Crease Patterns Origami

A crease pattern is basically just an origami model that has been unfolded and shows all the creases on the original flat piece of paper.

Crease patterns origami. Crease patterns of my best work designed from 1999 current year. If the two colours meet you know where you need. To a folder they can provide signposts on the way to a fold.

To the designer they provide a structural representation of the artwork. Crease patterns are a quick an easy way to record how to fold an origami model. Multiple short creases all radiating from a single point may be claws toes or tentacles.

It s much harder to fold an origami model from a crease pattern than it is from a diagram. Origami crease patterns serve many purposes. Unfold your paper figure take out two crayons and colour the pattern.

Some of the revised crease patterns are not shown here because they are exclusive to my new book origami nature study at least for a short while. In a crease pattern you can see everything that is hidden in the folded work. To the everyday viewer they provide an alternate way of looking at the folded subject.

How to fold origami crease patterns if your creation looks uneven or off go through the math rules to see what the mistake is and fix it.