Basic Form III

May 4, 2007

Filed under: Classic Origami, Classic Origami base techniques — united06 @ 10:18 pm

bf3mainpic.JPG

*Basic Form III, needed for many instructions later.

bf3step1.JPG

1. Prefold a square piece of paper at the marked lines

bf3step2.JPG
2. With the white side upwards, valley fold at the lines…

bf3step3.JPG
3. …so that the corner remains standing up; press the outer edge of the corner downwards.

bf3step4.JPG
4. Combination fold, …

bf3step5.JPG
5. …and pull the lower corner of the square upwards.

bf3step6.JPG
6. Valley fold downwards (where prefold lines cross).

bf3step7.JPG
7. Combination fold; this moves the arrow-marked corner inward onto the diagonal.

bf3step8.JPG
8. Repeat these folds…

bf3step9.JPG

9. …on the left side
bf3step10.JPG

10. Completed Basic Form III

3 Comments »

  1. [...] Starting point is step 11 of the Peacock, based on Basic Form III. Combination fold at the [...]

    Pingback by DIY and creativity @AFmag » Blog Archive » Classic Origami: Rooster — May 10, 2007 @ 1:16 am

  2. [...] Starting point is step 11 of the Peacock, based on Basic Form III (http://diy.afmag.net/basic-form-iii.html).  Fold the corner up and [...]

    Pingback by DIY and creativity @AFmag » Classic Origami: Hen — May 24, 2007 @ 10:17 am

  3. [...] Starting point is Basic Form III. Fold the smaller square upwards and the rear square downwards. 2. On both sides, valley fold [...]

    Pingback by DIY and creativity @AFmag » Classic Origami: Peacock — September 16, 2007 @ 10:37 pm

RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URL

Leave a comment