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The following steps correspond to the images above. Read the images top left first, top right second, second left third, second right fourth and so on.

9. Unfold the flap that you just folded to reveal the crease down the center of the diamond.

10. Fold the corner of the diamond up towards the top point, kind of like making a paper airplane.

11. Fold the opposite corner the same way

12. Grab the bottom corner and, allowing the two flaps you just folded open up, pull the corner over the top point. Creasing it about three-fourths of the way up the diamond.

13. Now you can flatten the sides against the newly created stretched diamond.

14. Flip the Whole thing over, then do the exact same thing to the opposite side.

15. Fold the right flap over to create a crease down the middle.

16. Open it back up and fold the corner up towards the middle like you are folding a paper airplane.

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The following steps correspond to the images above. Read the images top left first, top right second, second left third, second right fourth and so on.

1. Fold the paper where the top edge meets the side edge. Make sure the point is perfect.

2. Fold the bottom strip of paper along the edge of what was just folded down. The idea is to have a perfectly square piece of paper. You may want to fold this rectangle piece back and forth several times to make it easier to tear.

3. Tear the rectangle piece free from the rest of the page.

4. When you open the page back up, you should have a perfect square. Discard the little rectangle piece.

5. Open the square paper and smooth out the diagonal crease. Fold the paper in half and make a good sharp crease. Open the paper again and fold it in half the other way perpendicular to the previous crease. You will now have 3 creases: One across, one up and down and one diagonally.

6. With the paper folded in half, grab the spine with both hands (with your first finger and thumb of both hands) one hand on either side of the up and down crease. Push both hands down. The up and down crease should push itself out on moth sides of the paper. Make creases on the inside of each side.

7. You should have a diamond shape with a total of four flaps.

8. Fold one flap over so one side has three flaps and the other only has one.

Origami is something that I have done off and on for the past fifteen years. I would make a crane, a water bomb or a Chinese star whenever I am bored out of my mind. Just recently I have started looking around to find other things I could make out of paper. The following are some of the patterns that I have been trying. Click on them to see how to make them yourself:

• Crane

Unit (Modular) Origami

• Christmas Ornament
• Chinese Star
• The Sonobe Unit (Module)
• The Sonobe Cube
• The Sonobe 8-Point Star (octahedron)
• The Sonobe 20-Point Star (icosahedron)

I have done a little research and I have found that Origami found its roots in Japan as Ceremonial Paper folding. It was not until the 1600s that recreational paper folding became an art and something that people did to entertain themselves. From there various designs grew and became more and more complex.

Today you can find designs for just about anything you could imagine. It is amazing some of the things you can fold out of a piece of paper. I will be adding more and more of my own folding skills to this webpage as I have time. Take a look at some of the designs above.

Links

• Helena’s Origami Index Page - Great Unit Origami Stuff Here
• DofTNet - Roses, Caffeine, Books and other things made from paper.
• Menger’s sponge - I hope to make this one one day.
• Krystyna Burczyk’s Origami Page
• MM’s Modular Mania