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i have tried to contact the artist twice, i love this fold but cant figure it out what the base fold is. can anyone tell me hoe to fold this or what book it might be in. i have 6 Tomoko Fuse books bit i didn't see it.

I don't know this specific fold, but on p. 46 & 47 of Paper Folding for Beginners by William D. Murray & Francis J. Rigney, there is model called The Secret Envelope. (The book is available from used book sellers).

See the Puzzle Purse:
http://www.origami-resource-center.com/ ... tions.html

I am not an expert with Fuse, but I imagine that she has created a similar pattern. I think it is a common locking mechanism.

- Hank Simon

thank you, i will look for that book. i know it has to be a common fold, i've gotten close. but not exact.

The Puzzle Purse link that I provided is mostly the same as in the book I referenced - no reason to buy the book for that one fold.

However, I believe that Fuse has a similar fold, but I'm not a Fuse expert.

Try folding the Puzzle Purse and see if you get the same effect. If you do, please post pictures.

- Hank Simon

Hm...I don't think it's the same fold (the one hkdsass been looking for and the link). I already did the one in the link, but it's quite different with the picture provided. Let me search more on the net and I'll post once I get it.

thank you Hank, i did try the puzzle purse and it is very similar to the diagram but there are a few addition folds that i have to figure out

i think i got it thank you Hank

Beautiful ! they look great, and I like the choice of paper.

You'll have to teach us how to do it .

Any ideas for additional accents and modifications ?

Thanks,
Hank Simon

Thank you, you helped to get me started & I will work on a tutorial

Awesome! I can't wait!
(200th post of mine!)

Hi. First post here, I would really like to know how you managed to do those. Could you at least give me a few hints on how it's different from the simple puzzle purse linked above? Thanks!

ok here is the steps i took from the original puzzle purse, i did discover that the pillow bead from the artist i posted might be from a sonobe modular fold. but ok here is my version:


only fold two sides in like so:





fold the two top flaps down at an angle:


then finish the fold like the puzzle box:


all done


i apologize for the lack of instructions this is my first tutorial and i'm not that great as a teacher.

Thanks a lot for the quick and detailed reply!

However, I'm having trouble understanding what happens in the second and third photo.

hkdsass wrote:only fold two sides in like so:

Could you (or anyone else, if you do understand ) please elaborate a bit?

Cheers

if i can tonight, i'll make a video via you tube and post it.

Terrific reverse engineering (or original design ?).

I agree that we need a few more steps between Photo 2 and Photo 3.

Thanks for posting and sharing your hard effort.

- Hank Simon