Paper Stars general

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>>515222
I was inspired by a poster who made beautiful, accurate, globes of earth out of green and blue stars in plastic spheres. feel free to repost your collections and projects from the last thread

>>515241

From the thumbnail it looked like that was a dead chicken that was plucked, rolled in sprinkles and set under a lamp

>>515247

Kinda fucked up dude

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>>515241
Lol didn't realize people saved the pic of my stars. I moved out and left them packed up in my old room, sadly.
Brought my tiny cranes, though.

>>515223
Did you by any chance save any pics or info about said globes?

>>515362
no I didn't sorry. It's likely the anon will see the thread and post them again though. I recognized the background and I've seen him post other creations here before

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I found the best jars for lucky stars... lab equipment. I got reagent bottles, petri dishes, test tubes and flasks

I just filled this one today after recieving my order of glassware

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And here is the jar filled, this one took about 200 stars, maybe 8 hours of work in total including the arrangement

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>>515455
Here is my lucky star globe, it even includes the polar ice cap up the top

I'm really happy that my globe inspired you make something

I gave it away a long time ago, so I can't take any new pictures of it... makes me wish I took more photos of my projects

Does anyone have any advice on where to get the paper? I can't find any local stores that stock it. Making my own has proved tedious and they haven't come out great. I checked my school's paper shredders and they rip them too tiny and too narrow.

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>>515548
My board game store (LEX) is apparently not just a Magic: The Gathering and board game store, but rather a hobby store, and it has a bunch of stuff you can use in crafts, check shops you might have overlooked.

Also, print patterns on larger papers with lines and use a cutter or a sharp knife to drag a decently straight edge
>paper stars got me into /p and o/ both

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Making some stars myself, although I have no idea what I'll use them for.

I love this paper, it's kinda like greaseproof paper, but coloured and more delicate. It makes for nice, crisp points and sides.

>>515562
More details on the paper please?

They look really nice

>>515575
Ebay, my friend.

Slightly pricey for what it is, but looking at the stars, I think it was worth it. I figure they look like candy.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1000-Sheets-Origami-Star-Folding-Paper-Pastel-Pearl-Star-lucky-wish-star-/191114826156?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c7f54d1ac

>>515589
Thanks for the link

The description says tracing paper and vellum, most likely 60/70gsm, so I'm going to try make my own. It looks like you can order 500 sheets of a4/letter for about double the price

>>515609

For me, simple (although colored) A4 paper, a cutter and http://www.printfreegraphpaper.com/gp/c-i-12-a4.pdf did the trick.

>>515609
Huh thanks. I'll try that next time instead of byuing individual strips.

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Got some 12x12 paper from joann's, really awful for any origami more complex than a crane, so I cut it up and made stars. A nice desk piece.

>>515478
Cool!
Where have you bought the glass sphere?
Looked everywhere and couldn't find one.

>>515478
How do you do the arrangement inside the recipient?
I just can't make it right =/

Just got into origami and I can only make paper planes and paper stars, but I have a iestipn, how do you guys make them so perfect?

Every time I try to make one one of the tips (in the final star) turns up very curved in comparison to the others, making it look asymmetrical

>>516038
How did autocorrect turn question into iestipn?

>>516038
Practice, practice, practice. Most of us have probably made thousands of stars.

Everyone has their own method, though. Are you pinching the corners up, or making the dipped part between the points? I tend to dig thumbnail into the edge half way between where the points would be which makes a nice crease and tends to make the points form by themselves. You can see an example of how my stars look doing it that way here. >>515562

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i just randomly clicked /po/ while trying to get to /pol/, and i saw this thread. brings back many memories. all throughout middle school a taiwanese student used to make these stars for me and teach me how to do it. must have been like 20 years ago. anyway, ty for bringing back the memory

/coolstorybro

How do i make the stars tiny?
i tried with a 75gms paper but it was too thick.

>>516138
for heavier paper use shorter strips. for smaller stars use narrow strips

>>516396
what's the strip of paper around the top there?

>>515477
This looks great

>>516397
Why even ebay? In NZ and Aus there are a million asian stores that sell this sort of paper dirt cheap

>>515562
OMG they're so little!

