Michael G. LaFosse - Origami Butterflies Mini Kit: Fold Up a Flutter of Gorgeous Paper Wings!: Kit with Origami Book, 6 Fun Projects, 32 Origami Papers and Instructional DVD

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Key to the Origami Folding Symbols Take a few moments to become familiar with these symbols and their meanings. As you watchthe , look at the corresponding diagrams in the book to reinforce your understanding. Onceyou learn this elegant diagramming system, you will be able to enjoy countless origami books. Scalene squash fold: Forms an asymmetrical trianglewith no congruent edges.
Isosceles squash fold: Forms a symmetrical trianglewith at least two congruent edges. Introduction
Michael LaFosse folded his first original origami butterfly whileriding a subway with Alice Gray more than 30 years ago. They hadjust left Lillian Oppenheimers Origami Center in Union Square,where Michael showed Alice his amazing origami praying mantis.Alice offered to show him around the Entomology Department at the AmericanMuseum of Natural History, so off they went.

En route, Michael folded the first Butterfly for Alice. Encouraged, Michael began developing a system to produce a variety ofinteresting butterfly wing patterns. Years later, we attended our first origami convention in New York, where RussellCashdollar displayed sets of interesting origami butterflies. Inspired by Russells work,Michael has been developing stunning new origami butterflies ever since. Origami butterflies were part of Michaels exhibition for the Morikami Museum inFloridas Palm Beach County. The museum hosted Michael for an Artist in Residencyprogram to design and fold dozens of origami fine art renditions of animals and plantsfor a traveling exhibition to raise public awareness of Floridas hidden nature.

Most ofthe butterflies in this kit are named to honor the contributions of Morikami personnel.To view some of Michaels art made from my handmade Origamido paper, please visitwww.origamido.com. We hope you enjoy the original origami butterfly designs presented in this kit! Origamido Studio
Richard Alexander A Butterfly for George Morikami George Morikami came to the U.S. as a teenager in 1906to join the Yamato Colony, a community of Japanesefarmers in Florida. Morikami bought land in BocaRaton and Delray Beach, which he farmed for decades.Through his generosity, this land became the MorikamiMuseum and Japanese Gardens, where Michael hastaught paper making and folding on several occasions. Begin with the minor colorfacing up. (B) Pinch a short valleyfold at the quarter length,aft er aligning the bottom edgeto center crease. Unfold. (C)Pinch a short valley fold at theeighth length, aft er aligningthe bottom edge to the firstpinch mark. Unfold. Lay the lower pinch markon top of the upper pinchmark and valley-fold the flaphalfway between the two pinchmarks. Unfold. (A) Valley-fold the bottomleft and right corners to thevalley crease above. (B) Valleyfoldthe flap upward to lockthe corners inside. Turn over, bottom to top.

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