The Art of Folding Papers: Origami

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I saw this book, © Origami Animal Sculpture by John Szinger that you can find it on Amazon where you can find the links for buying his book. This is one example from it, before you buy it you should at least try one. I did. Let me tell you this, it definitely is not easy to fold a paper, if this paper is not made for Origami, there are special papers for Origami my dear reader, classic newspaper is one of them, but you know, it has articles all over it!… So you should also buy some Origami papers. (Readers from Turkey can also check this link for the book, and for the papers I can recommend this link) Also open aside this Wikipedia page, that explains the standart Origami symbols and terms and how to achieve them.

I will try this project of The Asian Elephant and these are the author John Szinger‘s instructions with his photos.

For thousands of years these graceful, majestic, and intelligent creatures have been an important force in human civilisation. Elephants make a particularly fun subject for origami. This model uses a variation on my Bear Base for the body, with a sculptural three-dimensional head. Feel free to vary the pose of the trunk. Recommended paper: 12 inch (30 cm) square or larger. Two coloured paper will yield colour-reversed tusks.

Begin with a square, white side up.

Valley fold and unfold on the diagonals.

Kite fold and unfold on both ends. Turn the model over.

Valley fold three corners toward the middle.

Perform three rabbit ears, then turn the model over.

Fold and unfold.

Fold and unfold again.

Valley fold the corner to the indicated point.

Reverse fold the two flaps.

Reverse fold the two flaps out again to be flush with the edge.

Fold the top flap behind and swing the near flap up.

Pull out some paper and flatten.

Fold the model in half while reverse folding the flaps at the middle and bottom.

Sink. and Crimp

Reverse fold to tuck inside. Repeat behind.

Reverse fold. Repeat behind.

Open the flap slightly and squash down. Repeat behind.

Fold and unfold parallel to the back edge along a hidden landmark.

Crimp.

Reverse fold. Repeat behind.

Pull out a flap at the tail. Pull out a flap at the foot. Repeat behind.

Reverse fold at the tail. Crimp to form the feet. Repeat behind.

Squash fold to tuck inside at the tail. Repeat behind. Reverse fold the tip of the front foot. Repeat behind.

Squash fold to thin the tail. Repeat behind.

Outside reverse fold on the tail. Fold a small amount of paper inside at the feet. Repeat behind. Swing the head up and flatten.

Outside reverse fold on the tail. Sink at the top of the head. Tuck in a flap at the neck. Repeat behind.

Sink at the hip and the shoulder. Tuck in a flap at the belly, repeat behind. Crimp to form the trunk and make the model three-dimensional.

Puff out at the hip to make the torso three-dimensional. Tuck in a flap at the belly. Repeat behind. Tuck a flap inside to narrow the trunk. Repeat behind.