Michael G. LaFosse - Fun & Easy Origami Animals Ebook: Full-Color Instructions for Beginners

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We welcome you to explore the wealth of information available on Asia at www.tuttlepublishing.com. Michael G. LaFosse has been an origami artist for decades, and is an acknowledged authority and master of the art. An avid teacher, LaFosse co-founded the Origamido Studio, a learning center and design studio dedicated to the art of origami, and the only place in the world specializing in handmade papermaking for the origami artist community. Origamido also produces folded art and commercial designs for a variety of international clients. LaFosse co-curated Origami Now!, a wildly popular, year-long exhibition at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA.

Vanessa Gould prominently features LaFosse in the Peabody Award-winning film, Between the Folds. FLAPPING BIRD Traditional Japanese design On the white side of the paper, make mountain folds, corner to corner, and valley folds, edge to edge. Mountain fold the C and D corners, bringing A, C, and D down to B. Your paper should look like this. Fold and unfold the bottom open edges to the crease. Push in the corners, following the creases from step three. Push in the corners, following the creases from step three.

Repeat behind. The front and back flaps should now be free. Fold up the front flap. Repeat behind. Inside-reverse fold the bottom corners, one to the right and one to the left. Inside-reverse fold one corner for the beak.

Fold down the wings. The finished Flapping Bird. Hold the bottom front and pull the tail in and out to make the wings flap!