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A newly designed star to fold for the holidays.
A quick-to-fold module and a secure lock make this wreath a delight.
Inspired by a Carmen Sprung design, the Tree Box holds a few bonbons or a small gift.
Our reviewer says the designs are a feast for the eyes.
A decoration that's quick to fold and open to variation.
Fold an origami wand and learn an impressive magic trick.
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A 57-year-old witch has returned just in time for Halloween.
A simple-to-fold modular that makes good use of duo-colored paper.
A versatile human figure that had its origins as a restroom sign.
A brooch that differs in proportion from the brooches in the recently completed series.
One last beautiful brooch from this series, with links to all the diagrams.
Choose two different papers or the same paper, alternating front and back ... patterns, solids ... all will produce beautiful results.
An admirer of snakes designed this 84-step rattler that has good sculptural possibilities.
Several elegant locks and the possibility of variations distinguish this delightful fish.
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A holiday card with a pun attached.
A card with an enigmatic title. Read the article to find the answer.
This spooky ghost requires a certain amount of judgement folding.
A maple leaf for fall (or spring or summer) that starts with a bird base.
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Fold Nymphaea (waterlily) and variation from an octagon, a decagon or a dodecagon. It is a stylized representation of the flower sitting on a lily pad. Floral/foliage duo paper brings out the best in the design.
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A cartoonish elf with a cleanly finished front and back.
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An owl with a heart-shaped face designed by a lover of Strigiformes.
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Three modules make a hanging ornament, while the strong lock allows for 6-,12-, 20-, 30-piece, and even larger versions.
A modular with a flowerlike twist, a color change and a secure lock.
Try your hand at these two designs from "Marine Origami."
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A bunny to customize in your own style.
The joy of Santa and the good wishes of the crane, all from a single sheet of paper.
A color-change pop-up card just in time for Christmas.
Stand aside pumpkins! This Halloween design is for folders who want to make something truly scary.
Two heptagonal stars with a slightly concave profile.
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A color-change star from the bird base.
Easy-to-fold units and an intuitive assembly make this a frustration-free design.
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The airboat: probably a first in the world of origami.
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Brrr ... enjoy folding your own polar family.
A Santa that can stand on his own or be curved into a finger puppet.
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A decorative four-piece modular that’s simple to fold.
A lovely, simple and functional design by Nick’s friend Doris Lauinger.
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A one-on-one regatta in a simple origami model.
A real bird whose mythological story goes back more than 1500 years.
A lovely e-book — free to download — of crowns and memories.
An orchid with a leaf to create an arrangement.
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A sitting dog based on an earlier elephant design by the creator.
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Diagrams for an icosahedral design made with 30 quick-to-fold units from squares. The look is rather festive, and hence the name. You can fold the with thematic colors of the season to fit right in.
A gift box that pops open in the most delightful way.
An elegant model by a creator who began designing when she was home in the pandemic.
A box that opens with a pull and springs closed ... along with a variation.
Another volume of complex figurative models from the press of Nicolas Terry.
A dog with lots of personality that can stand or be glued to a card.
An innovative book of color-change models that exploits the technique to the fullest.
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A one-piece star that gives the appearance of being made of multiple diamonds. If you like tessellations (or not), this should be fun to fold.
A lovely ornament that somehow evokes old-fashioned Christmases.
An intermediate-level sculptural Goat that benefits from careful detailing at the end of the folding process.
Most of the models in this book start from classic bases, but they go in new directions from there, and they look more complex than they actually are.
A simple, decorative modular — best made from heavy, smooth paper — that slides to changes shape.
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Michael La Fosse named this splendid butterfly for Wendy Zeichner, the CEO of OrigamiUSA, in appreciation of her work as an origami ambassador.
Clover Heart 4 is the fourth and final model in a series of Clover Hearts published in consecutive issues of The Fold. This one has the proportionately smallest clover.
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An ingenious combination of two origami forms.
Diagrams for two house and heart models with a color-changed roof and hearts.
You'll need 8 squares to fold one of 12 variations of this versatile, modular star.
The conical modules of this kusudama come together to form color-change stars. The model works with 12 or 30 pieces.
A tato — created to honor healthcare workers — that can be transformed into a twist box with a few additional folds.
Diagrams for a house and heart model. This house even includes two windows and a door.
Another house and heart design. This one can double as a corner bookmark.
Learn to fold Clover Heart 3, the third in a series of designs by Meenakshi Mukerji.
This storygami model was created for a wedding. In the end, a heart in a house is revealed when the model is held against the light.
A heart and home model that’s more challenging than most, accompanied by an instructional video.
Learn how to fold a heart decorated with a clover. Or take it a step further and fold the clover into
Shuzo Fujimoto’s hydrangea.
Another lovely variation on the heart and home theme, this time by Reza Sarvi from Iran.
Learn how to fold this standing house with heart by downloading diagrams or watching a video tutorial.
Learn how to fold this simple house with a heart by downloading diagrams.
This flipper alternates between a man and a fish in two color combinations. Sy provides us with a story, but you can invent your own.
A double-sided spiral diamond from one sheet of paper. Sy Chen based this design on his earlier two-tone diamond, which appears on the OrigamiUSA website. Links to both models are in the article.
A crease pattern and notes for folding a delightful heart with a color-change clover. Designed by Meenakshi Mukerji, it's a confluence of the works of Shuzo Fujimoto and Francis Ow. The clover can be extended into Fujimoto's Hydrangea as well as most designs that start with a four-sink base or crossed box pleat.
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A harmful hazard warning sign that makes good use of the color change technique.
Learn how to fold this cute winter model by downloading the diagrams or watching a video tutorial.
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A Fujimoto-inspired poinsettia with leaves looks great in red-green duo paper, but you could use green paper with a white back to fold a rare white poinsettia.
