Origami Spectacular! Ebook. Michael G. LaFosse

collapse the piece. Re-crease the folds to flatten the boat.

      4. Your paper should look like this. Fold up the bottom corner.

      5. Turn over.

      6. Here you have a preliminary Sailboat. You can make one sail smaller than the other. Fold the right sail down.

      7. Fold some of it back up, creating a new crease near the top.

      8. Tuck the bottom edge of the folded sail inside the boat.

      9. The finished Sailboat. This form of the Sailboat is the logo for OrigamiUSA.

      Masu

      Traditional Japanese design

      1. Begin with the colored side up. Valley-fold in half, edge to edge, both ways and unfold. Turn over.

      2. Fold all four corners to meet at the center.

      3. Fold and unfold all four edges to the center. Pull out the left and the right corners.

      4. Using the mountain and valley creases, bring up the bottom and top edges while folding in the corners.

      5. Continue to shape the box. Feel which way the creases move most easily.

      6. Fold in the left and right corners, over the walls and to the bottom of the box.

      7. The finished Masu. The paper Masu is a Japanese measuring box.

      Bookmark

      Designed by Michael G. LaFosse

      1. Begin with a small piece of paper, white side up. Valley-fold the paper in half, edge to edge, both ways and unfold.

      2. Fold the bottom corner to the center of the paper where the creases cross.

      3. Fold up the bottom half.

      4. Fold the left and right corners down into the pocket, as far as possible.

      5. Turn over.

      6. The finished Bookmark. Fit the Bookmark onto the corner of a page. You can decorate your Bookmark with stickers, stamps, or drawings.

      Whiskers the Cat

      Designed by Michael G. LaFosse

      1. Begin with the white side up. Valley-fold in half, top edge to bottom edge. Unfold.

      2. Fold the bottom right corner to the crease, making a neatly folded corner at the top right. Unfold.