Ship in a Bottle [pdf]

This is a set of instructions to fold an origami Ship in a Bottle from a single square. The document consists of six pages and sixty-four illustrations. Since this is an advanced origami project, prior experience with folding paper is recommended.

This piece was designed for Dorothy Engelman's Origami Swami column to celebrate the ships of Independence Day. The work takes on an iconic Sy Chen approach. Shortly after seeing this piece, origami master Sy Chen developed an even more abstract (and simpler) version of this subject.