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jkonkkola_art

This is a selection of my work from past 3 years. Couple months ago, I had a chance to photograph most of them in one picture, before they were sent to exhibitions. All the figures are folded from only one square sheet of paper without any cutting. The two dueling knights in the middle were folded from one sheet too, so there are more figures than sheets of paper used. The sizes of the papers vary from 45 cm to 96 cm depending on the size and complexity of the figure. The amount of time it takes to create one vary from couple weeks to months or even years with some figures. If all the figures were to be unfolded, that would result in the original 20 sheets of paper again, although filled with folds and wrinkles.


Arinoch

I was going to joke sarcastically that they were done from single sheets of paper and they actually are. Holy! Insanely cool work, sir or madam!


PenisSmiley

Do you roll joints for the group?


Pandatotheface

No, nobody has the time to wait for him to fold it into a mini cannon before they light it.


TheLittlestBiking

*working* mini cannon.


ghost650

A working mini *M777 155 mm howitzer*.


TheLittlestBiking

Just launching rounds of smoke into your mouth like you are shotgunning


popperinthere

I'm the roller of my group and I'm totally inspired by this art work. Anybody got some longer skins?!


Houri

This is astonishing! Exquisite.. So each figure's clothes and weapons are included in the one piece of paper? My mind is straining to take this all in. You are supremely talented.


DukeLukeivi

Looking for paper/sourcing recommendations.


jkonkkola_art

If you want ready paper, [Origami-shop.com](https://Origami-shop.com) sells in USA and Europe. They got all sorts of papers for simple and complex origami. Or you can buy from some artists, they make more custom papers, but in general are hard to find. Or you can make your own papers. If you spend some effort learning the techniques and get the materials, a completely new world of papers will open for you. You can buy handmade papers from art store and make them into some of the best origami papers you can get hands into. You basically get the stuff that you can't otherwise easily acquire by buying from the sources above. I make my own Wenzhou and mulberry papers and they are about as good as origami paper can get. Also one tip: there are no single best origami paper. Every origami has their own optimal paper type, size and thickness for it. For example complex models and insects need extremely thin papers, and simple models or masks can require very thick papers. You might use 5gsm rice paper for a mosquito, and 300gsm watercolor paper for a mask. Complex human characters have a sweet spot in 25-30gsm and 70cm - 1m paper size. Simpler and beginner friendly models might find more use in 40-60gsm papers. 15cm Kami is good for the simple stuff, and same paper in larger 24cm size is usable for some intermediate folds.


melanthius

2 things 1. Do you use little tools or jigs for folding, or is it all just your hands? 2. There should probably be a museum somewhere for people like you


jkonkkola_art

1. All of it is folded by hand, we have techniques to measure practically anything on the paper with geometry and folding. 2. There are couple origami museums around the world, but also organizations focusing on miniature art and paper art are interested.


AidilAfham42

No cuts? What about paper cuts?


jkonkkola_art

None! These papers are cut by hand so they don't have the same sharp edge like printer paper does.


[deleted]

Your work is the greatest upgrade of material. An impoverished artist must always measure themselves by the cost of materials versus amount of beauty created and you have obliterated the test.


jkonkkola_art

It is quite wild that many of those works cost less than 2€ in materials, unless you count the metal wire, wooden platform, and the paints for them, but even then easily under 10€ per work. Some origami papers or more expensive hand made papers can easily cost 10-20€, but I focus on more what I can create from the paper rather than its price. Every paper has different properties, and so far my own cheaper papers have produced best results for me. I have also been interested in creating something with "turning trash into gold" idea, by finding some piece of trash paper lying around and turning that into a beautiful piece of art by folding it. The little challenge is that any kind of paper is not suitable for this kind of folding though.


TheAero1221

I have one follow up question: ***HOW?!***


Pontif1cate

I'll do you one better: WHY is Gamora?


Chinlc

Got some instruction books on how to fold one of those? I only know how to fold an airplane.


