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Video Tutorial – “Chickadee”

A model design of Himanshu Agrawal..

Origami Model of a Chickadee designed by Himanshu Agrawal

Do you like to fold origami animals? You’re in luck! Here at Origami Spirit, we feature origami animals we’re sure you’ll enjoy. You can find these origami models in this gallery >>> HERE

A charming bird designed by Himanshu Agrawal, this model can be used as a box or as a lantern. Himanshu was interviewed as a special guest Origamigos and this model, and a lovely nested hexagonal box, is available to you as a member.

Would you like to learn how to fold this model?

The tutorial is found inside Origamigos, our sister site for members.

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Tips and suggestions for making the Chickadee

  • Any thin and crisp paper is ideal to use for this bird. In the video, one bird is demonstrated using kami paper.
  • Use a piece of paper (solid color) that’s at least 6 x 6 inches (15 x 15 cm.) when you make this model for the first time.
  • The finished bird shows both sides of the paper. It is best to use paper with a different color on each side.

Origami terms to note:

  • Pinch Mark: A tiny mark that is made by folding.
  • Precrease: Marking the paper by folding and unfolding. When we pre-crease, we are setting the stage for later steps in the folding process. Precreases are usually made when we begin a set of folds.
  • Pleat fold: A mountain and valley fold that together pleat a section of the paper.
  • Reverse a fold: to turn a fold from valley into a mountain or the other way around, mountain into a valley
  • Lock: When locking occurs, an area of the paper is fixed at a particular configuration so that it stays in place and cannot easily be unfolded.

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