Discover these "butterflies of the sea" through origami.
Origami artist Jiahui Li offers an instructional video for one of his new creations, a pancake octopus.
Jellyfish are found all around the world ... even in the sea of origami.
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A childhood toy re-created in origami.
A yearlong quest to fold 100 elephants ... and to learn the skills required.
An admirer of snakes designed this 84-step rattler that has good sculptural possibilities.
A cute little dragon for the new year. Surprisingly, It grew out of two older Santa designs.
Several elegant locks and the possibility of variations distinguish this delightful fish.
Adding an extra head to the tradition crane with the help of TreeMaker software.
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An owl with a heart-shaped face designed by a lover of Strigiformes.
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Jiahui Li offers a sneak peek into his upcoming book with this cute cardinal.
Joseph Hwang’s third book focuses on the sea.
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 cute, easy-to-fold squirrel that won’t attack your bird feeder.
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Fold a delightful Sand Dollar from a square sheet of paper.
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Brrr ... enjoy folding your own polar family.
A creature from Greek mythology with pleated detailing.
A review of an outdoor origami sculpture exhibition in New York City’s garment district.
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One of a series of designs that Sebastien Limet created from surgical masks.
A real bird whose mythological story goes back more than 1500 years.
A “Hobbit”-worthy dragon to fold and a discourse on various blintzed bases and their usefulness.
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A sitting dog based on an earlier elephant design by the creator.
Another volume of complex figurative models from the press of Nicolas Terry.
Photo diagrams and an instructional video of this adorable baby penguin offer a challenging and satisfying folding experience for seasoned folders.
A dog with lots of personality that can stand or be glued to a card.
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A rabbit-lover's take on Valentine’s Day.
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.
Two hieroglyphs from Anita’s Egyptian origami series.
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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.
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The inspiration for this origami design was the face of Lord Ganesha (the Indian elephant god). Ganesha is also known as Ekadanta, which means The One-Tusked.
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This hummingbird starts with a stretched bird base and offers many sculptural possibilities.
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This design of an elephant in motion represents the animal’s massiveness and power.
Diagrams for a marvelously natural-looking Sand Dollar folded from a circle.
Nothing is known about the construction of the Great Sphinx of Giza, but you can construct your own sphinx out of paper, thanks to Anita Barbour.
An endearing wet-folded mouse with teeth for the Year of the Rat (or sometimes Mouse).
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Diagrams for a butterfly with heart-shaped wings and a distinctive folding sequence.
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Fold a decorative turkey for each of your holiday guests: You may find it hard to stop at one.
Michael Schlossberg has created an ingenious crossword that morphs into a butterfly ... if you solve the puzzle correctly and follow his diagrams. Look for another of Michael’s puzzles in the New York Times sometime in the next few months.
Yara Yagi continues our celebration of the Year of the Pig with her fantastical flying pig.
With Easter just around the corner, it's the perfect season to fold this rabbit designed by David Shall.
As we continue to celebrate The Year of the Pig, Edwin Corrie shares with us four of his pig models.
In celebration of Chinese New Year 2019, here are instructions on how to fold a cute pig from half a square
To welcome the Year of the Pig/Boar (February 5, 2019), Xiaoxian Huang created a Piggy's Face for us.
The title is "Counting Wings", but the diagrams are for a dog by Beth Johnson to usher out the Year of the Dog. Read the lovely text to understand the meaning of the title and to gain some insight into Beth's design approach.
Paul Jackson celebrates the Year of the Dog by contributing Barking Dog 1, an action model.
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Continuing the celebration of The Year of the Dog, Edwin Corrie offers two diagrams for a dog and a puppy.
In celebration of Lunar New Year of the Dog, Nobuko Okabe offers us diagrams for a puppy you can make your own!
Dave shares with us the history of how his foxhound design came about in 1975. The article also includes a video tutorial and diagrams for a running and sitting version of the dog respectively.
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Diagrams for a turkey for the Thanksgiving season.
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Diagrams for an abstract partial representation of a pair of submerged dolphins.
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If you have been waiting for diagrams of Roman Diaz's Goat, designed in 1998, your wait is over. Vishwas Deval presents us with diagrams for the Goat.
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Diagrams for a rabbit designed by Nikki Dave.
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Diagrams for a simple frog with a rather fancy behind!
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Diagrams for an owl model that holds a secret, designed by Rob Snyder.
A book review for the book in the Passion Origami series, "Spirits of Origami".