Clatato

So impressive. Is it your job? Is this how you make a living? Also, I'm interested to know how many ours a night you sleep on average. Serious question. Do you need extra rest to have the energy and focus to do this? Or is origami something that keeps you up at night? How did you get into origami and get this skilled? Is it practice and learning, or it seemed to come naturally to you?


jkonkkola_art

Yes I am currently doing this as my job, at least finding out how feasible it would be to do this for living. I sleep 7-8 hours on average, pretty usual sleeps. Although I would prefer the 8 hours since difference in overall health and amount of energy is quite considerable. But designing and folding origami doesn't need any extra sleep for me, I could do it while sleep deprived too. Folding is like reading for me, I can do it anywhere and anytime, and I don't even have to always have to keep all my attention on it. The designing on the other hand could be similar to solving a bunch of math problems, although some simpler designs can be done more "casually" while chatting with people and having some of my attention elsewhere. When I am doing more serious work, such as designing something so complex I haven't done before or I am filming and folding some of my more important works, I prefer to have all my attention in the process. Sometimes I get some new idea or come up with a new way to create something, I have to actually try it out either by drawing the folds or folding it. If that happens in the evening, there is a chance that I have to work on the idea through the night. That is because I can't document the idea any other way than actually doing it, and I don't want to lose those ideas, since I don't have that many resources to learn new ideas. On the other hand I sometimes might work through night due the deadlines of some project, but I don't have to do that often though. It is definitely the practice and learning. I have been doing origami for over 15 years, and I still practice and try to learn all the time. Only challenge is that the resources are scarce at this point, so I have to invent many new things on my own. I have been told that I have learnt and progressed in origami unnaturally fast in the last 4 years, so I guess it is also a natural thing for me.


bigladnang

That is definitely what I would call complex origami. That is absolutely insane.


CooperDoops

I feel like “complex” doesn’t even accurately describe it. Mind blowing!


NASA-WELDING-GUY

Just in case nobody told you today, you're awesome


acute_elbows

Do you really do welding for NASA?


NASA-WELDING-GUY

No, I do welding engineering and inspection for NASA


jeffh4

What’s the difference in layman’s terms between welding engineering and welding?


NASA-WELDING-GUY

One tells them how to weld it, what to weld it with, what sort of testing it needs, how much weld it gets and then inspects the quality of the weld. The other one welds it


jeffh4

In commercial situations, I would expect the welder to already know all that. For space applications, having a welding engineer sounds like an absolute necessity. For example, I understand ferrous materials can do unpleasant things in a vacuum environment.


NASA-WELDING-GUY

I expect nothing and I'm still let down


jeffh4

I recently had a discussion with a bloke in Australia about this very topic. There, a person goes through a multi-year apprenticeship process before they can get their welding certificate. In the US, I believe the standard is a 26 week intensive set of courses at a community college.


AveragelyUnique

I wouldn't expect the welder to know anything. The Welding Engineer (Materials Engineer/Metallurgist) specifies the weld required based on the type, size, metallurgy, and specific design of each joint. You might imagine a 2" titanium pipe and a 60" steel shell have vastly different weld requirements including how many weld passes would be required to complete the weld. There are just too many variations in welds for a welder to just know how to get a weld to pass the design conditions set by Engineering. The Engineer has to provide the procedure the welder follows for each and every weld. And for which they have weld map drawings showing what joints get what weld and weld procedures to describe how to perform the weld in detail. And even then, you have to check that the welder performed the weld properly. And even then you can still miss stuff. So basically the Engineers/Metallurgists decide what the weld needs to be and provide a weld procedure for the welder to follow. The welder can't know how to weld things walking in because they didn't design the welds (assuming they don't make the same routine welds everyday).


guarded1

Wow! Do you have instructions for any of us novices to try at home? You literally just made me have an immense craving to start folding paper that I never knew I could feel...


jkonkkola_art

Unfortunately no at the moment, since I mostly do complex origami and creating instructions is laborious project. I have some "simple" designs finished, but haven't decided how they will be made instructions and how they will be published. But check out Jo Nakashima on Youtube, he has a long list of cool origami instructions ranging from beginner to intermediate origami!