I wanted to make my girlfriend something like
>>516396 for our anniversary but with teal and ocean colors because those are her favorite or some kind of galaxy/space looking project. I'm not very skilled in origami but I took a class in highschool, What would you all recommend?

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>>516743

Perhaps something like this?

If you're going with an underwater theme, you could always add small sea creature origami.

>>515589
I can get the same stuff in a tube at my local chinatown for about half that price. Next time you're in the city you should pop in and see if you can find some to stockpile.

>>516751
They sell those bottles at grocery stores in the states, usually they're filled with rose's martini mixers (non-alcoholic additive)

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The box I was filling with paper stars is now full.

What do I do with these? Give me ideas.

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>>515619
Thanks, this PDF worked nicely. These are the first few stars I've ever made. Does anyone have an estimate on how much space ~700 stars made with 05" strips would take up?

>>517346
lol gay
But in all honesty, I never realized there was a backstory with these little star things. Better start now.

>>517376
For a rough estimate, measure the 3 dimensions of one star (as in a 3D axis) and multiply one of these 3 measure by 7 and the other 2 by 10.

For instance, if your star measures (random values here) 1.2" x 1.1" x .3", you'll need a rectangular box around 8.4" x 11" x 3".

>>517346
such crys

>517344
Put them in clear containers. They make nice nicknacks to decorate your house.

I haven't made these stars in ages. I should get back to doing it, as I have a lot of scrapbook paper now, which would make terrific stars.

>>517514
Thanks, anon.

>>517818
You're welcome. :)

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I found out voss bottles are an awesome container, a bit expensive though. The silk screening has been stripped off

>>517858
How big are those stars?

>>517919
from the info given by the anon who posted the pic is this is a 375 ml voss water bottle.

Those bottles are 9 inch tall but one inch is the cap so we have 8 inch or 20.3 cm of glass. now that we know this we can calculate the inner base of the bottle is 18.5cm2 (375cm3/20.3)
how that we know that we know that the radius is 2.42cm (root of (18.5/3.14))
so we have a internal diameter of 4.85 cm

I would say that those stars are made with paper strips of about a quarter inch or 6mm thick so the stars are at the widest point 10 millimeters in diameter or about 0.4inch

this however is all speculation since I didn't post or made this picture just an estimated guess

>>517920
umm, that's amazing and right

The only way you could have topped that, would have been to guess the number of stars inside

>>517928

Well one star will have a volume of 0.48 cm3 .
There is a total of 375ml or 375cm2 in the bottle so if it was 100% stars it would contain 780 stars.
That number however is too high because there is plenty of air in between the stars so I think the number would be in between 450 and 520 stars.
If I had to give a number I would say 500 because its halfway to the mythical 1000 stars and it would make sense to try to fit 500 stars in there instead of lets say 487

how far am I off ?

>>517933
that's a really good estimate, it was 540 stars in total

Time to find another interesting jar to fill

>>517858
Those look really nice for quarter inch strips. What kind of paper did you use to get them looking so sharp?

>>517940
It's regular a4/letter paper 80gsm thick

And I like them with minimal creases, so they look puffier

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This one took me quite awhile to finish. I think I started this last December & I finished it around August or so.

>>515478
Cool!
Where did you get the glass ball?

>>518065
its a plastic bottle, if you look closely you can see it is standing on the cap they sell them in craft stores where I live

>>518065
Thanks! Its a plastic bottle, like the post above mentioned. It was a novelty jar that was filled with jelly beans. I found a lot of candy bottles/jars are unique and interesting to use.

>>516013
Each star was placed individually using 3 sets of different tweezers, each star was carefully set so that they were facing outwards

>>517991
That looks nice, and the container is interesting. If you are looking for some critique, it's always better to discard the deformed stars than to leave them into your projects. It doesn't take much time to replace them, and makes your final product look much better

For regular printer paper what length and width should the strips be for the best stars??

>>518159
10mm or 1/2 inch using cutting length way, or 6mm or 1/4 inch using horizontal cuts

Thats the best paper utilization without the strips being too long/short, the stars have good rigidity.

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And so my journey to fill this with 730 stars begins. Hopefully I'll fill this up before New Years.

