A Butterfly for Emiko Kruckner

“The Emiko Fritillary”

This butterfly is named for the late Emiko Kruckner, a Yoshizawa student and liaison between Master Yoshizawa and Michael LaFosse. She arranged Michael’s first trip to Tokyo in 1995, to advance the understanding of Yoshizawa’s importance in the art world.

“The Emiko Fritillary” is our gracious Cultural Ambassador in the kimono, skillfully straddling cultures to promote friendship through communication and understanding.

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This design will introduce a wing shape reminiscent of that of a cherry blossom, and so we call it the sakura style.

1. Begin with the minor color facing up. (A) Valley-fold in half, bottom edge to top. Unfold. (B) Valley-fold the bottom edge to the center crease. Unfold. (C) Move the bottom edge to the lower crease line and make a pinch mark. Unfold.

2. Lay the lower pinch mark on top of the lower full crease above it and valley-fold all the way across the paper. Unfold.

3. Valley-fold the bottom corners up to align with crease “B” from step 1.

4. Valley-fold the bottom edge up using the crease formed in step 2.

5. Repeat steps 1–4 with the opposite edge. Rotate the paper 90 degrees.

6. Valley-fold the bottom edge to the top.

7. Squash-fold the right half.

8. Your paper should look like this. Turn over, left to right.

9. Valley-fold the bottom corner to the top of the split. Unfold.

10. One at a time, squash-fold the upper right and left halves of the model, forming the wings.

11. Mountain- and valley-fold the abdomen over the right wing.

12. Valley-fold the left wing to match the right wing. Unfold.

13. (A) Squash-fold the paper for the head. (B) Mountain-fold the corner behind. (C) Your paper should look like this. (D) Fold the wings together.

14. (A) Mountain-fold the abdomen edges inside. (B) Valley-fold the wings down on each side.

The Butterfly for Emiko Kruckner. Now try a couple of variations.

1. Fold through to step 6. Turn over, left to right.

2. Valley-fold the bottom edge to the top, and then complete the rest of the folding sequence.

A Butterfly for Emiko Kruckner, Variation I.

1. Fold through to step 6. Reverse the front flaps to the back.

2. Turn over, left to right.

3. Valley-fold the bottom edge to the top, and then complete the rest of the folding sequence.

4. Valley-fold the free edges on the outermost top layers to form lunules.

A Butterfly for Emiko Kruckner, Variation II.