Classic Origami: Dragonfly
1. Starting point is Basic Form I. Valley fold one side in to the middle line. 2. Valley fold the central edge outward.
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Classic Origami: Basic Form I
*Basic Form I, needed for many instructions later 1. Prefold a square pice of paper along the markings. 2. Fold the two outer sections inward with valley folds.
Classic Origami: Before the Folding Starts III
We call several mountain and valley folds, executed consecutively, a combination fold. There are numerous variations, so make sure, before you work the fold, exactly where the mountain and/or valley folds are to be made. The symbols in the drawings , as presented and explained at part II, will help you. Always prefold along the [...]
Classic Origami: Before the Folding Starts II
1. Valley fold (a series of short dashes): A fold inward. 2. Mountain fold (dash-dot-dash series): A fold outward. 3. Prefold (two-headed arrow): Crease to fold both inward and outward.
Classic Origami: Before the Folding Starts I
Choosing the Paper Besides a sound, much-practised folding technique, it is the paper that is all-important to the ancient art of paper folding. Beautiful, graceful Origami figures can be folded out of all sorts of paper, so long as it is soft enough to be easily bent but stiff enough to give the figures the [...]