Basics of Origami - I
This is the second post in "The Art of Origami" series.
Origami is a simple art – just one piece of square sheet (occasionally a rectangle) and the folds. Everyone knows how to fold a paper. This one fold, however, can give rise to really complex folds. In this post, I shall explore some simple folds which will be commonly used in origami design and the basic symbols used in origami folding sequences.
Figure 1: Mountain fold (on the left) turned over is a valley fold (on the right) This is the second post in "The Art of Origami" series.
Origami is a simple art – just one piece of square sheet (occasionally a rectangle) and the folds. Everyone knows how to fold a paper. This one fold, however, can give rise to really complex folds. In this post, I shall explore some simple folds which will be commonly used in origami design and the basic symbols used in origami folding sequences.
There are only two very basic folds – a mountain fold, forming a shape like a mountain and a valley fold, forming a shape like a valley. But, even these are the same. A valley fold is just a mountain fold with the paper turned over.