Confusigami

I sourced all these abstract origami instructions to try and create some interesting forms to inspire the chess pieces, and couldn't understand any of them. Here is one that confused me so much I folded it into different shapes.

Origami Play

Apparently this is an image created using an origami pattern making program, and I love it! As well as being a beautiful image in itself, it reminds me of the intricate structure of crystal formations.

I'm finding more and more similarities between the multi-faceted crystal form and the type of abstract origami pieces I am envisioning for the chess pieces. Just a bit of Photoshop collage play where I am fulfilling my eternal love of diagrams and emphasising the confusing complexity of origami instructions.

These are just some Illustrator doodles in which I have traced the geometric contours of origami pieces and crystals.

Oh no, I'm starting to sound like my boyfriend... http://architecturalism.blogspot.com/

origami objects

So I was thinking origami...

only, not with paper:
Fat stocks Have You Met Miss Jones' bone china origami cranes and scrunched paper bags, both which have been the apple of my eye for some months. I like the idea of a temporary and delicate artform being immortalised in a lasting material like bone china.
http://www.haveyoumetmissjones.com.au/

I was thinking origami for the chess set but permanent pieces would be much more preferable.