Diagrams for a peacock with color change, released in open access to celebrate the World Origami Days 2015.
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Diagrams for the 2015 OrigamiUSA Holiday Gift.
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Diagrams for two dollar bill fox variations designed by Tammy Dong.
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Diagrams for two more bird model, a sparrow and parrot, by Milind Oka.
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Diagrams for two water fowl models folded from squares, a swan and duck, by Milind Oka.
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Diagrams for two money fold models, a box with lid and duck, by Milind Oka.
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Diagrams for a dragon designed by Jérémy Duez.
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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 the 2014 OrigamiUSA Holiday Gift.
Here are diagrams for the easyphant. Not only do its ears flap, but it transforms into a flying swan. For the 2014 OrigamiUSA Convention Oversize Folding event, Easyphant was recognized as a model that "more than meets the eye."
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Diagrams for a minimalist baby whale designed by Raymond P. Yeh.
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Diagrams for a sitting dog named Timber designed by John Szinger.
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Diagrams for a box-pleated snake designed by Hadi Tahir.
Diagrams for a dollar bulldog, one of Janessa's first creations.
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Diagrams for a sheep by Indonesian artist Hadi Tahir.
Román Díaz presents a thorough and engaging review of John Montroll's "Horses in Origami".
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A crease pattern for a box-pleated dragonfly.
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Diagrams for an elegant shrimp by Joseph Fleming, a detailed model folded simply from an isosceles right triangle.
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Diagrams for a low intermediate kitten by Jason Ku.
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Diagrams for an origami Owl designed by Sébastien Limet in a cartoon style.
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Diagrams for a cormorant taking flight by Wayne Tanaka.
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Celebrate the Lunar New Year with Talo's "Happy Success Snake", aka H.S.S.
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Diagrams for the 2012 OrigamiUSA Holiday Gift.
This action model is great for Halloween - and it's a double action: the bat flaps its wings, and produces quite some noise!
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Diagrams for a fox head designed by Czech designer Miroslav Mrajca.
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Diagrams for a boar by Vietnamese folder Đỗ Trí Khải.
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This article presents diagrams and a video for folding a pre-Colombian frog.
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Diagrams for a beaver, the mascot of MIT, designed by Brian Chan.
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OrigamiUSA's 2011 Annual Collection included a peacock from Rikki Donachie made from a square. Here Rikki shares another peacock made from an A4 rectangle.
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Giang Dinh applies his trademark minimalist style to create a hippo.
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Diagrams for a turkey, symbolic of the American holiday of Thanksgiving.
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Joshua Goutam raises the bar with this two-color entry into the field of pelican designs.
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Diagrams for an expressive and graceful horse.
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Download PDF diagrams for folding this Palaeozoic armoured jawless fish.
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New diagrams for an early model.
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With just a few simple steps and some shaping to taste, you can fold an attractive duck.
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A challenge to fold a cat out of a chopstick wrapper during the 2011 OrigamiUSA convention.
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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 loon by Ryan MacDonell
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Diagrams for a Pig Rabbit by Daniel Chang
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Diagrams for a coyote by Julio Eduardo C. T.
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Making a crease pattern takes less time than drawing a full diagram, but because of the technical difficulty, most folders don't like working with them. Here's some ideas about how to make things easier without spending dozens of hours on a full diagram.
Jiahui Li presents photo diagrams, a video tutorial and design insights behind one of his latest creations, a cockateil.
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Diagrams for a Fox Head by Evan Zodl
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Diagrams for a Rabbit by Hsi-Min Tai.
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Diagrams for Steven Casey's Jerboa, an unusual rodent.
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Diagrams for a Giant Anteater by Quentin Trollip.
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Diagrams for a Fish by Davor Vinko.
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Diagrams for a Koala by Artur Biernacki.
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Commentary on folding, supporting, and displaying this famous model designed by the late Issei Yoshino. Model constructed by the members of <a href="http://origamit.scripts.mit.edu/" target="blank">OrigaMIT</a>, MIT's origami club.
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Fernando Gilgado shares his diagrams of a cartoon-like owl.
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Diagrams for a Rat by Tanja Pott
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Diagrams for Nick Robinson's elegant Baby Rabbit.
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Andrew Hudson discusses ways to make diagrams more interesting in a digital format by borrowing concepts from web comics.
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This complex design, from a square, uses a mix of 30 and 22.5 degree symmetries.