>>518448
sorry but I doubt that 730 stars will fit in there

I would think that 270 is a more realistic estimate

paper stars make me very happy. this thread is awesome.
how do you arrange stars in a container like >>515478 and >>515477 ??
i have a jar almost filled that i forgot about, with cute pattern strips.. i think i will finish them :)

>>518507
the person that made it explains it here
>>518083
>Each star was placed individually using 3 sets of different tweezers, each star was carefully set so that they were facing outwards

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>>518487
You are correct, larger stars would not fit. I'm using quarter inch strips though, so I'm decently sure this will work. This is the jar so far with 60 stars.

I just made a couple myself. They look adorable in person.

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Has anyone tried using a shredder to make the strips?

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>>518546
I do, and they really help with your workflow

I found that cutting paper with a guillotine is one of the most tedious and time consuming parts of the entire process. I found that my pieces of paper kept shifting while making cuts, causing inconsistencies with the star sizes

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With my current workflow, I can make about 200 stars every 8 hours, but I'm not too sure if anyone else has ever made a note of their time spent.

>>518536
ooh ok yea in that case you can get more then 270 in there
the color's seem pretty nice I am really curious for the end result
I am sure it will be nice

>>518581
now you are underestimating yourself
did you place the stars into the container too in that time ? that would make sense then

>>518580
Does this not make them too thin? Do they have ruffles around the edges from the blades?

First time in origami and paper stars, though I just love them, I can only make little boats and ariplanes. Is >>515366 a good starting point? I'm having issues already

>>518729
I didn't find that tutorial helpful at all. If you just google "origami lucky stars" the first result or two should be a lot better. Youtube can also be handy.

>>518721
All of the below posts are my stars, you can zoom in 100%. You may notice the edges not completely straight, but it does not detract from the overall look

>>515476
>>515477
>>515478
>>517858
>>518581

>>518733
They are really nice! I'm impressed! Definitely going to try this now :) well done on the very nice models! :D

>>518733
These are awesome!
Good job anon!

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2/5 of the way there. I think I overestimated how much space I would need.

>>519159
how many are in there ?

>>519196
292

>>519159
nice keyboard!

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I'm new to this board and it's kinda exciting to see that I can finally go somewhere and talk about paper stars! I'm making some Christmas gifts right now for a few people. I hope they like it and don't think I'm just being cheap.

This one was made for a very sick friend of mine in hopes of bringing some good luck. It's hard to tell how big the jar is, but there are 1300~ stars in there.

>>520070
Oh jesus christ. It's flipped over. My apologies.

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..."when the Iraq military..."...what? When it what? WHAT?!

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>>520070
>>520071
Wow I wish windows 8 didn't make it seem auto-flipped when it really wasn't so I could tell.

Hopefully this isn't sideways too. The only good camera I have is my phone so...yeah.

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My first star jar.

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>>520074

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My current gift jars in progress. They have chalk labels on them so they can write whatever they want on them. I'm gonna include a little chalk stick too. I still need some designs to do on the jars themselves.

The lightbulb one is just there to hold some extra stars at the moment. I'm planning on folding some metallic gold stars and putting them in there. Maybe I'll find a little glowy thing and put in there there too, somehow.

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>>520076
Commencing small shitty dump.

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>>520078

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>>520080
Stills needs some stars to fill it up to the top. I'm going to add some glitter in once I'm done.

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>>520081
Mine are pretty unimpressive compared to the other stars in this thread, now that I think about it. I don't think I'd have the patience to make patterns or anything like >>515477 and >>515478. So pro.

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>>520082

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>>520083

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>>520084

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>>520085
This is supposed to look like a blue mana potion for a friend who was moving away. I DO have it filled up but I never took a picture, like an idiot. I ended up painting a shitty label on it but it doesn't show the stars in that particular photo. Now it's gone foreverrr.

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>>520086

really nice dump

Do you do commissions, or do you just have a lot of gifts to give?

Those jars look wonderful

>>520085
I like the ribbon in there. Nice addition.

>>520074
kawaii

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Finally done with all my stars. They only take up about 350ml, so I might find a smaller container if I have the time.

