New photo shoot and origami books

Using the scanned papers I printed out and original papers, I made some new origami boxes, and went to MSA's Holden Gallery to photograph them. I wanted to try out a few new approaches and look at how the boxes come across when presented as a group. Again I co-ordinated the colours of the boxes with the background they are based on.

I took a series of photographs from the same spot; each time I would remove one of the boxes so that it looked as if they were receding. Ordering the photos in reverse was actually more effective, as an army of boxes began to appear. Although not quite right for the exhibition, this technique would be good to use in the future. 

I have printed out my photos and selected out the best while trying to maintain a variety of scales, colours and numbers. There are about 20 remaining, including ones I will scale up and present as A3 or A2 images. I hope to get some useful feedback tomorrow from my group and tutors to whittle down the numbers further. Hannah suggested last week that I could make a concertina book to house the photos I'm not blowing up, but in searching online for 'origami book instructions' I found simple designs for pages and a cover from docstoc.com and whipup.net. The result resembles an actual book, involved a single cut and plenty of folding, and is sturdy enough to easily stand up by itself. This means I will be able to show 12 photos in the exhibition without them taking over.

My attempt at a simple 6 page origami book

I gathered together some of the green, brown and neutral coloured origami boxes to take to the gallery, and will decide which ones to present once I'm there. As there will be other students' exhibits nearby I can then choose the most appropriate colours to use so that they won't clash or blend in too much.