A Christmas gift from my sister:
Yes, that's an origami Discworld. A big turtle, four elephants, and a flat world inhabited by silly people. All folded out of paper (well, the map was printed and cut out, but the elephants and turtle are origmai).
From a different angle:
The map got badly overexposed from the flash, but you can see the elephants a little more clearly in this one.
That's really cool.
That is a little bit of awesome. Lucky you.
K
Wow! what is it standing on? Crumpled blue paper?
Yeah, that's crumpled blue tissue paper.
It normally lives in a fishbowl, but I took it out so I could take pictures without the glare from the glass.
Your sister made that? Wow - you must come from a pretty impressive gene pool!
Could I have the instructions for that?
Torotises, not turtles. Turtles would be silly.
Very cool :D. My all-time favorite discworld recreation, though, is this Discworld Wedding Cake.
The diagram for the sea turtle (not silly, I might add!) can be found in Michael LaFosse's Advanced Origami. The elephants are from John Montroll's Dollar Bill Animals in Origami. I appreciate the positive feedback but agree that the discworld wedding cake ROCKS!
Now, you can just colour me impressed<?i>....
LOL! I just LOVE this! As you might guess, me mate and I are huge Pratchett fans....his books occupy a whole spaces on our shelves. LOng live the Pratchett and the Disc World!
I think your present needs a new classification for awesome.
That is so cool - it must have taken hours! Where will you keep it?
I am once again stunned at the creativity that people display - makes you appreciate the human race again.
Your sister should really love you, buddy! Such an impressive gift. :P
Great idea and well excuted. Inspired to me to try and make my own! I like the turtle choice (and all of Lafosse's models) but perhaps the elephants are a bit too simplistic in comparison? Maybe Brill's or Diaz's elephants would be a better choice?