Origami Patterns

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Origami Patterns Symbols and Folds

First things first, we need to learn the origami patterns symbols used to direct paper folding.  Ask me how I know.  Ha!

I thought I could just grab a pattern and start folding my paper by looking at the drawings.  It was a pattern for a CD pouch and was supposed to take ten minutes.  Over an hour later I was completely lost.  

It called for valley folds and mountain folds.   Well, okay.  I encountered arrows with closed triangles on one end.  Hmm.  Then there was the instruction to pull trapped layers out.  What?  Where?

So here's a vital link for us: http://dev.origami.com/diagram.cfm where I found a little 7-page ebook showing all the origami folds and symbols.  Great!

Here's a page showing the complete array of symbols you'll encounter in origami patterns.  These are our abc's.

I don't know about you, but I'm printing these handy road maps out for reference to keep from getting lost when I fold my origami patterns.







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