BASEFOLD Book

PICTURE

DESCRIPTION The Book fold is a traditional origami base and it is so named because, once the paper is folded in half, it looks like a book. It is the simplest of folds and can be used to make many simple origami models. This fold is also the foundation of the cupboard fold. Models of the House, Windmill, Rose, Kusudama, Napkins and Box from practical lessons start with the book fold. The Cupboard fold is a traditional origami base developed from the book form. It is so called because once the paper is folded, it looks like a cupboard with two doors that can be opened and closed. The Cupboard fold can be used to make many simple origami models.

PROCEDURE 1. Use a square of paper, colored side down. Valley fold the square in half. You can act any way as you wish: from left to right or from top to bottom or vice versa. After doing it just return the paper in the shown position.

Cupboard

2. Press the paper flat, thereby completing the book fold. Here is the completed book fold. 1. Use a square of paper, colored side down. Begin with a book fold. Valley fold the square in half. Press the paper flat, thereby completing the book fold. Unfold it completely.

2. Valley fold the left-hand side over to meet the vertical middle fold-line. Press the paper flat. Repeat the same with the right-hand side.

Shawl Diaper Triangle

or or

It is a traditional origami base. When a square of paper is folded in half along its diagonal, it is

1. Use a square of paper, colored side down. Turn the square of paper around so it looks like a diamond, and use

called a shawl form or its diagonal axis. Valley fold it diaper or triangle fold. in half from top to bottom, The Shawl fold is used to thereby making a triangle. develop a whole range of folds and bases and to make many origami models. 2. To complete the shawl form, press it flat along its top edge. Here is the completed shawl fold. 1. Use a square of paper, colored side down. Begin with a shawl fold. Turn the square of paper around so it looks like a diamond, and use its diagonal axis. Valley fold it in half from side to side, thereby making a triangle. Unfold it completely.

Kite

The Kite base is a traditional origami base. It is so named for its shape. The Kite base can be used to make many origami models.

2. From the top corner, valley fold the right-hand and lefthand sloping edges to meet the middle fold-line. Press them flat.

Diamond

This traditional origami base is named as a "diamond" base because of its shape. The diamond base uses the kite base as its foundation. The diamond

1. Use a square of paper, colored side up. Begin with a kite base. Valley fold it in half from side to side, thereby making a triangle. Unfold it completely.

base can be used to make many origami models.

2. From the top corner, valley fold the right-hand and lefthand sloping edges to meet the middle fold-line. Press them flat, thereby making the kite base.

3. From the bottom corner, valley fold the right-hand and left-hand sloping edges to meet the middle fold-line. Press them flat.

Fish

This is one of the bestknow traditional origami bases. It uses the kite base as its foundation. It is funny, that the fish base is really just a double kite base. The fish base can be used to make many origami models, and it makes a very good foundation to develop your own origami designs.

1. Use a square of paper, colored side down. Begin with a shawl base. Valley fold it in half from side to side, thereby making a triangle. Unfold it completely. Repeat it, making other diagonal.

2. Make a kite base. From the top corner, valley fold the right-hand and left-hand sloping edges to meet the

middle fold-line. Press them flat.

3. Mountain fold the model in half from top to bottom. Note that the crease should pass through the marked points.

W-boat or Catamaran or Pig

Each base is named after the best-known model for which it is used. There is one the simplest of traditional origami bases, the W-boat base. This base is a development of the cupboard fold.

1. Use a square of paper, colored side down. Valley fold the square in half from left to right. Press it flat and unfold it.

2. Valley fold the square in half from bottom to top. Press it flat and unfold it.

3. Valley fold the top edge down to meet the middle foldline. Press the paper flat. Valley fold the bottom edge up to meet the middle fold-line. Press the paper flat, thereby making the cupboard fold.

Windmill

This base is named as a "windmill" base because of its shape. This base is very popular when making decorative forms of origami. Once the windmill base's four triangular flaps have been squared into four preliminary folds, it can be used to make much more complex models of origami, such as the kusudama models on the practical lessons. The windmill base is a development of the wboat base.

1. Use a square of paper, colored side down. Valley fold the square in half from left to right. Press it flat and unfold it.

2. Valley fold the square in half from bottom to top. Press it flat and unfold

3. Valley fold the left-hand side over to meet the vertical middle fold-line. Repeat the same with the right-hand side.

4. Valley fold the top and bottom edges over to meet the horizontal middle fold-line.

5. Valley fold the top edge over to lie along the left-handside. Press it flat and unfold it.

Then valley fold the top edge over to lie along the righthand-side. Press it flat and unfold it.