What's in issue 54 of The Fold, and who is the new editor? You'll also find diagrams for her favorite origami design.
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Diagrams for four cleverly nested hearts with color change. From a single square sheet of duo paper.
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Diagrams/CP for a delightful triple heart with color change from a 2:1 rectangle of duo paper.
To welcome the Year of the Pig/Boar (February 5, 2019), Xiaoxian Huang created a Piggy's Face for us.
Christiane Bettens presents us with another variation of an antiprism box.
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Diagrams for a modular with color change. You can assemble 12 or 30 units. Kami or thicker duo paper is recommended. Scrapbook paper works well, making the result sturdier.
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Diagrams for a color-change modular, 12 or 30 units, though like most polyhedral designs, the latter is more attractive. The flower petals are of one color, and the flower centers and background are of another color.
Here's a special Halloween treat: A standing witch folded from a single sheet of paper
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Diagrams for a color-change modular made from 30 rectangles.
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Diagrams for a delightful strip of flowers with color change. Great for those left over strips of paper that you have been saving forever to fold something.
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Nicolas Terry offer members only an opportunity to fold Chien Tim in celebration of Lunar New Year of the Dog: a complex model for those of you seeking a challenge.
My origami journey so far, as I celebrate two milestones - 20 years of my online presence and 10 years publishing books. Also find photo instructions for folding Pentas, one of my latest designs.
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Diagrams for a beautiful fractal flower from a hexagon with color change. A very advance design for someone who has only been folding since 2013.
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Diagrams for a 30 unit modular with color-changed five petaled flowers. For four petaled flowers assemble 12 units.
Diagrams for an origami book design that can be modified to provide arbitrarily many pages.
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Diagrams for a 30 unit modular dodecahedron with color change by Mukul Achawal of India.
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Photo diagrams for a 30 unit modular with subtle curves by Aldos Marcell of Nicaragua. Assemblies with other number of units possible as well.
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Diagrams for a simple Sonobe type modular made from approximately 1:5 rectangles. This design is great for any leftover strips you may have amassed when sizing paper for other projects.
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Diagrams for a 12 or 30 unit modular with color change. The starting paper size ratio for an unit is 1:3.
A book review for the book in the Passion Origami series, "Spirits of Origami".
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Diagrams for a 30-unit Sonobe type design with color change. Other assemblies such as 3, 6, 12 or larger number of units are possible as well.
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Diagrams for two holiday themed models by Rob Snyder.
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Diagrams for a winter holly designed by Joseph Fleming.
Diagrams for a peacock with color change, released in open access to celebrate the World Origami Days 2015.
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Diagrams for a simple 5 or 6 unit sturdy modular design.
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Diagrams for an octagonal star with color change, from a single uncut square. Also included is a variation of the star.
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Diagrams for two more bird model, a sparrow and parrot, by Milind Oka.
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Diagrams for a floral modular designed by Ekaterina Lukasheva.
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Diagrams for a the traditional pirate symbol designed by Hadi Tahir.
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A discussion of an alternate Sonobe Unit assembly which produces a surprisingly different result than the conventional one. Diagrams included.
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Diagrams for a beautiful 12 or 30 unit Sonobe Variation.
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Diagrams for TIM the Beaver, the mascot of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, by alumna Michelle Fung class of 2013.
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Diagrams for a beautiful 12 or 30 unit modular.
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Diagrams for an artistic wind swept tree by Raymond P. Yeh.
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Diagrams for a 30-unit modular design by Ekaterina Lukasheva.
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Diagrams for a Sailboat on the sea by Joseph Fleming.
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Diagrams for a 6 unit cube with hearts on all faces and two specially colored diagonally opposite vertices. 24-unit assemblies are possible and left as challenge.
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Diagrams for a 30-unit modular design by Ekaterina Lukasheva of Russia.
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Diagrams for a simple, eight-piece modular ring.
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Diagrams for a 30 piece modular design by Natalia Romanenko of Moldova.
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Diagrams for a 30-unit modular design by Ekaterina Lukasheva of Russia.
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Diagrams for a minimalist baby whale designed by Raymond P. Yeh.
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Diagrams for a 30-piece modular design by Irina Reutskaya of Russia.
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Diagrams for a 30-piece modular design by Maria Vakhrusheva of Russia.
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Diagrams for a box-pleated snake designed by Hadi Tahir.
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Diagrams for a 30-piece modular design by Valentina Minayeva of Ukraine.
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Diagrams for a 30 piece modular by Uniya Filonova of Russia.
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Diagrams for a 30 piece modular design by Natalia Romanenko of Moldova.
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Diagrams for a low intermediate kitten by Jason Ku.
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Diagrams for a simplified color-change diamond playing card symbol by Meenakshi Mukerji.
Diagrams for a modular star "Hilli" by Klaus-Dieter Ennen, as well as video instructions by Sara Adams
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A simple yet elegant Sonobe variation by Meenakshi Mukerji.
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Diagrams for a paper airplane by Sy Chen resembling Santa Claus.
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Diagrams for a pop-up standing version of the traditional origami sailboat by Sy Chen.
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Joshua Goutam raises the bar with this two-color entry into the field of pelican designs.
Diagrams for an elegant seven piece color-change modular.
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Diagrams for Didier Piguel's Stardust, a star that can be transformed into an abstract yet expressive character.
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H. T. Quyet's fox design sets a new standard for this sly mammal.
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Diagrams for a Pig Rabbit by Daniel Chang
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Diagrams for an origami version of Hangman by Sy Chen
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Diagrams for a Fish by Davor Vinko.
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Fernando Gilgado shares his diagrams of a cartoon-like owl.
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Crease pattern, diagrams, and design notes for a convertible created for a car design challenge.