After a long absence, a few relatively simple vases exploring texture in folds and paint. I chose to use the same basic shape for these two vases so I could play with these effects.
The first vase is folded from unpainted Elephant Hide paper. The neck has 15 pleats, which is just far enough from my normal 16 pleats to make the dimensions a bit annoying to work with. The 15 pleats allow me to make the base a regular pentagon, and the large unfolded panels curve enough to transition smoothly from 15 sides to five.
The second vase is painted with a brushed texture similar to things I’ve used quite a few times before. Each of the 16 sides has a raised flange with several waves. The construction is very similar to a large vase I folded several years ago (see crease pattern), except for the added waves.