6. Open up the flaps in the directions shown by the arrows.

7. Press the model in the marked point, open out lateral flaps in the directions shown by the arrows. 8. Open out bottom flaps in the directions shown by the

arrows. 9. Valley fold the top righthand triangular point up and the bottom left-hand triangular point down, thereby making the traditional windmill form.

Blintz Cushion

or

When the four corners of a square of paper have been folded into the middle, it is called a "blintz" base. This word has its origins in the Ukraine, and a blintz is a thin pancake, which

1. Use a square of paper, colored side up. Begin with a shawl or diaper fold. Valley fold the paper in half on diagonal, thereby making a triangle. Unfold it completely. Repeat for other diagonal.

contains cottage cheese or some other filling, with its corners folded into the middle. This base is also called the cushion fold because in Japan such technique is 2. Valley fold one corner into used in cushion making. the middle. Then valley fold the remaining corners into the middle. Press the paper flat.

Balloon or Waterbomb

The Balloon base is a traditional origami base. This base is known also as a "waterbomb" after the best-known traditional model of the waterbomb for which this base is used. The balloon base can be used to make many origami models. There are several ways to fold this base, try one of them.

1. Use a square of paper, colored side up. Valley fold the square in half from left to right. Press it flat and unfold it. Then valley fold the square in half from bottom to top. Press it flat and unfold it. After that, turn the paper over.

2. Valley fold the top edge over to lie along the left-handside, thereby making a triangle. Press it flat and unfold it. Then valley fold the top edge over to lie along the right-hand-side. Press it flat and unfold it.

3. Press the middle of the foldlines, until the sides pop up. Bring the sides together and

down towards you. Press the top down neatly into a triangle, thereby completing a balloon base.

Square or Basic Flower or Preliminary

The square base is one of the most popular traditional origami bases. It is the foundation for several bases and an innumerable amount of models. That's why this base is also called as the preliminary fold. It is interesting, that if the square base is turned inside out, it becomes the balloon base. And on the contrary the same happens with the balloon base. These classic forms demonstrate one of the miracles of origami. Try two ways to fold this base.

1. Use a square of paper, colored side down. Begin with a shawl fold. Valley fold the square of paper in half from top to bottom, thereby making a triangle.

2. Valley fold it in half from right to left.

3. Lift the top half up along the middle fold-line. Open out the paper and squash it down neatly into a square.

4. This should be the result. Turn the paper over.

5. Repeat the actions again: lift the top half up along the middle fold-line, then open out the paper and squash it down neatly into a square.

6. Here is the completed square base. But there is a shorer way of folding the square base as shown in the following steps.

7. ALTERNATIVE WAY: Start with colored side up. Valley fold the opposite corners together, in turn, to mark the diagonal fold lines, and open them up. Then, turn the paper over.

8. Valley fold the opposite sides together in both directions, and open them up.

9. Bring the sides together and down towards you. Press the

paper down neatly, thereby making the square base.

Bird

This is one of the bestknow classic origami bases. It is named as a "bird" base, because it is a starting point for the traditional crane, flapping bird and many others birds. This base is known also as the crane base. This base is used to make a vast range of origami models.

1. Use a square of paper, colored side up. Valley fold the square in half on diagonal. Press it flat and unfold it. Then repeat it making other diagonal. After that, turn the paper over.

2. Valley fold the square in half from the side to opposite side. Press it flat and unfold it. Repeat it for other pair of sides.

3. Press the middle of the foldlines, until the sides pop up. Bring the sides together and down towards you. Press the top down neatly into a square, thereby completing the square base.

4. Valley fold the front flap's

lower sloping edges over, so they lie along the middle foldline. Valley fold the top point down as shown. Press them flat and unfold them. Repeat behind.

5. Pinch and lift up the front flap of paper, so that its edges meet in the middle.

6. Press the paper flat. Turn the paper over.

7. Pinch and lift up the front flap of paper, so that its edges meet in the middle. Press the paper flat.

Frog

This is one of the bestknow classic origami bases. It is so named after the well-known model of the 'Frog' for which it is used. It uses the square base and fruit

1. Use a square of paper, colored side down. Begin with a shawl fold. Valley fold the square of paper in half from top to bottom, thereby making a triangle.

base as its foundations. The frog base can be used to make many origami designs, and it makes a very good foundation to develop your own models. 2. Valley fold it in half from right to left.

3. Lift the top half up along the middle fold-line. Open out the paper and squash it down neatly into a square.

4. This should be the result. Turn the paper over.

5. Repeat the actions again: lift the top half up along the middle fold-line, then open out the paper and squash it down neatly into a square.

6. The completed square base should be the result.

7. Valley fold the upper sloping edge over, so it lies along the vertical middle line. Unfold it. Then open out the right-hand flap and squash it down neatly into a triangle.