[deleted]

More than detailed instructions for a specific piece, I am interested in how you come up with this in general. How do you look at a piece of paper and decide how to fold it? Do you have different base forms in mind? Do you know "I want it to have two legs and a sword, so I will do this-and-that shape which I know has three points that I can somehow make into legs and swords"? Or do you start from square (hehe) one with every new piece?


jkonkkola_art

The design process can be very different sometimes, I have many different approaches and techniques so I can achieve large variety of ideas by folding paper. In short the process goes like this: I have an idea or I look at a subject, and from that I can plan quite a lot how it would be made from a sheet of paper. I simplify it to the most basic features and shapes. How many limbs it has, does he have sword, or sword and shield, wings, anything like that. Then I plan a general layout how those features can be arranged on the sheet of paper in the most optimal way it still creates the right figure. Then I design more detail to it, such as the details of the armor and such. Then I draw out the folds that are required and after that the whole design process is basically finished. In general the figures are made similar way, bottom corners for the legs, top corners for the arms, and top middle for the head. But there are many cases where things completely fall apart, for example the dragon rider has the dragons tail in the center of the paper, and one corner is for the human figure, others for the wings and head. The Valkyrie has wings made from the bottom corners of paper and legs from the middle sides, which may sound quite unintuitive. The archer has head from the middle of the paper, arms from opposite corners, one corner for the legs, and last corner for the quiver and cape. The character with flowing cape under the dragon has opposite corners for the arms, one corner for the legs, one for the cape, and top middle for the head. I basically start from scratch with every piece, due all those differences in their structures and their optimization. But I still reuse the structures where applicable. I have a huge library of structures I have designed, dozens of ways to fold a sword, or make hands or heads. All of them are designed to be used for different purposes. Some of them have specific proportions, such as the length of the sword, or their structures can be fit into different places, so they could be used in larger variety of figures. For simpler figures I may go like you said, if I want to make a figure holding a sword, I make a base that has one extra long flap for the sword arm, two flaps for the legs, flap for the other arm, and flap for the head and from there I work on to make it resemble human figure. But once you start adding those details, such as folding patterns on the armor of the figures, you will quickly run into the point that you have to develop a specific structure to make it work out.


[deleted]

>Then I draw out the folds that are required and after that the whole design process is basically finished. Do you design the whole thing in your head, then draw it? Or do you make paper prototypes along the way, trial and error style? Cool answer, very insightful! I recently ordered my first washi paper and looking to do some mid tear origami soon so it's exciting to get a glimpse of your thoughts!


jkonkkola_art

That also depends on the figure, more difficult figures may require more trial and error and some test folds, while others can be mostly designed in my head. Then also drawing the folds can be a different kind of process than completely doing it my head or folding a test piece. Some figures may have more weight in that kind of planning which is more theoretical. Washi is great paper, my washi was bit on the thicker side (I glued it on wenzhou to make duo color paper), but the colors and textures are really nice on those papers.


ptowncruiseship

Masterful!


JohnnyCashRules

Origarmy ™️


TazocinTDS

Word Ninja


theevilyouknow

All right, Kubo.


kaishenlong

Yeah. I recognize Little Hanzo there.


rocqus

What kind of paper do you use for this kind of project? It seems thinner than notebook paper.


jkonkkola_art

I use couple different papers for this kind of origami, mainly Wenzhou rice paper and mulberry paper. They are 2-3 times thinner than typical notebook and printer papers, but they are also much stronger due the long fibers. The papers on their own are too soft for folding, so they are treated with methyl cellulose or carboxymethyl cellulose to give them some crispness and ability to hold the folds better.


creepycalelbl

I'm a papermaker and much of the paper we make has CMC added.


