Cute models that will appeal to children and those who fold for them.
Several elegant locks and the possibility of variations distinguish this delightful fish.
Eight simple modules lock together firmly to form this pretty wreath.
This spooky ghost requires a certain amount of judgement folding.
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An owl with a heart-shaped face designed by a lover of Strigiformes.
Joseph Hwang’s third book focuses on the sea.
Try your hand at these two designs from "Marine Origami."
An origami version of a newly discovered solution to a longstanding geometric problem.
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A house that makes a convenient gift box.
Fold it from a small sheet and add a pin back for a quick little jewel.
Six-pointed stars folded from triangles.
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.
Decorate your own paper, or print Arsalan’s designs, but do fold this box!
Easy-to-fold units and an intuitive assembly make this a frustration-free design.
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A one-piece box designed as a wedding favor.
A hexagonal box, some printable papers and some math.
The author shows how a modular origami box with a square base can be made from four rectangular sheets plus a template. He also discusses some mathematics in the context of the constructed box.
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A biodegradable painting on the U.N. lawn shows a dove and other origami models.
A sturdy modular box and the mathematics behind it.
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One of a series of designs that Sebastien Limet created from surgical masks.
A lovely e-book — free to download — of crowns and memories.
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The late Linda Bogan’s favorite diagrams and recipes in an e-book for OrigamiUSA members.
A card that pops open to reveal a message of love and gratitude.
Two models from India: a pastry for Holi (shown) and hands in a gesture of greeting.
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.
A dog with lots of personality that can stand or be glued to a card.
An easy-to-fold card with a satisfying pop-up mechanism.
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An elegant two-fold module is assembled with just one additional fold into a neat ring with a strong lock.
You'll need 8 squares to fold one of 12 variations of this versatile, modular star.
Here's a little-known traditional lily that starts from a bird base, along with a newly-designed, simple lily leaf.
The Swift Ring is easy to fold, and it works well as a decoration or as jewelry.
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.
Fold a witch hat bookmark for Halloween, and when the holiday is over, find some paper with a star pattern and make a wizard hat.
With Easter just around the corner, it's the perfect season to fold this rabbit designed by David Shall.
Yara Yagi presents us with a detailed review of Ilan Garibi's latest book, Origami Tessellations for Everyone.
The Year of the Boar is just around the corner, but we still are in the Year of the Dog. To help usher out the Dog, Christine Edison shares her model of The Bulldog Bookmark.
After teaching Stella for Origami Connect, Evan Zodl agreed to write an article for The Fold to make this lovely model accessible to more people.
Here's a special Halloween treat: A standing witch folded from a single sheet of paper
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Continuing the celebration of The Year of the Dog, Edwin Corrie offers two diagrams for a dog and a puppy.
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Diagrams for an easy-level dragon, folded from a triangle.
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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.
In celebration of Lunar New Year of the Dog, Nobuko Okabe offers us diagrams for a puppy you can make your own!
Alessandro Beber presents us with a simple origami version of the Penrose triangle: "impossibility in its purest form."
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Diagrams for a 30 unit modular with color-changed five petaled flowers. For four petaled flowers assemble 12 units.
Once again, the simple process of asking ten questions reveals the true identity of a designer, who in this case still is not sure if he is one. For me, the most interesting phase is just before you are brave enough to define yourself as an artist. Read more to see if you can notice this thin line.
Using a right angle triangle, Reza creates a simple and lovely dinosaur.
Diagrams for the Sturoyya Star, by Usman Rosyidhi, from Indonesia.
A new generation of creators is emerging, and their origami is from the other side of the sun. It is fresh, alternative, unique, not easy to understand, but has many layers of inner beauty. Here are ten questions, nine answers, and a single model to expose you to the inner side of Kurth Alexander!
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Christiane Bettens has created a simple ten-pointed modular star just in time for Christmas.
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This is a followup of my previous article, Pentakis Dodecahedron (Issue 35), featuring variation patterns. Mono paper such as copy paper or Tant is a must.
Francesco Mancini offers, in time for Halloween, diagrams for a Standing Jack.
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Diagrams for a simple modular from squares 4" or smaller. For larger constructions though, use paper of proportion \(5:3\sqrt{3}\), i.e., \(1:1.039\).
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Francesco Decio presents us with diagrams for La Cassettina Della Frutta (Nested Boxes), just in time for picking blueberries, blackberries, raspberries.
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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 simple frog with a rather fancy behind!
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Diagrams for a Rabbit by Rob Snyder.
Better known as Gachepapier, David, the origami designer sheds some light on his true self and his creation process. As always, 10 questions with eight answers, as one of the answers is just another question.
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Diagrams for two holiday themed models by Rob Snyder.
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Ekaterina "Kate" Lukesheva, profiled in the November-December 2014 issue of The Fold offers us diagrams for another modular creation, Floramia.
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Diagrams for a 30 unit modular design.
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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 the 2015 OrigamiUSA Holiday Gift.
Nobuko Okabe offers us some more beautiful modular models she has created. She also discusses and acknowledges how different artists can create the same origami model.
Browsing on Facebook, I did a double take. It was origami, but I could see immediately it was a different type of origami than I am used to seeing. It was original, creative, and most of all, unique. I am glad to present to you Portuguese architect and talented origami creator: João Charrua.
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An up and coming origami artist, Ryan Dong offers a model of a simple pumpkin in time for Halloween.
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Diagrams for two dollar bill fox variations designed by Tammy Dong.
A book review for "Money-Gami," a collection of money folds designed by Gay Merrill Gross.
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Diagrams for a heart with wings designed by Nguyen Quang Do Lisa.
