The secret art of LEGO origami?
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- Опубліковано 14 січ 2022
- Is this origami?
As the word origami means 'folding paper' it doesn't exactly fit.
Perhaps we could call this 'brick folding'--one of the many lost brick bending arts.
I honestly don't fully grok how or why this works. But when I discovered it, I knew I had something strange, confusing, and very special--and now I finally get to share it : )
In short this build primarily consists of two simple patterns of 1x4 plates that are mirror images of each other. When you interweave them together with hinged connections they are able to tightly fold up, and then expand, all fairly easily. All the extra bits around the outside edges just help foster the illusion of squareness in its compact form. I hope you enjoy.
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Piece breakdown: 1x4 plates (459), 1x2 plates (61), 1x1 plates (10), 1x6 plates (2)
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You should make a building on it where the walls follow the same ripple pattern. So that when you "expand the plate" the building will get a cool exploding and imploding effect.
Good idea!
That's the beauty of these videos, they show you how do do them yourself!
Why don't you do it
@@crazy-qo8pz why don't you do it?
@@thegirlwhowaited6316 why don't you do it? 😋
I straight up said "nope" in sheer disbelief when we got to the end of this one. I was so mesmerized by the nice pattern of the board that I forgot about the pure witchcraft we are meant to expect from these videos.
I wanted to show my grandson this video because I thought he'd be amazed by it but then I realized that we threw away all of his Lego
@@jessl1934 why did you throw them all out
@@Anderson14 he's 24
@@jessl1934 that is no reason to throw them out
@@randomnumber27 He doesn't use them anymore
This is actually a FANTASTIC visualization of woven fabric. This is basically what happens when your clothes are stretched. Super cool!
I don't wear clothes
@@user-kk4bq7mb8uproof?
@@user-kk4bq7mb8u huh
@@user-kk4bq7mb8u🤨
@@user-kk4bq7mb8u i eat clothes
Am I the only one who was waiting to see how he was going to fold all this plastic?
No, no you are not.
nope.
I had no idea what I was watching.. then I see this comment pop up at the bottom and laughed way too hard 😅
Nah, man
No Dx
6:42 that's a pretty cool square, I sure hope nothing odd or strange happens to it
My exact thoughts
*THE HANDS APPEAR*
Something odd or strange always happens to Legos here, what did you expect...?
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I’ve been folding origami for years (even the rose in my profile pic)… If the pulling motion you just did was replicated with a sheet of paper, it would most likely rip. The key to most origami models is actually starting with more surface area than you need and then compressing it using precise folds. Whereas here, your legos are able to expand without breaking due to individual pieces spreading the tension evenly. It’s an incredible feature of these lego designs that I feel like many people are overlooking. I really enjoy your work! :)
It reminds me of those popscicle stick bombs kids would make in school, the tension of the wood kept them together without glue or anything but you had to make precise layers and shapes to get each stick to hold pressure the right way so it all held together.
I love this channel because it's like a new art form, it's unlike origami, paper-craft, matchstick/popsicle stick sculptures etc etc.
I think this Lego piece represents a folded piece of paper/origami and that the stretching is actually just unfolding
tbh thought that was a real rose
@@p3rc1muz19u3 Thank you :) I’ve been folding for about 12 years now, but I’m always trying to get better. There’s a guy on UA-cam who is an expert at designing roses. If you type “only one origami rose” in the search bar you’ll see his videos. That’s where I get some of my folding techniques and inspiration from.
@@justinc0336 beautiful rose )O thought it was real, too)! Thanks for the channel recommendation
This is a really cool example of an auxetic lattice. I'd never thought I'd see one realized in Lego bricks. This is a pretty cool walkthrough!
I literally just watched a steve mould video on this less than a week ago and i happened to stumble upon this. I immediately recognized it
The relief I felt when he added the final piece... immesurable
I think it might look cool if the vertical lines have different colours, so we can trace the lines' final position after stretching
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But different colors have different resistance levels.
