Sipho Mabona Grizzly Bear CP

[dhouser]

I would love to learn how to fold Mabona's Grizzly bear, however I've never folded something from a CP. I wouldn't even know where to begin. Is there somebody that can help me get started in the right direction?

Thanks a lot - I appreciate it!!

[HankSimon]

First, I can't fold CPs either. However, if you have the patience, it's not any harder than learning how to fold Origami models from diagrams.
1. Google: how to fold a crease pattern
2. Work through the tutorials, starting with Robert Lang's and keep going.
3. Also, Print about 10 copies of this CP on cheap paper, also 10" x 10" makes life a little easier, as a start.
4. Print a the Photo of the model as a reference.
5. There are common patterns that experienced CP folders learn to recognize... Takes lots of practice.
6. On quick look, you can see that the model is symmetric along one axis, and there are 4 legs and feet.
7. In addition to the points (the claws), the legs are folded like an accordion, using sinks or pleat sinks.
8. The top of the CP, as shown, looks like the head of the bear.
9. About 1 inch from each top corner, there is a small, acute triangle. Those may be the ears.
10. There's a lot more analysis that will help you fold. At some point, accept that you need to crumble some paper. Take a sheet and crease all the folds. Some will be wrong. Take notes and experiment.
11. Do NOT throw your experiment away. Label and document, because you may learn how to fold some feature just by random folding. Or you may learn something about Origami Design !
12. If you have the capability, take videos of the process, then a final video of your solution.

This should keep you busy until someone provides specific help. Plus, a video record might provide something that folks can critique to help you improve your CP skills.

Note, some of the best, advanced folks on this Forum also cannot do CPs. They take a patience that not everyone has. Just like learning to Diagram, learning to solve and fold CPs, takes some time to develop the skills. Good Luck.

[dhouser]

Thanks for the helpful info. I printed out a few copies of the CP and started folding along the printed lines. I turned on some music and just concentrated on folding. I guess I got in this zone, because I was able to collapse the model! I was able to do it in about 2 hours. I then tried again, to see if I could replicate what I did the first time, and I was able to collapse it again, however it was a bit different this time.

At this point its just a matter of inspecting the picture of the complete model to make sure all of my layers are in the right place. It is easy to have things mis-layered. I am happy with my second attempt on the forelegs, now i am just trying to figure out the back legs again, because I did things a bit differently in front the second time.

I will post some pictures later!