8. This should be the result. Repeat the same actions with the remaining flaps.

9. The completed fruit base should be the result.

10. Valley fold the front flap's lower sloping edges over, so they lie along the vertical middle fold-line. Press them flat and unfold them.

11. Open out the top flap, then pinch and lift up the flap's horizontal edge. Continue to lift up the flap so its edges meet in the middle. Press the paper neatly, making a small triangular flap as shown in the next step.

12. Valley fold the triangular flap down as far as it will go.

13. This should be the result. Repeat steps 10 to 12 with the remaining flaps.

Fruit

This base is rarely enumerated in the line of the origami bases. But it is very fruitful base for creation of volumetric berries, vegetables, fruits and other plants. Because of it the Shumakovs named this form as the fruit base. It uses the square base as its foundation. And, it is the foundation for a frog base. In the practical lessons you will meet the

1. Use a square of paper, colored side down. Begin with a shawl fold. Valley fold the square of paper in half from top to bottom, thereby making a triangle.

2. Valley fold it in half from right to left.

some models, which use the fruit base as its foundation.

3. Lift the top half up along the middle fold-line. Open out the paper and squash it down neatly into a square.

4. This should be the result. Turn the paper over.

5. Repeat the actions again: lift the top half up along the middle fold-line, then open out the paper and squash it down neatly into a square.

6. The completed square base should be the result.

7. Valley fold the upper sloping edge over, so it lies along the vertical middle line.

Unfold it. Then open out the right-hand flap and squash it down neatly into a triangle.

8. This should be the result. Repeat the same actions with the remaining flaps.

Snail

The snail base is not the traditional origami base. The Shumakovs have marked and named this base after the model of the Snail that was created by them. This base is used as a foundation for many their designs. There are several ways to fold this base. Here is presented one way, which uses the bird base as its foundation, and this way is shorter and more optimized. Note: If you have the CD "Oribana" you can see how many models have the snail base as their foundation.

1. Use a square of paper, colored side up. Valley fold the square in half diagonally. Press it flat and unfold it. Then repeat making the other diagonal. After that, turn the paper over.

2. Valley fold the square in half from the side to opposite side. Press it flat and unfold it. Repeat it for other pair of sides.

3. Press the middle of the foldlines, until the sides pop up. Bring the sides together and down towards you. Press the

top down neatly into a square, thereby completing a square base.

4. Valley fold the front flap's lower sloping edges over, so they lie along the middle foldline. Press them flat and unfold them. Repeat it behind.

5. Valley fold the right-hand flap over to the left, as though turning the page of a book. Repeat it with the back side.

6. Inside reverse fold the rightand left-hand points into model. Repeat it behind.

7. Here is the completed bird base in its 'closed' form.

8. Valley fold the upper sloping edge over, so it lies along the vertical middle line. Press it flat and unfold it.

9. Open out the left-hand flap of paper and squash it down neatly. Press the paper flat.

10. This should be the result. Repeat the actions with the remaining flaps.

11. Here is the completed snail base. Each base is named after the best-known model for which it is used.

FOLD

DIAGRAM

DESCRIPTION

Valley

Mountain

The valley fold is formed by folding the paper toward oneself. An arrow shows where to fold the piece of paper to. The mountain fold is formed by folding the paper away from oneself. The petal fold lifts a point and brings it upwards so that the two edges of the point lie together. It is best to prefold both layers of paper along the shown valley and mountain folds before making the petal fold. Prefold along the three valley folds first. Then fold the two sides down to the baseline (see arrows). Fold the top point to one side to make the mountain fold. (Take care that you fold the top point to the right side where the mountain fold is set.) Prefold both sheets of paper along the valley and mountain fold. Then open the model, fold one layer of paper along the valley fold and flatten the model using the mountain fold. The big white arrow tells you to open the model. Prefold both sheets of paper in both directions (mountain and valley). Then open the model a little bit and bring the

Petal

Rabbit Ear

Squash

Inside Reverse

Outside Reverse

Crimp

Sink

top point down so that the mountain fold edge becomes a valley fold edge. It is similar to the inside reverse fold except the layers of the paper have to be wrapped around outside the point. A crimp is used as a way of incorporating two reverse folds to change the direction of a flap or point. In most cases it is easiest just to make two reverse folds one after the other (precrease both folds before). The lines next to the image should show you how the layers lie after folding. The sink fold is a method of blunting a point that has no open edges. The fold should first be precreased. Then carefully open the model and tuck the point inside. Flatten the model afterwards along existing creases.

