Biggest origami envelope you know of, folded from an 8.5x11" sheet of paper?

August 7, 2006 4:52 AM

Does there exist an Origami form that is an envelope suitable for a letter-sized piece of paper?

I know a few functional origami forms, the most useful being some boxes, a few CD envelopes and a smaller (square) envelope. But what I'm really after is an envelope that accomodates an 8.5x11" sheet of paper, folded accordion-style. Failling this, it has to be an envelope as large as possible. It must also be made from an 8.5x11 sheet of paper. I've tried coming up with one on my own, but I'm just not advanced enough.

Is this even possible? Has anyone ever seen it?

posted by ostranenie to media & arts (2 comments total)

This page has quite a few ways of creating an orgami envelope. Origami is not always the most efficient user of paper, so be sure to use a paper size with the proper ratios. The diagrams on the linked page will give you a good idea of what size of envelope you will end up with based on the size of paper you started with. Just keep in mind that you will have to use something larger than an 8.5" by 11" piece of paper if you want something really cool.
posted by Alison at 5:05 AM on August 7, 2006

There's a very cool way of writing a letter on 8.5 x 11 paper, then folding that to make an envelope, letter on inside. Obviously, diagrams are needed. Here's one way. But that's not the one I was thinking of... Here's another. Still not it... Ah! This is it!

Here are a bunch of them, under "Letterfolds."
posted by LeisureGuy at 7:03 AM on August 7, 2006 [3 favorites]