>>520126
is the number of stars symbolic? if not, I'd just fille that jar with more stars, it is a nice container

>>520089
>>520125
Thanks!

They're gifts for the holidays but I've been thinking about doing commissions in the near future. I've never done anything like that so I'm not really sure how to go about it, but someday I wanna get good enough to open up an etsy shop and sell my jars to people all over. It'll be a fun way to make some pocket change, as long as I can find time for it. I'm glad these threads exist on here so I can get some advice and ideas flowing.

>>520130
It is symbolic, otherwise I would like to fill it.

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>>520134
One more. Made this for my boyfriend. He likes lions. Lighting's kinda shit, sorry.

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>>520283

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>>520284

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>>520285

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>>520087
>+5 dick size
>-10 dick size

that looks cool, how'd you paint the bottle?

>>520401
I took a glue stick and coated the whole thing to give it an easier surface to paint on so it'll stay (not sure if that was even necessary lol). Then after it dried, I painted it with acrylic paint. After that dried, I coated it with a clear acrylic spray finish....thing.

I might've sprayed, then painted, then sprayed again. I can't remember. I'm not even sure if that was the right process to use; I just guessed from my minimal cosplay experience. I hope it doesn't look like shit by now. It seemed to hold up when I gave it to him so hopefully it stayed that way.

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>>520518

>>520518
>>520519
that's really nice. are those blue red and yellow stars in the second one because you wanted to use a different pattern or did you run out of the red ones before you filled the container?

>>520518

how do we actually get a bottle like that?

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Been away for a bit, but I'm finally done with >>520126. Really happy how it turned out.

>>521067

Michael's Arts an Crafts.

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little bump, little project

I found these awesome jars, 6 for $2, fits roughly 100 stars with 7mm wide strips

..... I saw this thread
I printed out a few pages that looked cool off deviant are...
Am now wasting a lot of time folding these little star thingies
I hate you bastards for dragging me into this addiction...

that is all

Anyone know a good way to get a lot of red paper? I don't want to drain a magenta ink cartridge and my local craft store seems to only have cardstock.

>>521276
Thank you for posting this adorable thing. It's about time to get some way too small bottles and fill them with decorative things.

>>521280
Find yourself an empty shoe box and spend 30 minutes every day. Think of it as meditation rather than an addiction.

>>521333
I get all of my supplies from the stationery store, they have a surprising amount of quality paper. You can also find a nice paper variety in book stores

>>521335
A pic of my paper supply :D

>>521333
Oh I do origami to keep my sanity, its relaxing, j/k about the addictive part

>>521276
my waifu :)

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Obligatory

>>521062
I kinda ran out of one style so I mixed as many alike colors as I could. Kinda lazy but it was last minute.

>>521505
Uh...ok? No?

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80% done on my latest project, its another lucky star globe, but in a different jar

>>522509
my, oh my, what an awesome idea!!

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I fiinished it at work, and the guidelines have been cleaned off

Here is africa/europe/asia

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I'll take some better pictures at home

north/south america

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And the bottom has antarctica, plus a bit of australia/nz

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this was from three years ago and my hamster is dead now
but she used to like to play on huge piles of my stars so I snapped some nice photos of her on them

>>522543
ohh, cute little angel

>>516689
Oh, that's simply a bit of Hello Kitty ribbon.

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5180 stars all folded over the past few years. I've given a bunch away... so this might be maybe a third or so of what I've folded. I fold them for mostly stress relief. I'm more surprised at the fact that I counted them all 3 times to make sure I knew how many there were then the fact that I folded so many.

>>523935
gosh that's a lot of stars! i bet it'd feel really nice to put your hands in all those hahah. really nice colours too, good work :3

>>515222
where can i learn how to make these?

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>>524270

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Well if it isn't my favourite /po/ thread. Here's the current collection (but by no means all I've made, I've lost count of how many jars I've given away over the years.) The green penguin was actually a gift from someone else but it looks nice with the rest of them haha.

I've been making lucky stars on and off since I was a teen (generally when I'm giving up/cutting down on smoking haha) so that's a good 9 years at least.

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are we not going to share any patterns? Here's a template to start.

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I was just getting around to filling some jars a bought last month and remembered this thread.

