Origami Koi Dollar Bill
54 shape the whiskers.
Origami koi dollar bill. In this video we ll be making a koi fish out of a dollar bill. Make the valley fold on the printed line. He s not just following directions he s inventing the blueprint for these amazing designs.
It was originally designed by charles bast and jeremy shafer came up with this variation on it to simplify the folding sequence and make it stand up. Use the pattern printed on the note as a reference. Its an old skill only known by a very few and only truly mastered by a handful of people.
Folding won park s dollar koi. Orikane was general kept as an underground trick by the super wealthy and elite who wanted that touch of panache to impress the fattest of cats. Based out of honolulu hawaii artist and designer won park creates incredible origami pieces using only one dollar bills.
What s most impressive about park s work is that he designs them as well. Won park has designed one of the most famous origami koi designs and it s folded using a dollar bill. A typical sheet of paper used for origami is square but we all know that bills are rectangular adding yet another dimension to his work.
59 rabbit ear to thin flap. It s time to get in the diy spirit and make your money interesting and beautiful by utilizing dollar bill origami. The origami dollar bill cross the traditional emblem of remembrance day is the poppy but this year i ve folded this origami cross made from a us dollar bill.
This is not a tutorial. Its a weird and wonderful art dollar bill origami money origami or orikane as its actual known. Go back to the original view step 48 thin the body towards the tail on both sides making a crimp.
Won park s excellent 8 part tutorial is found at the following url. Here s another beautiful collection of koi. 55 the head lips and whiskers are now complete.
Not only is diy money origami a budget friendly gift idea it s awe inspiring. Diagrams available from origami resource center.