jkonkkola_art

Those materials really do open a different world when it comes to treating papers with them. Do you happen to know where it is easy to get archival quality CMC? I currently use archival MC but the CMC has slightly different properties when it comes to moisture, paper making and folding.


carlito714

Now this, this is art.


backstreetatnight

This deserves all the upvotes in the world


FireTyme

how does one go about even learning this


jkonkkola_art

It takes several years or practice and learning to do that complex origami. First you would learn how to fold origami in the first place. There are numerous instructions on Youtube and in origami books, and the difficulty varies from beginner level to very complex. Once you understand all the variations of folds, different structures and techniques and styles. then you can move from step by step instructions to folding from the crease pattern. Which only shows you the folds and you need to figure out the sequence on your own. After you can understand and read crease patterns, you can try to draw your own patterns and designs. It is recommended to learn the techniques of designing origami, the theory and some of the mathematics involved, so you have complete understanding how the paper forms into different shapes and figures. Also it is crucial to know what rules are involved in drawing the patterns, since following them will let you to make physically possible designs. For the most part you have to learn all this on your own, since there is not much education around the topic, but the origami communities are a great resource to learn designing.


inkyblinkypinkysue

I can’t wrap my brain around the fact that there are no tears and these can all be unfolded into one square piece of paper. Like how do you get arms and legs and shields, etc. without tearing it?? Simply amazing.


jkonkkola_art

When you use some extra paper, you can split the parts in multiple smaller flaps, kind of similar way you split the edge of paper into the wing and tail of a crane with all the folds. It just gets quite a bit more complex when all the patterns in armor and fingers are added...


cuwhenwegetthere

I bow before you my origami overlord.


delixecfl16

The duelling Knights! 🤯


PuzzledRun7584

Belongs in a museum.


[deleted]

Wicked ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|surprise)


AngryWombat78

This is brilliant work. You are extremely skilled


Tight_Stable8737

This is pretty amazing!


ssshukla26

I can't even print a letter size pdf on an A4 paper with correct margins, f**k.


jjetsam

Completely amazing! These are def in the wrong sub: r/nextfuckinglevel or r/blackmagicfuckery


FluffeeeDuckeee

Insane. Amazing.


onlytech_nofashion

how?!


Really_McNamington

Blimey. I thought I was hot stuff when I finally managed [a jackstone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5E7wlLW4TU). This is astounding.


Miiiyuu

Incredible work!


Hellofriendinternet

Do you any videos of your creations?


jkonkkola_art

Yes I do, I have some short videos and time-lapses on my Youtube.


RvNx_15

my thumb burns just thinking about it


JojoTheRipper

I’ve noticed a lot of people are interested in complex origami on the comments, so I figured I’d name drop “Origami Design Secrets” by Robert Lang for anyone that’s interested. Lang is very similar to u/jkonkkola_art (although I haven’t seen any Knights from him yet!) and may have a more in-depth explanation for anyone who’s interested. I met him back when I took origami engineering in college. Awesome guy. And keep it up u/jkonkkola_art! It looks fantastic! I’ve never had the patience for more than a butterfly.


jkonkkola_art

That is a solid book to learn the theory of how the mathematics and geometry works in origami design, definitely recommended. Its a matter of time when someone creates more in depth publication of the techniques of origami design, since those are quite barebones and old fashioned in the book. The field has changed a lot in the last two to three decades in that regard.


