Welcome to my blog! Here we will be learning a few
simple, detailed Origami folds, origami is a
Japanese art of folding paper into decorative shapes and figures. I have
enjoyed doing origami since I was a little girl, it helps take my mind off
things, but I really didn't know how to do any harder ones so I wanted to learn
and get better. The book I used for this is called “Essential book of Origami”
by Michael G. LaFosse, this is the a very basic form of origami that is very
easy to follow, through the book Michael starts off with simple origami that
leads into harder ones.
The first thing we are going to make is
called a ninja star, this consist of many folds of same sizes paper. This can
be a little challenging in the beginning and may take a few tries to get, (it took
me a couple times to get it good) you can make then any size and color, but I would
start with a medium size going too small or too large can be more difficult. I will
be making them out of origami paper (if this is too hard, use sticky notes to
start off with they keep their forms and stick to each other)
1.
Start off with two pieces of paper, you
can use two of the same, but two different colors will be much easier to see
and follow the folds
2.
Fold them in half (hot-dog style)
3.
Fold both halves of each paper to meet
into the center of the crease, this is called a cupboard fold
4.
Now fold each paper in half along the vertical
axis
5.
Fold in half along the horizontal axis
6.
Now fold the corners over into the middle
with both pieces of paper
7.
Now make a fold through the center
8.
After this is done to both rotate one 90
degrees and place them on top of each other so they are perpendicular
9.
This is where is can get tricky fold the
vertical one into the horizontal one, if you have the correct folds you will
have a little pocket to stick them in
10. Flip
the star over and do the same thing, stick the little piece into the opposite
color and your ninja star should be done!
