Homage to Picasso
As a big fan of Picasso’s work, creating an origami tribute to him was a fun artistic challenge. This piece is loosely based on elements of the master’s portrait artwork. A survey was taken from various books on his works, and I drew a distillation of these images. The folding sequence is asymmetrical of course, given the idiosyncratic reference material. Supposedly Picasso himself dabbled in origami, making this homage all the more fitting.
Begin with the hair color side facing down. Mountain fold. Unfold.
Pinch the lower half in half.
Valley fold, corner to the pinch.
Turn over.
Valley fold to the intersection of raw edges.
Unfold completely.
Partially fold in half, diagonally. Unfold.
Valley fold at the intersection of the creases made in steps 5 and 7.
Valley fold down along the existing crease.
Valley fold up to meet the hidden edge.
Open out the bottom flap.
Valley fold along the existing crease.
Fold in half. Unfold.
Mountain fold along the raw edge of the top flap.
Valley fold.
Squash fold.
Valley fold along the angle bisector.
Turn over.
Valley fold.
Inside reverse fold.
Squash fold.
Valley fold down.
Mountain fold.
Inside reverse fold.
Mountain fold.
Valley fold in about ⅙th the width of the flap.
Valley fold over.
Valley fold the left corner, and mountain fold the right corner.
Valley fold the indicated corners equally.
Mountain fold the indicated flap.
Mountain fold the corner.
Mountain fold. Note that part of the fold is hidden.
Valley fold the corner. Make the flap 3-D with a curved mountain fold.
The completed Homage to Picasso.
