Scanning origami papers

Originally I took photographs of my hand made origami paper, as the lighting seemed good, it would be far quicker that scanning them and I could make compose groups of papers as I went. However when it came to printing them out on normal printer paper, all of the images came out with a greyish tinge to them. Also, the paper itself is relatively flimsy.

So, today I went through my box of origami boxes, selected the patterned ones that I had made and unfolded them to put through the scanner. This worked a lot better, and as the scanner works at a high resolution I could zoom in on scanned images to show a range of marks that usually couldn't be seen. 

An interesting effect occurred; the fold marks on the originals were scanned, so that the printed out papers (this time on cartridge paper) look like they have been creased. It makes them seem 3D and highlights the paper folding techniques used to make the boxes. I am using these printed papers to make larger boxes, so these details should stand out well.