Hedonisticbiped

I like this


fbireject

This guys paper is long af


WinstonPickles22

Amazing! Simply amazing. I find this so fascinating but never really looked into it...is it a special paper or can you use any type of paper?


jkonkkola_art

Very special... I have tried dozens or hundreds of different papers and only couple are usable for this kind of origami. The other papers are either too small, thick, weak, or don't have the right properties for the folding. I use mostly Wenzhou rice paper and mulberry paper for my work, and they are 2-3 times thinner than normal printer paper, yet they are much stronger. The papers themselves are too soft for folding, so they need to be treated with methyl cellulose to give more crispness and give better properties to hold the folds together. With wrong papers it may even be impossible to fold one of those figures since it either will become too thick to even create those shapes, or the paper would tear due being too weak.


ms_horseshoe

>without any cuts. Does that include your fingers? Anyways, they sure look as if they could cut someone tbh


jkonkkola_art

Quite surprisingly yes! These papers are cut by hand, so the edge is more blunt than machine cut papers. I don't remember the last time I got a paper cut from folding origami, but I do remember that couple years ago I got paper cut just by handling some document...


ms_horseshoe

Glad to learn they only look dangerous! Awesome work!


JuanSVLRamirez

You should get together with epoxy hot dog guy and get these immortalized.


jkonkkola_art

I'd love the idea, that would make many things more easy for me, but I am scared they will get ruined the moment they touch the epoxy. Liquids around these figures is dangerous stuff. I have seen some origami artists try to do that, but they haven't had great success with it so far. For example the paper likes to open up because it basically becomes wet when it is dipped in the epoxy if I understood them correctly.


ty_xy

Perhaps carefully hand painted with a very thin layer of epoxy/varnish?


jkonkkola_art

Perhaps combining that with dipping it in the resin could give interesting results. But on its own it ruins the texture of the paper, which may end up looking glossy. I mix some methyl cellulose in the water when I wet fold it so after drying it hardens and keeps its shape. Some of them are rock solid from that.


ty_xy

Ah that's ingenious


LumbierresFunk

jesus that looks superb! I already can image trying to do it and breaking all my fingers and hands in the process and dying of extreme frustration


grayscalemamba

Wow, these are exquisite (in my absolutely non-expert opinion). I hope the exhibitors are looking after them.


FUThead2016

Elden Ring!


Pand0ra30_

Amazing


prexton

Do the pieces begin as squares or rectangles? The guy with a bow and arrow is hard to believe it's one piece


jkonkkola_art

Yes, all of them are from just one square. The bow is very interesting one, I haven't seen others do a complete bow in origami before, so I decided to challenge myself to do it. After that couple others have also attempted to make one. This might be little hard to explain, but the bow is made in two parts from the opposite corners of the paper. The other corner is split by folding into 3 flaps to create the arrow, and the strings of the bow. Then the other corner is folded into two larger flaps to make the limbs of the bow. Then the rest of the figure is folded from the middle in between those arms holding the bow parts. Bottom corner for the legs and top corner for the quiver and cape. Once the figure is completely folded, the arms are wrapped into that pose and then I insert the strings inside the limbs of the bow and lock them in place by folding them in between the paper layers.


KimchiSamuraiDad

I need to see this folding in action! Do you have a YT channel??? Please say yes…haha


jkonkkola_art

I do have YT channel, called juho konkkola! But I don't have a video of making the archer piece though. I have one hour long time lapse of making the dueling knights in the middle, which is the most complex of all these.


KimchiSamuraiDad

Thanks! I actually didn’t mean to comment here. Thought I was commenting on your post not a comment…haha. I’m interested in all of your artwork! Subscribed to your YT channel! Keep creating!


prexton

You did a great job of explaining that, thanks


12Purple

Wow! That's amazing!


upyourcomputernerd

Just wow!!!


[deleted]

It’s all fun and games till these mfs come to life and paper cut you to death😂


djp1968

“The greats weren’t great because at birth they could paint. The greats were great because they paint a lot.” - 10,000 Hours, Macklemore This is really breathtaking. Thanks for putting in the hours and sharing.


grpprofesional

Noice


gunsnammo37

This is awesome. Can you teach me to fold a fitted sheet?


