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Aveuglami project - folding sheet
Snail
| Author | Traditional |
| Category | animal |
| Difficulty | **** |
| Format | square |
| Base | preliminary |
| Text | A folding that should not be hastened to carry out... First step of a frog base 1. Start with the preliminary base, oriented free ends downwards. To facilitate the formation of the petal folds from [step 16] to [step 20], it is recommended to start by making a blintz base, then completely unfold the result to make a preliminary base. The additional oblique folds are not involved in the creation of the preliminary base. 2. Form a valley fold by bringing the upper right edge of the right front flap over the vertical middle fold. Unfold. Unfold. 3. Raise the right part of the front flap vertically. Slide a finger inside the triangular pocket to open it. Flatten it using the folds made in the previous step. The flattened flap transforms into a front triangle to which are connected, by two hinged edges, two small triangles (one left and one right) of which part is hidden and part is visible below the lower edge of the front triangle. The whole forms a symmetrical quadrilateral in relation to a vertical median axis, with a long sharp point upwards and a short point downwards. 4. Flip the fold from left to right. 5. Form a valley fold by bringing the upper right edge of the right front flap over the vertical middle fold. Unfold. 6. Raise the right part of the front flap vertically. Slide a finger inside the triangular pocket to open it. Flatten it using the folds made in the previous step. 7. Rotate the small left front flap from left to right along the center vertical axis. 8. Rotate the left front flap from left to right along the center vertical axis. 9. Form a valley fold by bringing the upper right edge of the right front flap over the vertical middle fold. Unfold. 10. Raise the right part of the front flap vertically. Slide a finger inside the triangular pocket to open it. Flatten it using the folds made in the previous step. 11. Flip the fold from right to left. 12. Rotate the small left front flap from left to right along the center vertical axis. 13. Rotate the left front flap from left to right along the center vertical axis. 14. Form a valley fold by bringing the upper right edge of the right front flap over the vertical middle fold. Unfold. 15. Raise the right part of the front flap vertically. Slide a finger inside the triangular pocket to open it. Flatten it using the folds made in [step 14]. We obtain a diamond shape with a closed elongated point and a shorter point formed by 4 small free flaps distributed 2 by 2 around the vertical axis. The top of each point looks like two rectangle triangles linked by a hinge fold. Prepare the shell and the horns. 16. Put the fold in a vertical orientation, the long closed point down. 17. Create an oblique crease by bringing the right side of the upper right triangle (single thickness) to the left, on the hinge side of the top right triangle. The fold starts on top of the triangle and meets, on the right hinge fold of the bottom point, the oblique fold done on [step 1]. A triangle with a right hinge side appears. 18. Create an oblique crease by bringing the right side of the new triangle (double thickness) to the left, on the middle slit. Take care of the single thickness flap which must correctly be maintained inside the new fold. 19. Create an oblique valley crease by bringing the left side of the upper right triangle (single thickness) to the right, so that the new valley fold lies at around one third of the width of the initial top triangle. The fold starts on top of the triangle. 20. Create an oblique valley fold by folding the hinge edge of the new triangle along the vertical slit. This new triangle is a little bit larger than the one created in [step 18] and [step 19]. 21. Flip the fold from right to left. 22. Apply the folds of [step 17] to [step 20] to the upper right and left flaps. On top of the folding, you find now two thick very elongated triangles. Under these two triangles, you find four double thickness flaps, two on the right, two on the left. They hide two thick triangles, identical to the ones on top. 23. Taking the first right triangle, make it rotate from right to left around the middle vertical of the folding , so that it hides the thick triangles. 24. Flip the folding from right to left. Two thick triangles appear again. 25. Apply [step 24] to the right triangle, in order to hide the thick triangles. You get a thick diamond shape, with a short closed point, which will become the snail shell. On the other side, you get a long acute point made of 4 different flaps. The upper and the lower flaps have a smooth external surface. The two intenal flaps are very thick, very acute, separated by a slit. They will become the horns of the snail. Making of the head of the snail 26. Put the fold on a vertical position, the closed point down. 27. Take the upper point and fold it back downwards a little, as far as possible from the summit. Make a fold as light as possible, in order to get a horizontal reference line. Unfold. 28. Create a valley fold by bringing the top of the upper point on the vertical fold in the middle of the lower tip. Mark well. This will be the top of the snail head. There is no landmark for this fold. You get an acute triangle, whose whose back horizontal hinge edge is a little bit hgher than the horizontal mark made on [step 27]. One centimeter is a good distance when using a 21x21 cm paper. You can see now part of the two very acute and thick points. 29. Unfold the upper triangle. Opening somewhat it, reverse the folds so that the whole triangle disaperars inside the diamond. This is a difficult step. You need to put this former triangle inside without losing the other parts of the fold. You have created a small triangular pocket. 30. Fold the left acute and thick point towards the left, creating an oblique valley fold starting as far as possible down the slit separating both points. Mark well. There is no landmark for this fold. It will be the left horn of the snail. You have to imagine the best position for your eyes. 31. Unfold the last fold and remake it by inverting the valley folds into mountain folds. The left horn is fixed and looks better. However, this fold is a little bit tricky, and is not mandatory. 32. Fold the right acute and thick point towards the right, creating an oblique valley fold starting as far as possible down the slit separating both points. Mark well. There is no landmark for this fold. It will be the right horn of the snail. You have to imagine the best position for your eyes. 33. Unfold the last fold and remake it by inverting the valley folds into mountain folds. The right horn is fixed and looks better. However, this fold is a little bit tricky, and is not mandatory. 34. Flip the fold from right to left. 35. Create a mountain fold so that the point goes to the rear of the snail, between the two horns. 36. Flip the fold from right to left. 37. Insert the tip of the triangle into the pocket created at [step 29]. Push it as far as possible. The head of the sail is now finished. Making of the shell of the snail 38.Flip the fold from right to left, closed tip downwards. The shell will be made from the triangle formed by the bottom acute tip and the obtuse tips which exist on the right and left sides. 39. Create a horizontal valley fold between the two obtuse tips by bringing the bottom tip up and down towards the snail head. This part of the snail is very thick. Work slowly. Unfold. The intersection of this horizontal fold and the vertical one starting from the bottom tip will serve as a landmark for the next fold. 40. Create a valley fold by bringing the bottom tip onto the intersection of this horizontal fold and the vertical one starting from the bottom. Mark well. 41. Unfold. Transform the valley fold into a mountain one. Return to the valley fold, then the mountain fold a few times. Stop with the bottom part flat on the table. Because of the thickness of this part, you have to be cautious so that the alternate folds are exactly on the same line. 42. Using the valley fold of [step 39], put the bottom tip at the vertical. You get a thick triangle whose both free sides are made of four hinge edges. 43. Opening sligtly the body of the snail, using the folds made at [step 40] and [step 41], enlarge the tail by simultaneously bringing out the valley folds which are hidden inside of the body and pushing on the top of the triangle in order to flatten the summit. Continue until you obtain a flat octagon hiding the eight hinge edges which are no longer straight ones. This is the most difficult step of this folding. Be patient! 44. Finish by shaping the body with some pinching to make it more slender. Position the horns. Shape the shell to your taste. Three species are shown on the photo. Try to make them, and discover unknowm (maybe forgotten) species! |
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