@@ThisDude-gp8mc your right 💯💯💯
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I am so glad the author took their time to record playing with this piece. It happens way to often when a channel makes 20 min video of creating something cool and then there is like 3 seconds shot of the result at the end and that's it.
This is so cool for doing stop motion animations and reflecting “damage” to the buildings with the characters. Bonus points for being reset-able for the next take or the next scene! Amazing!
This reminds me of my grandma’s tapestries/weaving. It’s so satisfying to watch come together!
I think the origami part of this is that the original compressed version is like folded paper, and when you stretch it, you unfold it, revealing the beautiful patterns from the "creases"
Finally, someone who gets it
I think it’s the opposite, complexity from a seemingly simple object.
@@user-md3is4dq2d How would that be the opposite?
Refer to tessellation origami designs, I especially like Jeremy Shafer's flashers - easy to make and a cool toy to make for folks.
Finally someone who knows it
almost reminds me how a knitted piece will stretch & reveal all of the inner weaving but revert to simple ribbing when no longer stretched
Honestly if he somehow manages to knit Legos, imma be surprised and think I'm in a fever dream
I've ordered the plates to make this as I am so fascinated by what you do and I know that doing is the best way to understand.
it's very neat to see it in action, and i figured this would be the mechanic employed when i saw the laddering of the initial pieces. it reminded me of plenty of toys i had or had seen at toy stores as a kid that uses that exact same expanding and compressing feature. but i wouldn't call it origami. almost the inverse if we're speaking purely on technique, since you are capable of expanding it outwards rather than folding it in
I'm going to try making a smaller version with thin 4x1 smooth legos on top as an expandable cup coaster. 🤩 It always bugs me that coaster are either too big for tea cups or too small for large mugs. Thanks for the inspiration!
That sounds amazing! I'd love to see a pic of the finished product. : )
Oh! Oh man! Oh man I wanna do this too, thank you!!!!
Following your builds has been an incredible journey. It’s like a high level math course; I understood the first examples but now it’s getting harder to wrap my head around all the moving parts. Truly genius!
I’m sure it comes down to intuition, as most math things do 😂
More like fabric than paper. You've mamaged to replicate the texture of woven cloth with stiff plastic. Truly amazing and mesmerizing!
what do the gloves do?
protect your hands from getting pinched
And they hide hairy hands 🙈 (just guessing)
Very cool
But I've always wondered how you discovered these arts
Lego parts, a brain and a lot of play I guess.
I am constantly exploring--seeing what I can find. Sometimes, I find magic.
The dark side is a path to many abilities some consider... unnatural.
@@BrickBending not magic... you find your way straight to some dark majiks
@@sternamc919sterna3 how can you afford it is an even harder question.
I thought there was going to be some clever reason for skipping the piece at 5m10s, so was a little disappointed to see it simply filled in at 6m40s.
I'd love to see a version with the warp and weft (weaving terms) in different colours.
Great video, as always. Keep 'em coming.
Rainbow colors would make it super trippy
For all the lego stuff I search, idk how I didn't find this channel earlier, amazing stuff man! Didn't even know you could do this.
blown away at the end, how does your mind come up with such designs? truly amazing
Holy crap! Did NOT expect the end. First time watching a video by you..... Thought I was just getting lost in the nice pattern and then boom! Definitely subscribing. Also going to share this with my nephew. He'll love it.
My aunt shared this with me are you my aunt
I love the principles that you build on, using hinging and the small gaps between bricks and the slight flexibility of each brick, but multiplying them by repeating structures to exaggerate them and get non square shapes. It's ingenious
You can get organic shapes out of something that is normally thought of a so rigid. Truly amazing , I love it, thanks for sharing!
I had no idea what the hell was going on during the build and eventually started getting annoyed at myself for wasting 6 minutes on watching this until you did the thing. And my god was that the most satisfying thing to watch after 6+ mins of questioning my life's choices today. I thank you for this satisfaction!
Your builds, especially this one, remind me a lot of the tile art by MC Escher. I would love to see you replacate some of his patterns and images!