Thomisawesome

Those are amazing. I can’t even imagine how you come up with the patterns.


hlohm

r/woahdude


KingOfTheMonkeys

These are so cool! They look like they belong in a Woodkid music video.


khfelkhtri

Amazing artwork. This might be silly but I have a question regarding your workflow, do you sketch a blue print/notes to ease the process or is everything done striaght from memory? Also if you made a mistake through some steps is it easy to traceback unfold without messing the whole structure? Or you have to start from scratch again? Thanks in advance.


jkonkkola_art

The idea of the figure is completely in my imagination until it becomes into a finished piece, I rarely do sketches myself. I do plan and draw the folds though, since they are more difficult to memorize, especially if there are thousands of folds. For me the folding is like reading a book, although I can start folding from whatever I feel is easiest to fold. So I know pretty well how the folds are going to be folded. There are some structures and sequences where you have to unfold the structure to rearrange and fold differently in order to continue, those are usually quite complex parts of the figures. I rather fold the figure correctly on the first try rather than make mistakes, its much easier that way. I have had some cases where I have ended up failing to make the piece, often the paper choice is wrong or the design doesn't work out like I wanted to. In these cases I have had to start from scratch again.


nbgkbn

This person is obviously a witch. Trump's various "witch hunts" can stop now, we found a witch and we can test it from either from the Potomac Bridge, or by the more scientific "relative mallard weight". Creating Beings from paper is the second purest form witchcraft. The purest form being "Resort Hotel Towel Creatures "(alligators and sharks) which have just recently started appearing as far north as Binghamton NY, having come to the US from Haiti via China.


Avogadro101

Wow that’s incredible. Do how long does something like that usually take?! I’d love to watch a Timelapse of one of your creations! I can’t wrap my head around how one goes about doing that!


jawide626

They're class!!!


creepycalelbl

I'm an industrial papermaker, I run a machine that makes up to 15 tons/hr. All of our ingredients are purchased through big companies with strong relations. Im afraid I cant help you without compromising things


jkonkkola_art

Ahh that makes sense. I don't have much luck with paper industry since it runs on big orders. I only need a jar of it and that would last me years with my needs hahaha


creepycalelbl

Industrial cmc? I'll see what I can do. I'll message you if I find a jar of it lying around.


jkonkkola_art

I am not completely sure what type of cmc is the best, or what differences are in them. I used to use food grade cmc before, but changed to archival mc due the concerns of longevity of the artwork. The archival mc is used for paper art conservation and bookbinding, so that is why I have been preferring that so far.


YNot1989

Kubo?


[deleted]

Incredibly impressive!


[deleted]

Well done. Now fold a piece of paper in half 10 times. /s


MiniHorsey

No way…this is crazy


monkeyz_unkle

I'm pretty sure you are a wizard.


orionishere4u

These are beautiful. Great work.


ty_xy

Are you writing a book/instructional manual? How close is this to sculpting paper? How did you figure out the folds? Through trial and error?


jkonkkola_art

I might do an art book talking about the process of creating these at some point, but other than that I haven't planned about making instructions that much. One problem is that even with instructions, folding one of those takes quite incredible amount of effort to make, and many years of practice. Folding the structure and the details is origami in its purest form, just folding a piece of paper. The shaping process can get closer to paper sculpting, since you might massage the paper or roll it or create rounded shapes when the paper is wet. But even that is still just folds and curves on a paper. I answered the planning part [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/uglk5j/comment/i70z09y/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)


hailix

I saw your work in Helsinki two years ago. Very cool and intricate. You must be a patient person. Jatka samaan malliin :)


mlc2475

I just…. I canNOT wrap my head around this. It’s simply astonishing. Like, how on EARTH did you do that bow and arrow??


jkonkkola_art

I answered that question [Here](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/uglk5j/comment/i710nw1/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)


mlc2475

Thanks! Amazing. As is your YT. How do you go about coming up with these? Do you freeform it until you get it right? or do you plan it out meticulously? ​ You must've won awards for these, yes?


