LEVEL 5 · ★★★★★ Master
Advanced and Complex Origami for Adults
Adults · 17 models. For: you can fold challenge models without diagrams.
Who is it for?
- You can fold Challenge models without diagrams
- Adults who enjoy spending hours on one piece
- You are curious about folding from crease patterns
What you will learn
- Do open and closed sink folds accurately
- Read a crease pattern and see which corner becomes what
- Add curves and volume to give the model character
- Keep a big sheet accurate from start to finish
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Key techniques
Tap a card to see the animation and explanation on the origami words page.
Techniques used in these 17 models
Recommended order
Fold them in this order and you will add one new skill at a time.
ORIGINALたからぶねTreasure Ship (Takarabune)
Inside reverse foldOutside reverse fold3D shapingCrease pattern
Tips for Master models
Big, thin paper (35 cm+)
マスターの作品は、紙の角を細かく割りふるので、大きくてうすい紙が必要です。和紙や、うすいホイル紙が向いています。
Master models split the paper into many small flaps, so you need large, thin paper such as washi or thin foil.
Sink folds start with perfect creases
沈め折りは、まず沈める部分のまわりの山・谷を全部つけ直し、紙を少し開いてから、まん中を押しこみます。とじた沈め折りは、開かずに押しこむ、さらにむずかしい折り方です。
Before a sink, re-crease every mountain and valley around it, open the paper a little, then push the center in. A closed sink is pushed in without opening — even harder.
Shaping brings it to life
首の角度、足の向き、背中の丸み。最後の数分のしあげで、同じ作品でもまったくちがう表情になります。
The angle of the neck, the direction of the legs, the curve of the back — a few minutes of shaping changes everything.
Wet-folding
厚めの紙を少ししめらせて折ると、やわらかい曲線が出せ、かわくとそのまま固まります。吉澤章さんが広めた技法です。
Slightly dampen thick paper to fold soft curves that stay when it dries. Akira Yoshizawa made this technique famous.
Try folding from a crease pattern
上級者は、折り図ではなく展開図（折りすじの地図）だけで折ることもあります。このサイトの作品ページの「練習用紙」は、その作品の展開図です。
Advanced folders sometimes fold from a crease pattern alone. The practice sheet on each model page is that model’s crease pattern.
All Master models (17)
ORIGINALたからぶねTreasure Ship (Takarabune)
Inside reverse foldOutside reverse fold3D shapingCrease pattern
ORIGINALくじゃく（マスター）Peacock (Master)
BaseInside reverse foldOutside reverse foldCollapseCrease pattern
