ORIGAMI đơn GIẢN 08

Intermediate

Starry Sky
Created by Marcia Joy Miller
What a special feeling it is to gaze upon an evening sky.
Recreate that experience by making Starry Sky. This
model is a modular design that may be displayed on a
wall. It is constructed from two types of units. You can
create the modules during coffee breaks and connect
them after work.

PAPER: Use thirty-six squares of medium weight bond
paper that are all the same size. Choose twenty-four
squares in a sky color and twelve squares in a star color.
A convenient paper from which to fold Starry Sky is
3½-inch memo cube paper.

1 Tab unit: Start with a
completed Preliminary Base
made from star-color paper.
Mountain fold the bottom
of the flap into the model.
Repeat behind.

2 Squash fold the right flap.

BASIC TECHNIQUES: See Chapter 1 for the Squash
Fold, Preliminary Base, and Sink Fold exercises.

4 Turn the model over from
side to side.

3 Tuck the top of the double
layer under the triangular
flap.

6 Completed tab unit. Make
5 Repeat steps 2–3 on the
right flap.

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five more from star-color
paper and six from sky-color
paper.

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AFTERͳWORK ORIGAMI

7

Pocket unit: Start with a
completed Preliminary Base
made from sky-color paper.
Make a short crease on the
front.

8

Sink fold the top quarter
of the model.

9 Fold the flap up.

inside.

Make seventeen additional
pocket units in sky-color and
six pocket units in star-color.

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13 Repeat steps 2–3. Turn

14 Repeat steps 2–3.

the model over from side to
side.

11 Tuck the double layer

15 Completed pocket unit.

10 Fold the top corner to
the folded edge.

12 Repeat steps 9–11 on
the back.

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18 Notice that B identifies

16 Assembly: Steps 16–22
show how to connect the
ends of two units to build
the motifs shown in step
24. Place the bottom unit
between the layers of the top
unit.

17 Steps 18–19 show a
magnified view of the circled
area.

the bottom right corner
of the square flap that is
underneath the front layer
of the top unit. Insert B into
the pocket that is near A.

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