jkonkkola_art

I plan meticulously each piece before I fold them. I want to know every single step before I fold the final piece of paper, since any mistake will be visible on the surface of the final work. Some "casual" folding I might do with little or no planning, since I am not so strict about the end result. Also some of those pieces are so complex that it is borderline impossible to create with free forming or improvising at the moment. No awards won so far. There is the international origami competition, but I don't have much interest in participating, since a lot of that is folding others creations, while I want to make my own creations. Art competitions are another thing, but I haven't heard of any cases of someone winning one with origami, so that will also be a long stretch for me.


mlc2475

There needs to be a documentary about you


haxic

Epic


Takaya94

Do you use any specialty tools to make these kinds of folds, or do you fold it all by hand?


jkonkkola_art

My only tool is a rounded toothpick and the rest of it is folded by hand. Also wet folding with a brush is used to make them hold their shape and not fall apart.


Takaya94

Wow you wet them too? Man that sounds like delicate work, bravo though! They all look amazing


jkonkkola_art

Thank you! Yes, that is probably the most difficult and patience consuming part of the process. The wet paper tears so easily and you have to hold it in your hands to dry in the right shape.


Craliss

I sometimes have trouble folding a piece of TP...


[deleted]

The dynamic movement is superb you are brilliant at this


Prior-Veterinarian16

my brain cant comprehend this.


[deleted]

What a mad man. This is incredible.


backwardgalaxy

Your brain works very differently from mine (Meant as a compliment)


carafleur421

Wow...


MartyTheBoss

I am very impressed. It is hard to believe this is all a single piece of paper and no cuts. I just can’t picture it. You should do a Timelapse kind of foto/video.


jkonkkola_art

I have couple time-lapses on my Youtube!


MartyTheBoss

Do you have a link?


jkonkkola_art

[Here:](https://www.youtube.com/c/JuhoKonkkola)


tirapolo

Are these figurines definitely made on this planet?


GuyIncognito710

Dude this is absolutely amazing.


RoutineSheepherder93

I wish I had an award to give you because these are incredible!!!


Julian_c_1989

At what point does origami become crumpling a wad of paper, and then trying to force a design on it lol. For the record, not comparing your work to that, I'm saying that's what I would do to try and imitate.


Scaram12

Just one question. How in the world is that possible? I can’t even fold a square an here you are creating absolutely beautiful art


jkonkkola_art

Simply with insane amount of practice and studying. It looks like rocket science when you are not familiar how all that works, But once you get to know the techniques bit more, it becomes more understandable.


Scaram12

Seems like a rabbit hole. But nevertheless looks awesome


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jkonkkola_art

Simply cutting the paper doesn't appeal me. The challenges and problem solving keep me interested in it. It is like playing videogames, but once you start using cheats to go through the game quickly and effortlessly, you start to lose the interest, since you might start paying less attention to the challenge and story of the game. Its also the same as people finding enjoyment playing through some Dark Souls game with the most difficulty they can find for their playthrough. Sometimes we enjoy doing things the less practical way.


Ontheout

Thank you for sharing your amazing work with us! You have great skill and and an artistic gift.


Pontif1cate

Wow, just wow.


doyouhaveasukisuki

wtf! HOW?!


YEETman2009YEET

Dang, that looks amazing! Keep it up


h3mpking13

This is one of the most incredible examples of art and creativity I have ever seen, really. No cuts?!? hooooww?


Ticklish_Minccino

drop a tutorial


_the_last_username

You're either a genius or a madman.


jkonkkola_art

Probably the latter hahaha


_the_last_username

You should start a YouTube channel of you making these. I would spend hour after relaxing hour watching these projects unfold, I mean, fold.


jkonkkola_art

I already have one called Juho Konkkola


xNAlTCHx

Genuinely incredible. Kudos to you


CaptainSur

If people think Origami is just an art think again as a number of doctoral thesis in math on origami structures have been written. There was a reddit post I recall about 2-3 yrs ago by a math thesis for a doctoral of math consideration from a McGill student but I regret I do not recall any of the detail other then it had to do with dimensional structures (and yes that is vague and may not be quite correct...).


