Jeremy Shafer demonstrates how to fold a tiny suit, both coat and pants, using origami paper. The basic design requires nine folds, but a couple of extra folds make this suit stand up for display.
Materials
square sheet of paper with one colored side and one white side - for best results, use specially packaged origami paper available from local arts and crafts stores
Steps
- Begin with the white side of the paper facing up. Valley fold and unfold both ways in half.
- Valley fold the sides to center so they overlap by approximately a millimeter.
- Valley fold and unfold. Turn the paper over so the color side is facing up.
- Valley fold to the creases made in step 3.
- Valley fold the flap down. The fold is just above the bottom edge.
- Valley fold the sides exactly to the center.
- Valley fold and unfold through all layers. Turn over.
- Valley fold the corners to the sides to form the collar. These folds extend just down to the existing crease.
- Mountain fold the top behind. It should end up just short of the bottom of the jacket.
- Holding the model as illustrated, use thumb to roll out paper to form an arm. Repeat to form the arm on the other side.
- Mountain fold the shoulders behind.
- Thin out the sides of the pants using mountain folds.
- Mountain fold the inseam of the pants. The easiest way to do this is to pinch the folds through all layers, then fold behind just the top layer.
- The suit is ready. To make it stand up, turn the model over.
- Holding down the back of the jacket with one hand, slide out paper from underneath and make the flap stick straight out.
- Repeat step 15 on the other side. For the sake of aesthetics, close the flaps on the jacket.
- Turn the model over and shape it as desired.
Resources Origami to Astonish and Amuse
by Jeremy Shafer (ISBN: 0312254040)
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Guests Jeremy Shafer
Professional Origami designer
Berkeley, CA
Phone: 510-548-6670
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