Most of my stars I make from regular printing paper (8.5"x11") which I then cut into strips of 0.5"x10" that gives me some nice solid stars. I cut them all using a Fiskars rotary cutter that's about $50 but I used a 40 percent off coupon to buy it. Always consistent, all the time.

In the spicy honey container, I've filled it with stars made of gold and red paper. I think I'm going to start collecting glass bottles to start putting my stars into. I'm thinking maybe a bottle of Patron would be a nice addition

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Before I started filling the above, I poured them all out on the floor. Got the idea to shape it into a heart, put my future dream wife's name (ayameofazuma) on top, and send her off a pic.

>>526087
ink costs an arm and a leg, and unless you are hijacking a work or school printer, its easier to buy patterned paper from your craft store to cut up.

>>515222
I always struggle to get the stars to puff up.

>>526335
Make sure you aren't creasing your folds when you are wrapping the tail around the body, and ensure you are using enough paper.

>>526336
That did it. Thank you.

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Just got around to counting my stars. Been doing it on and off since I moved to Dominican Republic. Total of 1055 and counting. I just keep them in a paper bag for lack of a better container.

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>>526777
Better picture

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I'm really admiring the stars in here. I did a few jars of the puffy ones as gifts but then, when it came to decorating for my sister's wedding, she wanted a shabby chic theme to everything. So, I made her some shabby stars. They're larger, rougher, and not puffy.

>>526839
I hate making bigger stars unless the strip is sufficiently long enough to make enough rounds and come out decent. It's a hassle. They come out ugly and puffy. Imho

>>526861
This lol. None of mine are larger than a fifty cent piece for this reason.

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I made this for a friend that loves the shark tank tv show

/po/ seems like a nice place. I think I might stay.

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>>529029
It's quiet here, isn't it. I think I might stay too.

I wish I had come here - rather than /x/ - when I was mentally unstable and obsessively doing pokemon papercraft

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How'd I do? Still tying to figure out how to finish the top

>>529115
clean your god damn fucking keyboard you dick.

>>529115
That is right. Don't fucking reply you fat slob.

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>>529119

Yo! Chill, B! Damn!

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Because of this thread i started to make em!

>>529261
How long does it take you to make one?

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Here's my hoard. Done on and off over a few years... I have no idea how many is in there! I'll count them someday. Today is not that day.

>>529290
Around 20 seconds

>>529305
jesus, how? it takes me about 90 seconds to make one and i've made about 300 of them already.

>>529305
>>529360

That's it?? I've never really been into origami but he'll that could be an awesome monotonous task to pass the time.

/po/ is comfy as fuck should have came here a long time ago.

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Update: box filled yesterday

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>changed /int/ to /pol/ after the boards.4chan.org
>forgot the l
>get taken here

Where am I and who are you people. Why would you need to make so many paper stars?

This is an unhealthy obsession, anons.

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>>529370
you mean more unhealthy than spending time on /pol/?

>>529303
where do you guys get that amazing paper

>>529486
Crafts and arts store

>tfw you find a nice pattern online
>it isn't for sale

http://laughingbear.storenvy.com/products/7490817-oyasumi-punpun-paper-stars

the owner of the shop said paper stars are on hold, and as far as i know they haven't posted the pattern online

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I love origami and papercraft. I just always forget, and never do it.

First time making stars they came out ok, I think.

Smoking a little bit of weed and folding some paper stars. There is nothing I enjoy more.
>>522509
>>522527
>>522528
>>522529
This looks great, the stars are so well folded! Keep it up

>>522543
Sorry for your loss

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>>518580
Making good use of my work shredder.

>>529486
Asian stationery stores

>>529587
jfc i love these

>>527719
Damn nice work on the sharks, really crisp stars too, A+

>>515222
Nope.

>>520075
Takes a big guy to do that sort of project.

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I love pastel colours

>>529995
HNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG

I bought one of these bottles in November and I still haven't started filling it ._.
Thanks for the inspiration.

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Got a ton of star paper at a stationary store recently. Here's one of my latest projects for a friend.

