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Origami Masters: Bugs: How the Bug Wars Changed the Art of by Marcio Noguchi, Robert Lang, Shuki Kato, Jason Ku, Sebastian

By Marcio Noguchi, Robert Lang, Shuki Kato, Jason Ku, Sebastian Arellano, Won Park, Marc Kirschenbaum, Dan Robinson

In the early Nineteen Nineties, contributors of the Origami Tanteidan conference in Japan begun a special pageant dedicated to bugs and different arthropods as, over a interval of years, artists tried to one-up one another, successively including legs, antennae, wings, and extra. every year, the types grew to become more and more advanced, as origami fanatics from around the globe joined the fray. Beetles turned winged beetles. Winged beetles grew to become winged noticed beetles. And so on. Models went from 30 or forty steps to enormous quantities of steps. accordingly, origami artists constructed a variety of layout innovations that finally replaced the whole paintings of origami folding. Bugs proceed at the present time to be a favourite topic for origami artists, and this e-book either describes the unique demanding situations that stretched the paintings and in addition comprises 12 unique modern insects (including one master-level venture) designed through essentially the most proficient origami artists at the present time from round the world—with precise step by step directions to make them.

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Turn over. 3 4 4 Fold in half. Unfold. 5 Form a preliminary base. 6 Precrease: valley fold and unfold. Precrease: valley fold along angle bisectors. Repeat behind. 7 Precrease: valley fold along the angle bisectors and unfold. Valley fold through the intersection of the creases. indd 55 (RAY) (Text) 55 6/25/13 4:58 PM PM Job:06-30780 Title: Origami6/25/13 Masters3:56 Bugs #175 DTP:228 Page:55 8 9 Valley fold up to align with crease below. 11 10 Valley fold down to the folded edge. 12 13 Valley fold up again.

Indd 47 (RAY) (Text) 47 6/25/13 4:57 PM PM Job:06-30780 Title: Origami6/25/13 Masters3:56 Bugs #175 DTP:228 Page:47 8 9 Valley fold and unfold. 11 10 Valley fold while spreadsquashing the top. 14 Reverse fold in and out along the existing creases. 48 13 Valley fold along the angle bisector. 15 11–14 8–9 8–9 Repeat steps 8 to 9 on the other three corners. 12 Valley fold to the center. 8–9 Unfold the pleat. 16 11–14 Repeat steps 11 to 14 on the remaining seven flaps. Valley fold the top flaps outward.

Magnified view. 68 Valley fold the corner down. 60 Valley fold the corners. 69 Rabbit-ear the forelegs to the sides. indd 42 (RAY) (Text) 6/25/13 4:57 PM PM Job:06-30780 Title: Origami6/25/13 Masters3:56 Bugs #175 DTP:228 Page:42 ters Bugs Page:42 70 71 72 Fold the flaps up. Open spread the flaps to the sides. 73 74 Valley fold the flaps to the sides, opening the pleat. 76 Turn over. 77 Pleat fold. Sink the corners. Pleat fold. 75 Fold the tip down. 78 Open squash to make the eyes. indd 43 (RAY) (Text) 43 6/25/13 4:57 PM PM Job:06-30780 Title: Origami6/25/13 Masters3:56 Bugs #175 DTP:228 Page:43 79 80 Fold in half while crimping the neck.

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