Re: [Origami] Where do you press the traditional frog to make it jump?
I asked about where the traditional frog had to be pressed for it to jump properly and several people answered. Thanks for that. By watching the recommended videos I noticed that it indeed had to be pressed where the diagrams tell you to. My problem was that the paper was too thick and pressing on that spot wasn't easy and I had to coarse the paper to bend, but once it was released, it made a much bigger jump than when pressing where I was doing it. I think depending on the age of the kid playing with the model you could teach him/her where to press. -- Jorge Jaramillo
Re: [Origami] Where do you press the traditional frog to make it jump?
Jorge E. Jaramillo asked how to make a traditional frog jump. At minute 3:48 of this video http://youtu.be/rc9lVHvfzMY you see how to press the back of an Origami frog to make it jump. The model in the video is my preferred jumping frog with the exception, that I do the first few steps a little different. The differences are minor though. First I fold the horizontal middle line, then fold both sides to the just made line. Then I make two waterbomb bases at both ends of the now rectangular paper without creasing the middle line between them. The remaining part is identical. The thinner and stiffer the paper that you use is, the better it will jump. I usually fold it from 9x9cm of a very heavy paper and it jumps a good 3 meters at ease. Nice Greetings Anna from Vienna / Austria
Re: [Origami] Where do you press the traditional frog to make it jump?
On 28/12/14 09.55, Anna wrote: Jorge E. Jaramillo asked how to make a traditional frog jump. At minute 3:48 of this video http://youtu.be/rc9lVHvfzMY you see how to press the back of an Origami frog to make it jump. That is also one of my favorites, together with the business card frog (in one of its many variations) as that is the best use I've found of mine. Maybe press the back should be interpreted as press the back end. What do our English speaking friends say? Anyway, I agree with Tavin's demonstration and Jorge's statement. I usually explain to press or flick quickly down at the back edge or end of the frog. See my old photo-sequence of the jumping frog: http://papirfoldning.dk/diagrammer/diagrammer.html?page=froe03blang=en Jorge wrote: pressing the lower step makes it work fine I'm sure I have to press the upper step, that is the behind-most edge of the back, not the lower edge as in nearest to the ground, as illustrated in my photo. But maybe I just misunderstand the reference made here. Happy jumping, Hans Hans Dybkjær papirfoldning.dk