ORIGAMI ARROWS

1. The country where Origami was invented was in China.

* Unknown but the art is said to have started approximately 2000 years ago. We can neither say that it originated in China because of the invention of paper which is traced in the Han Dynasty having no traces; nor, in Japan during the Heian Era due to the stories of Abe-no Seimei and Fujiwara-no Kiyosuke 2. The country to develop Origami into fine art is in Japan. * Japan This country flourished in this art after the Buddhist Monks brought paper to Japan in sixth century. The first Japanese folds date from that period. The art was however, restricted in Japan to only the ceremonial occasions because paper was scarce. The old origami figures were mainly shaped as animals, costumed people, and ceremonial designs. Even though the modern ethic forbids it, the Japanese people frequently used cuts in the paper. Japan developed origami to a very high art form. he oldest known written document about Japanese origami, the Senbazuru Orikata ("How to Fold One Thousand Cranes"), surfaced in 1797. 3. The word Origami came from the words oru and kami * Ori and Kami Orus translation is Nikki while Oris translation is Fold. 4. No Colored Paper is allowed is a rule in the traditional Origami. * Yes however, many believed it originated in the West, not in Japan because the West stick too much in the traditional rules while the Japanese books use all kinds of cutting, pasting, odd paper shapes, etc. 5. There are three types of origami: ancient, medieval and contemporary. * Two types: Ancient and Contemporary Ancient origami requires paper and hands. Contemporary origami requires the addition of scissors, glue etc. Importance of Shapes in Origami The shapes created by paper in origami had special meanings. The shapes added special meaning to what the paper held on it or in it. It was also used for love notes, where it got all the more important. Firstly, the shape itself could represent a message and the choice of color and shape helped convey the emotions of the writer. Secondly, as origami is an intricate art, if the love note went in the wrong hands, it was unlikely that the reader could perfectly refold the shape. So, the origami love notes were extremely safe as they could not be read by wrong persons without the recipient knowing about it. COLOR MEANINGS Red Red is the traditional color for roses and Valentine's Day. Red represents strong love, passion and desire. Studies show that a woman in a red dress becomes a focal point in a room! This is a

very

powerful

color.

Dark Crimson Dark crimson stands for inner beauty and inner strength. It represents soul mates - a connection without words. Pink Pink represents happiness, tenderness, best friends and sweethearts. Pink is the fresh blush on a maiden's cheeks. Orange Orange is a rich color of enthusiasm and energy. Orange is the lush autumn foliage and the warmth of a fire. Yellow Yellow stands for freedom and joy. Yellow is the perfect color to spur creativity - to celebrate the beginning of a new project or the completion of a successful one. Yellow is the bright welcome of sunshine. Green Green is the traditional color of healing - it represents living things growing healthily and with strength. It is the color of harmony and finding balance. Green is the color of luck and wealth. It is of course the modern color for St. Patrick's Day! It is the color of grassy meadows and lush forests. Blue Blue represents honor and faith. A trustworthy friend or lover is "true blue". Blue is also the color of meaningful spirituality. It represents a bond of the spirit. In traditional celtic times, blue was the color of Ireland. It is the color of the sea and of the open sky. Purple Purple is the traditional color of nobility and courtly love. This is the color of knights and maidens, of princes and princesses. It represents elegance and wine. Amethyst is the stone for birthdays and anniversaries in February. White White represents the hope for the future, a fresh start, innocence and purity. White has been the traditional color for brides since the Victorian era. In many cultures white represents a joyous eternity. White and Red A combination of red and white represent unity, of two people who care for each other standing together. It combines together the red of love with the white of eternity. Silver Silver stands for elegance. Silver has been treasured by people for thousands of years. Silver is the traditional color for the 25th anniversary.

Gold Gold represents a love and loyalty which is eternal. Wedding bands are made from gold, and a high compliment is to say someone has "a heart of gold". Gold is the traditional color for the 50th anniversary. Ivory Ivory stands for luxury and tradition. It represents a quiet, steady, warm caring. Brown and Beige Brown and beige colors represent grounding, being down to earth and dependable. This is the trust and loyalty of a true friend. Tea Tea is a light brown color representing remembrance and fond memories. Black Black is a classic formal color, the color of black tie dinners and tuxedos. It is the color of strength and stability. ANIMALS Crane - Long life, happiness, peace Fish - Happiness, well-being, freedom, strength, courage and determination Butterfly - Young girls emerging into beauty and grace. Two butterflies dancing around symbolize marital happiness. Rabbit - Shy, mischievous, clownish, fertility, and rebirth, springtime. Dragon - power, wisdom, success and mastery. Strength, luck and fortune. Frog safe return in journeys; good fortune. Turtle longevity, protection; heaven and earth Cat Independence, balance, mystery, wisdom, self-assured protector Llama endurance under difficult situations, responsibility and hard work