I would love to try some day. I love Escher's work as well. : )
I would literally cry watching MC Escher in Legos.
This is the first I've seen this, but I think it might help me explain hidden variables to people. You're incredible. Mastering this empirical exploration is a super power. So inspiring ❤️❤️❤️
Interesting build! Hands down, best piece of work so far!
Work? This is Art
@@petrophammer9257 trust me, art is work.
But i agree, this is beautiful
I’m gonna be honest man, this feels like a medical procedure
This is incredible work! Your brick bending made my mind bend! 🤯
Just wonderful. I love the duality of this build. It is well organised with parallel lines and in a split second it becomes organic and chaotic. Just wonderful, two states of the same build that are so beautifully opposite.
At no point in this video could I have predicted the end result. This is so amazing I audibly gasped when you pulled the bricks apart. Amazing
I love all of the comments from different fields of work comparing this to what they know. It looks like woven fabric, like muscle tensions, etc. I love being reminded that one part of the universe is never too different from another.
The reveal was totally worth the wait. Well done
Not sure about the origami reference, but who cares - it's a brilliant piece of work!
there are origami wich are just a sheet of paper folded in regular shapes like this (don't know how to explain it)
like how nasa engineers use origami for the solar panels on their satellites
True. Its closer to Celtic knotwork. Or an Islamic geometric panel.
Origami tessellations are similar to this.
You should look them up. I've never folded one myself, but I think they're really impressive
@@7zaxo Thanks for the reference - I didn't know about this, but I see what you mean - looks like another endless rabbit hole to lose yourself in though!
This seems like such a hard thing to come up with. Absolutely amazing! The best thing you've shown us so far, hands down
If anyone ends up build this, let me know how it turns out for you? I hope you are a very patient person :)
This is probably the most next level thing I've seen from you yet
Unlike most of the creations on this channel that seem to be bursting at the seams, this one seems like it would be a lot of work to take apart
Hi Jeff, rarely I've commented below a UA-cam video, even though I'm an addicted "video consumer". I find your creations truly inspiring and especially this, as it shows how different from usual a human mind is able to work and think. That teaches a lot. It's also noticeable how clear your creations reflect your way to think beyond the normal boundaries. This creation in particular made me think: "that's the perfect metaphor for how we always should set our minds: be able to enlarge, wander perhaps, but always be able, when necessary, to recompose and reconnect to our inner core".
Amazing job!
Very cool Jeff! This technique is not only strong but very flexible. I really like this build as it's quite intricate and poses lots of ideas for me. Thanks kind sir!😊
You are very welcome. Very fun to share it!
100% have to say this is your best piece yet
I think that has a lot closer resemblance to Kirigami.
Kirigami is about paper-cutting too, and cutting paper can look very close to the final product in this video.
I would love a video explaining the thought process that goes into making these pieces. It's amazing to me how you do this
It's all done on computer
Another fractal build! I love it!
Your videos remind me of regular show, starts off small with something simple, then becomes increasingly complicated, and just when you think it's over some even more crazy gets added
In my heart I know that this person really loves building legos, and that’s what make this channel special.
This is really cool. Great idea.
This is the first build on the channel that actually broke my brain.
My relentless efforts have paid off!
@@BrickBending lol
I love seeing it compact from the expanded form
This is madness.
I love it. Real beauty wasn’t in my eyes, was in the Lego.
This one honestly really melted my brain. Lego origami, huh? Legorigami?
This is quite ingenious and I immediately thought it would look even cooler with two different colors used. This creation also looks like a fractal with its repeating patterns.
I love the sound of the bricks snapping together so much I don’t even know how to explain it
That is a beautiful knitting legos. Makes a perfect corset.
I know it sounds silly to begin with, but thank you for helping me partially overcome my fear of origami!!!
…I say “partially” because I still have yet to overcome the paperization that coexists with the actual origami that made the fear in the first place!
