"Duo" paper is simply dual colored paper- one color on the front, another color on the back. Store bought origami papers are colored with ink which can fade and break down over time. Using Methyl Cellulose, it is quite simple to glue one color of high quality paper to another.. making your color and paper choices limitless. Here are a few examples I've folded recently:
"Great White Shark" by Quentin Trollip.
Folded from a 9" square of
Grey and White "Duo" paper.
"Border Collie" by Quentin Trollip.
Folded from a 9" square of
Black and White "Duo" paper.
One major point I'd like to make is that rich colors may bleed into the other! When making the Black and White Duo, I had trouble with the white becoming almost as jet black as the Black lokta. I overcame this problem by giving each sheet a thin coat of MC and letting them dry individually. Next, I brushed a thin coat on the white and pressed it to the black, and left to dry.
That's all for tonight. Happy Folding!
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