Swan 3
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Swan 3
| Author | unknown |
| Category | bird |
| Difficulty | ** |
| Format | square |
| Base | kite |
| Text | This very elegant swan initially looks like a brother to Swan 1. It is in fact the same technique that is used, applied to a quadruple thickness sheet. It is the final modeling which will highlight the differences between these two birds.
1. Take a square sheet of paper, hold it in a horizontal position. Quadruple the thickness of the sheet 2. Form a valley fold by bringing the right edge to the left edge from right to left. Mark the fold. We obtain a vertical rectangular shape composed of two flaps linked by a vertical hinge fold located on the right. 3. Form a valley fold by bringing the bottom edge up to the top edge. Mark the fold. We obtain a square shape composed of two double thickness flaps linked by a lower horizontal hinge fold. Prepare a kite base 4. Turn the folding from right to left, so as to put it in the point up position. The upper point is formed by four single-thick points, while the lower point is a closed point with a hinge fold on the left and two hinge folds on the right. 5. Form a valley fold along the vertical diagonal by bringing, from right to left, the middle right corner to the middle left corner. Do not mark the fold too much. We obtain a triangular shape composed of two triangular flaps linked by a hinge edge. 6. Hold the fold in a vertical position, with the hinged edge on the right. 7. Form a valley fold by bringing the lower left edge of the front triangular flap from left to right over the hinge edge, adjusting the lower left edge of the triangular flap along the hinge edge. 8. Flip the fold from right to left. The hinge edge is now on the left. 9. Form a valley fold by bringing the lower right edge of the front triangular flap from right to left over the hinge edge, adjusting the lower right edge of the triangular flap along the hinge edge. 10. Open the fold along the hinge edge by bringing the rear flap forward. The kite base is ready. We have a diamond with a long point towards the bottom and a shorter point towards the top. The two folded triangles are joined along the vertical median fold. 11. Fold the valley base onto the median vertical fold. 12. Turn the model so that the long vertical hinge fold is on the right. We obtain a triangular shape with a long point downwards. A vertical hinge fold connects two identical triangular flaps, the lower part of which is thickness 8. 13. Form a valley fold by bringing the lower left edge of the front flap obliquely from left to right on the hinge fold. Mark the fold well. When carrying out this fold, you must ensure that all the layers are folded well together and do not slide on top of each other. 14. Flip the fold from right to left. 15. Form a valley fold by bringing the lower right edge of the front flap obliquely from right to left on the hinge fold. Mark the fold well. We obtain a thinner triangular shape than the first time, with a long point downwards. A vertical hinge fold on the left connects two identical triangular flaps, the lower part of which is quadruple thickness. 16. Open the folding by bringing the rear flap forward with a movement from left to right. We find a base of the kite but with two left and right flaps on top straddling two hidden flaps. Neck and head preparation 17. Form a valley fold by bringing the lower point up to the upper point. We now have a very thick triangular front flap, with a horizontal hinge base. 18. Locate the middle of the lower horizontal side. This point is at the intersection of a vertical fold mark located in the middle of the front flap (it's a median) and the horizontal bottom edge. 19. Form a valley fold by bringing the upper point of the front flap from top to bottom on the midpoint that you have just identified. Unfold. This fold allows the front flap to be divided into two parts: a triangular upper part, and a trapezoid-shaped lower part. We will only focus on the upper triangle. 20. Divide the upper triangular part into three parts, without marking the folds too much. Locate the third close to the base of the triangle. 21. Form a valley fold located in the lower third of the triangle by folding the upper point of the front fold down over the middle of the triangle. Mark the fold well. This will be the bird's forehead. We now have a small elongated triangular flap pointing downwards. It will be used to make the head. 22. Form a valley fold by folding the tip of the small triangular flap upwards. The fold should be parallel to the top edge of the triangular flap. Mark the fold well. There is no reference point. A fold of a few millimeters will be enough. We align the vertex of the triangle with the general direction of the median. 23. Form a valley fold by folding the upper point of the small triangle downward. The tip should come on the general direction of the median. We make the future beak, so that it is not pointy. There is no reference point, but the length of the beak will be equal to the distance between the horizontal fold that we have just made and the one that marks the forehead. If we observe the result of these folds on the initial triangular flap, we find, starting at the bottom and going up along the median, the mark of the first middle fold then a series of folds corresponding to the future head. 24. Fold all the folds downwards into the valley without disturbing them, using the horizontal middle fold. 25. Fold the entire mountain fold along the vertical median. Carefully monitor what will make up the head so that the folds fall into place. We now have an elongated folding shape, characterized by the presence of a fairly thick complex structure flap (the neck and the head) straddling what will form the body and the wings. This part ends with a large point of double thickness which will be the tail of the bird. |
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