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Diagrams for two more bird model, a sparrow and parrot, by Milind Oka.
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The 3-unit Sonobe hexahedron (Toshie's Jewel) and the 12-unit Sonobe octahedral assembly are well known Sonobe constructions. But did you know that you can also construct the former with double the number of units, and the latter with half the number of units, i.e., both shapes from 6 units?
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Diagrams for a floral modular designed by Ekaterina Lukasheva.
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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 a beautiful 12 or 30 unit Sonobe Variation.
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Diagrams for a multi-sheet house designed by Joel Stern for use in developmental psychology.
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Diagrams for a beautiful 12 or 30 unit modular.
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Diagrams for a simple scorpion in preying position.
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Diagrams for a 30-unit modular design by Ekaterina Lukasheva.
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A quick and easy method of folding a heptagon by Jacques Justin and some related discussions. Francesco Mancini found the method in a pile of letters and notes that he inherited from Roberto Morassi's origami archive.
Diagrams for various decorative cubes based on Froebel designs applied to blintzed windmill bases.
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Diagrams for the 2014 OrigamiUSA Holiday Gift.
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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.
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 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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A sunk-side elbow design is used to create a variety of models: Star Block models in particular. This method has the potential for much creative work!
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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 Daniel Reutsky of Russia.
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Diagrams for a wedding dress designed by Indonesian folder Linda Marlina.
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Diagrams for a 30-piece modular design by Maria Vakhrusheva of Russia.
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An article about folding images using large grids and hundreds of reverse folds.
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Diagrams and video for a 6 piece modular star by Maria Sinayskaya.
A lost shoe, a jar, a mysterious dog, an ugly cat, and the simplest Sudoku ever. Yes, it is a convention report. An Italian one. And yes, you've got to read it!
Diagrams for a dollar bulldog, one of Janessa's first creations.
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Diagrams for a simple pyramid model with variations, used for to help teach geometry.
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Diagrams for a 30 piece modular by Uniya Filonova of Russia.
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Arnold Tubis offers yet another dollar bill fold of George Washington, framed on both sides of the model using two dollar bills.
Román Díaz presents a thorough and engaging review of John Montroll's "Horses in Origami".
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A folding method for closed masu boxes from a single square, generalized to masu-like structures with regular polygonal bases.
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Diagrams are presented for a model of George Washington in a 'Star of David' hexagonal frame folded from four one-dollar bills.
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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.
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A tribute to the late Cyril Tessier (2003 Ranana Benjamin award winner), this article presents diagrams for a money fold of George Washington crossing the Delaware River.
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Diagrams for a cormorant taking flight by Wayne Tanaka.
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Diagrams for a Valentine Heart Envelope to contain a letter or small present for that special someone.
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Another chapter in the origami puzzles series. This time you have to fit four Zs in a square box, but first you have to fold them!
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Celebrate the Lunar New Year with Talo's "Happy Success Snake", aka H.S.S.
Diagrams for mittens designed by Jane Rosemarin with an improved locking mechanism.
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Yet another rendering in paper of a wooden puzzle. Make four U-shaped units, and try to fit them into a box.
Learn how to fold the first in a series of many variations on a single star. This one has eight points, but you can achieve any number from 3 to 12 using this method.
This action model is great for Halloween - and it's a double action: the bat flaps its wings, and produces quite some noise!
Combining the way M. C. Escher used to signature his work of art and the Folds of Beauty, I present A to C from my complete rendition of A to Z font.
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Diagrams for a fox head designed by Czech designer Miroslav Mrajca.
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Diagrams for a 3D Double Star Puff Pyramid folded from a regular hexagon.
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Part two in a series examining the mathematics behind the golden ratio in some geometric boxes.
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Diagrams for a boar by Vietnamese folder Đỗ Trí Khải.
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Tubis and Sprung show that the same starting shapes used previously to create generalized masu boxes [Tubis and Pooley 2012] can be used to produce \(n\)-pointed 3D stars.
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Diagrams for a dustpan by Ronald Koh folded from a square.
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Learn to fold a family of modular units that can create a wide variety of deltahedra, polyhedra whose faces are equilateral triangles.
Diagrams for a forsythia flower designed by Tanja Pott that can be assembled into decorative branches.
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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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Tubis and Pooley explore \(n\)-sided generalizations of the masu and one of its many decorative-lids. Detailed video instructions are provided at the Origami Player site.
Can you cut paper with origami instead of scissors? While trying to design a 24 unit Stellated Octahedron, I got stuck with all the math involved and decided to make it simple - cut the intersected units by folding.
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Diagrams for a classic puzzle, typically made of wood.
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Diagrams for a bracelet that appears woven.
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Crease patterns and video for two modular tree units with variations.
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Giang Dinh applies his trademark minimalist style to create a hippo.
This is a two steps project, for a lovely coffee table piece.
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Training in photography, painting, or other arts can be valuable when drawing diagram. Concepts of Color Theory, Composition, and Style are introduced with examples.
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Diagrams for Robert Neale's classic dragon!
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If trying to fold Kawasaki's rose has left you with crumpled sheets of paper, then Jeremy Shafer's simpler but no less attractive rose is for you.
Diagrams for an elegant seven piece color-change modular.
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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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Diagrams for Didier Piguel's Stardust, a star that can be transformed into an abstract yet expressive character.
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Diagrams for a loon by Ryan MacDonell
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Diagrams for a Fox Head by Evan Zodl
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Diagrams for a Smiley Face by Joshua Goutam.
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Diagrams for a Fish by Davor Vinko.
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Diagrams for a Rat by Tanja Pott
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Just in time for the holidays, a heart angel from Giang Dinh.