May the Force Be With You! Star Wars Origami Dolls
Thursday, January 5, 2012 at 3:46PM Happy (belated) Holidays everyone! I just recently returned from Pennsylvania, and am suffering from one of those nasty post-flight colds. Ugh. For some strange reason, whenever I fly my immune system bottoms out...
But enough about that, I wanted to share a new project that I recently completed for my partner's nephew! He is currently on a Star Wars kick, so I modified my origami doll pattern to make some origami Star Wars characters! Here we have Princess Leia, Yoda, Luke Skywalker, and Han Solo (can you guess which is which?) Initially I thought that the project would take me forever (especially figuring out pants!) but it was actually quite enjoyable and I learned a lot about adapting my own patterns.
These dolls are made mostly from colored washi paper with the exception being their hair which is brown crepe, the belts which are paper ribbon, and Yoda's outfit which was folded from a brown paper bag folded inside out to hide the print. Since I made these away from home with only the limited supplied I tossed into my suitcase before leaving, I had to get a little creative with parts! It seems no task is insurmountable as long as I have my trusted brand of glue stick!
I swear, Star Wars characters were made for this since their clothing already resembles Japanese yukata in many ways. In researching images and movie footage of these costumes online, I came across this great essay, The Bushido of Star Wars, that goes into more depth about these varied Japanese influences on the series. Time permitting, I would really like to try to make another set for him from the newer movies assuming that he will still be into Star Wars next year! I definitely want to try Queen Amidala or maybe something even more esoteric like Queen Apailana's mourning outfit. Or I could go all out and try some of Philip Schulz's awesome Star Wars origami diagrams!



