I don't understand how someone could be afraid of origami? Is it uncanny that a piece of paper can become some complex just by manipulating it by folding it? because then i would kind of understand. I feel more like I'm in awe of origami though (i just like to make simple ninja stars)
@@mikuenjoyerXD let’s just say that a certain game helped create the fear in the first place… becoming a mere decoration wasn’t fun, let me tell you.
This guy makes my brain warp to the fifth dimension
And with this video, the algorithm has taken me into the void of esoteric lego pattern making. There can be no return from here.
The end results are so sickkkkk and satisfyingggg
Amazing, how the hell do you come up with them.
When you realise that everything until 3:08 has been done only with 1×4 plates.
1x4 plates hold a lot of magic. : )
@@BrickBending, yeah, they do! :-D
One of the very few genuinely jaw-dropping videos.
Brilliance in art personified. You are a master!
This is cool
Sometimes I wonder if you are afraid to make your videos too long. Don’t be. I think a lot of us would appreciate a loooong video where you explain exactly how you think to get to this result. (Which is awesome, by the way.) We always sit in gaping amazement at what you do, and understand nothing. Like this particular build, for instance. I marvel at it, but I don’t understand the thought process behind it. I’ve been following you since you had a handful of subscribers, it’s time you explain. We’re fans, we’ve got rights 🙄
I'm working at 110% of capacity right now, but I do hope to start adding videos to the mix where I talk through some of these builds. I would actually enjoy that. But there is so much to do!
Wow, unfrickin’ believable! Love seeing where the pattern goes!
I knew i'm about to see an amazing thing at the end. This is god level legoism.
Anytime I see a new method and structure I'm like "but how is it going to bend?" even though I know 100% it will, it's magic.
Also don't know about the origami simil.
Yeah, it'd be cool to see some preview action of how the components bend
That’s really awesome 👍 but i dont think it classifies as “paper folding” more like “rego oritatami” or “lego folding” but then again its not folding so… it would be “regostoretchi” or “lego stretching”
Love and appreciate the breakdown of which pieces and how many were used! Liked and subbed!
I like how they will just show a simple build and then be like “repeat it 50 times and connect it”.
It remind me of a knitted piece ☺
Where is the "origami"
I subscribed cuz ur cool
How can this make me both anxious and amazed at the same time?
As soon as you stretched it out, my brain said "marshlands". Make it with differing shades of darker green, add some grass pieces, bones, make some patches of dark murky water to put in the holes, and you've got the dead marshes from lord of the rings.
i dont think u understand what origami means 🤔
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it looks so pretty the end result you are an Lego artist
This is INSANE!!! Next level!
You totally got me there. Mindbending!
I love Legos and origami so this is like a win-win situation for me
Lego needs to sponsor this man, I straight up said “no f**king way” when he pulled it apart and it worked.
Thats funky. Pulled out it looks like a lego version of one of those artifical plant wall panel squares!
You could do a much bigger version of this with white and red pieces to recreate a playing card getting shot in half. It's an iconic enough image to make it really cool.
I really enjoyed how careful you had to be so as not to give away the mechanism as you were working on the smaller parts
Bro why is it low key satisfying
I didn’t know what to expect- I think this is really cool and creative
this is the single coolest thing i’ve ever seen
This is extremely satisfying to watch.
One of the most satisfying Lego video I've ever watched 🤯
6:40 finally we are done building. Also the snake patterns you covered looked cool when you combined big chunks near beginning. It felt like a long build I'm excited what you do with t the piece.
Woah, this is like reverse origami! That's amazing
This was truly an experience
it sounds so crunchy so nice
this is one of the most impressive lego things i’ve seen :0 im not the biggest lego fan, but i’ve seen my fair share of impressive and holy smokes!!
So cool, I love all the things you create
Me: barely has enough Lego pieces to make this
Him: has every Lego piece in existence
usually I’d spend hours on a creation only to realise I don’t have enough of the piece, and then there’s this guy with practically an infinite amount of 1*4 plates.
but great vid👍🏻
I never knew legos could shape shift till today. Wow!this is amazing
I actually gasped and recoiled from my phone when you pulled it apart. It was genuinely alarming.