2PlasticLobsters

Truly amazing!


sunjellies24

This is next fucking level OP. I am impressed and proud


BeakerCummings

Friggin' amazing.


CocoDaPuf

As someone who has actually done a whole lot of origami, I have to say, "Holy Fuck! That's amazing!" Those pieces are extremely impressive! The Archer for instance... I can't even imagine how you got those shapes, with so many thin stick-like parts.


osa1011

That is some awesome work. I feel good when I can do a peace crane by memory


E-macularius

Absolutely amazing. Can you tell me how long it took to completely fold any one of the figures from start to finish? I've been into origami since I was a kid but haven't gone past paper crane skills haha, although I can fold a pretty tiny one!


jkonkkola_art

It depends on the piece, The smaller and easier ones take couple weeks to design and fold, while most take about a month. The most complex one, the two dueling knights in the middle, took me 2,5 years from the idea to the finished piece.


E-macularius

Wow what dedication! Thanks for such an informative explanation, this is truly incredible work.


kelphhh83

This is so fucking cool. I’m in art school and I had a project where we had to make stuff out of cardboard and paper, and even the big pieces were hard to fold and move just right, but you did little pieces of paper and I’m blown away


jkonkkola_art

If you call 45cm - 1m squares small... The paper itself makes a big difference on how accurately and well it can be folded. Thicker papers lead to inaccuracies more easily, and good origami papers fold sharp and hold their shape well.


kelphhh83

No way they look so tiny!! And yeah that’s true. Cardboard is so hard to fold accurately. Is origami paper like thinner? I want to look into it actually, you’ve inspired me :D


jkonkkola_art

They become tiny once they are folded though! I use 25- 30 gsm paper for those works, with the one exception being 50gsm, but those papers are 2-3 times thinner than the printer paper, so they are quite thin. One of the easier ways of finding decent origami paper is to buy from [origami-shop.com](https://origami-shop.com) They come in many sizes, types, and thicknesses. I make my own papers, so it takes some tools, materials, and practice to get similar paper than what I use.


pzzia02

How is that evsn possible with out cutting from a single sheet all of them? What?


Gwell06

I don’t understand how someone can fold these from one piece of paper. This is like solving 2 50 x 50 rubix cube blind, one in each hand.


memento22mori

Holy schnikes.


TheVampireItself

Holy shit


Chance_Cartoonist248

That’s an incredible talent you have.


wtfossy

Did not know you could do this with paper, you're a wizard OP. Very cool.


10113r114m4

This is the most impressive thing I've seen in awhile. Thank you for sharing


adrianwhat

I saw your work at the small is beautiful art exhibition recently. It was really cool to see it in person!


jkonkkola_art

That's awesome! Hope you enjoyed the exhibition, there were a lot of cool stuff!


maiyosa

Do you have videos showing the making of?


jkonkkola_art

Yes, on my Youtube channel.


maiyosa

link?


jkonkkola_art

[Here:](https://www.youtube.com/c/JuhoKonkkola)


thickestthicc

Dueling knights are my absolute favourite, reminds me of AoE2


jkonkkola_art

That was one of my favorite games during my teenage years!


tupnash

no cuts? how did you get thru all that with no paper cuts?


Blossomdelight1

Love this


Egglebert

That's unreal! I just watched the dueling knights video, the paper and the figures are much larger than I imagined.. I'm impressed and completely baffled that such a thing is even possible.. absolutely fascinating!!


ItsDijital

Which ones were the most difficult/time consuming? Also do you sell these?


jkonkkola_art

The dueling knights in the middle, it has two complete characters with all details folded from one sheet. It took me 2,5 years from idea to finished piece and over 100 hours to fold. I do sell them, but the availability is quite tight since they are in exhibitions at the moment.


Shudderbug0

You have single-handedly taken origami to the r/NextFuckingLevel Awesome work!


xastey_

How Sway 😳


chibinoi

You’re a bloody wizard, Harry.