>>530094
A little tip, use a razor or craft knife to scratch off the silk screening, it makes the bottle look 100 times better

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Thanks for the new hobby guys, in in the middle of my exams and it really helps with dealing with the stress.
Sorry for the different sizes, I'm using a scissor to cut the papers, and its pretty uneven. Hopefully i fill the box up soon!! Any advice for a newbie?

>>530299
Assuming you're in school, see if you can take airt supplies from the supplies cupboard, basic coloured paper can make your lucky stars look amazing

Also, a guillotine is your best firend for cutting paper, you can cut multiple sheets at a consistent size

Lastly, find an interesting container to fill, go to a craft or home deco store to find decorative bottles and jars, it will give you motivation to fill the entire container

>>530304
I take the guillotine bit back, the shredder is your best friend

>>515222
I met a Chinese girl in high school, and I paired up with her on a lot of things since I had tons of patience was able to help her somewhat. For my birthday, she gave me a jar of yellow and gold paper stars (my favorite color). So paper lucky stars have a really special place in my heart, and now a few years later I'm trying to get into origami to make someone something special like that too.
/blog

>>517344
Start leaving them in places that you go. If you go out to eat, leave one or two little stars with the tip. Leave some stars on the top of a staircase, etc. Brighten someones day with a cute little star.

>>530307
dangit, I have a shredder at work, but it cross cuts

>>530111
I was about to ask how you did it. I am in for a lot of work.

>>530313
Get a cheapo $10 shredder, they always leave out the fancy features, but still cut evenly

>>530316
The best motivation is making something for someone, or doing requests/commissions, most of my jars are gifts, the 2 globes I have made were requests, and the voss jars I made have been really popular

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Just finished my first jar full of stars.
Some are cute paper, and some are just scraps I cut up from old assignments and such.

My sister taught me to do this way back in elementary school and now I'm teaching the two kids that I nanny.

>>521333
I got a significant amount of red paper from a paper airplane kit. (and yellow, and green, and purple...) The paper is kinda thin though, a little less than normal printer paper, so it may not hold up as well.

>>532255
shit. I really need to look at dates before I reply.
>>532189
Purty

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>>517346

>>518546
YOU'RE A GENIUS!

>>515476
holy shit nice keyboard

>>518448
da,mn everyone on this board has a sexy ass keyboard. also nice amp

>>532287
I've got the corsair k70 rgb :P
too bad i have no room on my desk to show anything off

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Filling up the top with little paper hearts, gonna give it to this girl I like

Also pastel colors are the best colors

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>>532342
Finished, posting inside in a sec

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>>532361

>>532362
how do you make the hearts ?

Stars looks a bit slopy tbh

>>532368
Hearts are made by making a paper football, cutting curves in the acute-angled corners, then pushing in the middle of the longest side.

The stars are sloppy because I only have pastel cardstock.

>>526336
Oh wow... I wish I had known that earlier..! I had been trying to make my folds super flat, but sucked at getting them to puff up.Thanks anon!

>>520072
What the what?

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I'll leave this here.

I just started making paper stars today. Why is not pinching them when you're trying to make the points so hard?

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Adding one for every time he says ILY

cheesy but whatever.

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>>533293
im dating a goth kiddo

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>>533294
> that thumbnail
(>dating goths unironically)

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>>533296
i was jk but alrighty then...

>>533293
>>533294
>>533298
You have to be 18+ to use this website

>>520072
Its that stupid 300 confirmed kills copy pasta

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Did this without tweezers or drugs.

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>>533296
>dating ironically

wait, what ?

>>517346
>>517495
is that an accurate story or is it cringy tumblr bullshit misappropriating something that already existed? I may have to burn my stars.

>>524273
If I end up with a few extra inches of paper after the 5th wrap, is it better to continue wrapping or trim at 5? It's usually 5-6 more turns worth of excess.

>>533905
It's up to you but personally the more wraps the better. Depending on the width and thickness of the paper, more wraps help to "fluff" the star up and make it look nicer.

In theory could you make paper stars out of a clear plastic sheet and use them to suspend an origami bird in a glass?

>>533965
Sure but the bird will be bury as fuck if visible at all. the stars are at least 10 layers thick and however clear the plastic you use it's going to be blurry at that many layers even if it were one layer of stars thick around the bird.