quiet here – but my voicemail (which I can still check via my computer) is filling up.<\/div>\n
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