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I've been wondering how many one-fold models there actually are, there's the elephant and the stegosaurus, but are there any others?

There's the 1 fold butterfly, I don't know any others...

There's also the origami tent, where you fold the square by it's vertical half with a 90° angle and you place it like this Λ

I decided to create my own and came up with a diamond and a cobra-head from a square piece of paper. They almost have the same process, if you use a mountain fold you get a diamond and if you use a valley fold, you get a cobra head.

I also came up with a sail boat from a equilateral triangle.

Nice! Have you got any pictures of them? The reason i like one-fold models is because they are so simple but clever in a way nothing else is, which is why i'm looking for them.
I also like the way that you can make it just from looking at a picture of one.

There's also a "female form" where the crease goes only halfway through the paper, forming kind of a triangle in the middle of the paper.

Harpseal wrote:Nice! Have you got any pictures of them? The reason i like one-fold models is because they are so simple but clever in a way nothing else is, which is why i'm looking for them.
I also like the way that you can make it just from looking at a picture of one.

Sure thing

Very nice! I like the boat! Very good for one fold!
Female form. Sounds interesting, might be worth a try. The other good point about one-fold models is that they are very quick to make, and normally, you can make something else out of the paper afterwards.

Here is the last one :

is only a half fold and is the backside




the papercolor was 229;194;152 or #E5C298 (search at "skin tones")

very funny! Very appropriate paper too!
Thanks for the diagram Gerado! It is very clear! Nice model too. =)>

sinubuj wrote:is only a half fold and is the backside

Very clever! So we're looking at part of the butt cheeks .

What was the copyright for? Is that your design, or was the copyright specifically for the folded paper in the photo or even the photo itself ?

Harpseal wrote:Thanks for the diagram Gerado! It is very clear! Nice model too. =)>

That would be the cobra head. Although I asked and people also thought it was an owl or a heart .

One fold models AREN'T easy !

Gerardo wrote:What was the copyright for? Is that your design, or was the copyright specifically for the folded paper in the photo or even the photo itself ?

Yes, it is my design.
The copyright is only for the photo, because there are some websites that would like to use it. But I do not want to have my website link to their page.

sinubuj wrote:Yes, it is my design.
The copyright is only for the photo, because there are some websites that would like to use it. But I do not want to have my website link to their page.

Oh, I see .

I love the design! Are you sure it's just one fold? I think I'm counting two or three ... but that's just me .

Gerardo wrote:

sinubuj wrote:Yes, it is my design.
The copyright is only for the photo, because there are some websites that would like to use it. But I do not want to have my website link to their page.

Oh, I see .

I love the design! Are you sure it's just one fold? I think I'm counting two or three ... but that's just me .

one fold and the rest is shaping i think

Yes the rest is shaping.

And here is a mountain,


a face,


a dog ear and


and a table card