Step 1.
Make a preliminary base, lay it flat on the table, closed point pointing at 12 o'clock.
Step 2.
Make a valley fold, diagonal, bringing the lower right edge of the right front flap from right to left along the vertical axis of symmetry.
additional information
- To locate the axis, you can lift the left front flap vertically.
Step 3.
Make a valley fold, diagonal, bringing the lower left edge of the left front flap from left to right along the vertical axis of symmetry.
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- You get a folding with a front flap in the shape of a kite.
- This flap has 2 triangles folded towards the vertical axis of symmetry. The top edges of these 2 triangles form a horizontal line with extra thickness.
Step 4.
Form a valley fold at the level of this horizontal line, bringing the top closed tip down along the vertical axis. Crease well as there are multiple layers, then unfold.
Step 5.
Unfold the 2 triangles of the front flap.
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- You obtain the initial preliminary shape, on which you can feel 2 oblique valley folds that start from the bottom tip and reach the upper edges of the 2 front flaps, at the level of a horizontal valley fold.
Step 6.
Start a petal fold. To do this, hold the first layer of the bottom tip between the thumb and forefinger of one hand.
Lift this tip until it is aligned with the horizontal valley fold.
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- It is noted that with this movement, the left and right points of the shape have lifted spontaneously, and that the two oblique valley folds, starting from the second layer of the lower point, have spontaneously bent slightly.
Step 7.
Finish the petal fold. To do this, continue to push upward the point you are holding, until it is completely laid flat.
At the same time, with the other hand, continue to fold the lower oblique valley folds, bring the side points back onto the vertical axis, and flatten the upper oblique folds that are forming. (Former valley folds having become mountain folds).
Firmly crease all the folds.
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- You get a fold, with a front flap in the shape of a vertical diamond, whose lower point is locked in the fold, while the upper point is free.
Step 8.
Turn the model over from right to left.
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- You get a front flap in the shape of a square, in a diamond position, which partially hides the elongated diamond that was just formed in the previous step.
- The vertical axis of symmetry is a valley fold.
- A horizontal mountain fold cuts this axis and connects the two upper edges of the square.
Step 9.
Repeat the manipulations described in steps 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.
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- You get, on the front of the fold, a vertical diamond, which exactly overlaps the diamond underneath.
- The base of the bird is ready.
- You have a diamond shape, in a vertical position.
- The lower part is a triangular shape, built around two independent symmetrical triangles of quadruple thickness, separated by a vertical slit.
- The upper half has 3 overlapping triangles:
- at the front, a large one of double thickness, with a slit on top at the vertical axis.
- in the middle, a small one of quadruple thickness, with a closed top tip.
- at the back, a large one of double thickness, with a slit underneath at the vertical axis.
- There are 9 points in total:
- a lower left point,
- a lower right point,
- a front left point,
- a rear left point,
- a front right point,
- a rear right point,
- an upper front point,
- an upper middle point,
- and a rear upper tip.