Origummy

Mui-Ling Teh

Origummy

My origami calendar

I tried to fold a crane out of gummy candy, which came out far less successful than the candy wrapper folded crane. First I had to take a slice of gummy thin enough to fold, but not too thin that it would be too delicate to fold with; or stick to one another too easily while folding; hence getting ruined. Secondly the folding process could not be done continuously; I had to leave time between some folds to let it dry before proceeding, otherwise the gummy is just too sticky to work with. Third, the completed crane had the tendency to want to unfold and shrink, hence the stubbiness. This also made photo shooting difficult; I had to try to take the picture before the crane unfolded or contracted any further; the parts needed some pinching and stretching before the picture was taken.

I was debating on whether to upload this or not, but hey it atleast kinda recognizable as a crane… well I liked the title :P

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Origummy by Mui-Ling Teh
Origummy by Mui-Ling Teh
  • blamo

    blamo

    Incredible scale

  • Mui-Ling Teh replied

    Thanks blamo. I didn’t really care about the scale this time; this wasn’t meant to be one of my miniature origami (and it’s bigger than any of my miniatures anyways. It would have been much easier if I could do it bigger, but to do that I would have needed a custom made sheet of gummy candy :o)

  • blamo

    blamo

    bubblegum could be good Mui-Ling Teh …............... lol

  • Mui-Ling Teh replied

    Maybe – if it’s unchewed; otherwise too sticky to work with.

  • Paul Suryawinata

    Paul Suryawinata

    Mui-Ling is at it again! Sometimes I want to turn myself into a miniature and go inside your head and see what magic is in there!

    Love this! *big smile

  • Mui-Ling Teh replied

    Awww, thanks Paul :)

    Funny you mention going inside my head; I was watching a movie last night about that (into heads of robots that is)

  • pene

    pene

    to me, it looks like a little dragon !!

    very well done !!!

  • pene

    pene

    PS – don’t forget to enter it in the gummy lolly challenge !!

  • Mui-Ling Teh replied

    Thanks, and done :)

  • amanda Rae

    amanda Rae

    sweet sweet work….

  • Mui-Ling Teh replied

    Thank you very much for your comment on this and ‘Born from the Hand’ and for adding me to your watchlist :D

  • butchart

    butchart

    god you are a patient woman….:)

  • Mui-Ling Teh replied

    Unfortunatly the folded gummy has become blobby again.

  • Paul Compton

    Paul Compton

    Hee hee! Yay! Very sweet (pardon the pun) ; )

  • Mui-Ling Teh replied

    Thanks Paul, nice to hear from you :)

    Woah your hair look wet… and I thought London was supposed to be rainy.

  • butchart

    butchart

    ahhh… just eat the damn thing.. you have this image for posterity…:)

  • Mui-Ling Teh replied

    Butch I sliced the gummy with an exacto knife. Then I touched it many times (I’ve found pieces of dust stuck to it from time to time. I’ve also used tweezers a few times prior to the photo to get it in shape. Finally this thing has been sitting in open air for 3 days now; you think I’d eat it :P ?

  • butchart

    butchart

    never knew you were such a picky eater

  • mingtees

    mingtees

    awesome, Mui-Ling! I like the red in the photo too.

  • kjgordon

    kjgordon

    quite talented you are wahini…......

  • Gail Bridger

    Gail Bridger

    Awesome work Mui-Ling Teh!!!

  • Midori Furze

    Midori Furze

    hahaha
    Well done!!

  • Mui-Ling Teh replied

    :o)

    Yet another translation for origami! Folding paper, folding god, folding gummy!

  • Karin  Taylor

    Karin Taylorcommunity helper

    this is so amazing and incredible Mui-Ling…i showed Scott, Sarah and Ben….all drop their jaws in amazement!!!!
    wonderful!!!

  • Mui-Ling Teh replied

    I’m glad you had the opportunity to see this Karin; aside from the calendars, it’s the first origami I’ve uploaded since starting school. I hope you are well Karin and finding a good balance between your personal life and your life here on RB.

  • Terri Chandler

    Terri Chandler

    Amazing! Oh that is wonderful! Truly amazing talent. Well done on all levels. ;o)

  • Marie Sharp

    Marie Sharp


    Featured in Alphabet Soup ~ Please enter the Best of O Challenge!

  • DonDavisUK

    DonDavisUK

    Hey there Mui-Ling, Congratulations your wonderful artwork has been featured in Alphabet Soup for the letter of the Week O. You’ll be excited to know that you can now enter it into the Challenge for the Best of O which will soon be accepting entries.

    Have fun with this weeks new quest for images with Z as their main feature.

    Kindest regards from Don.

  • PPPhotoArt

    PPPhotoArt

    wow how wonderful, your origami work is stupendous!!!!!

  • S0rcy

    S0rcy

    So very cute, made me smile!

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