“The Kyoko”
This design is named for Kyoko Kondo, origami artist, teacher, organizer, and tireless volunteer, serving New York, Boston, and Hawaii-based folders.
“The Kyoko” is our power plant, our dynamo, as well as our smiling and confident supporter. She knows the best way, and does much of the hard work. Working beside her guarantees immense accomplishment.
helping is the way
of loving your cherished friends!
we are truly blessed!
This design will introduce a hybrid design, borrowing the pleasing combination of the fore-wing from “The Alice” (page 34), and the hindwing from “The Emiko Fritillary” (page 58).
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 and make a pinch mark. 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 upper pinch mark and valley-fold all the way across the paper. Unfold.
3. (A) Valley-fold the bottom corners up to align with the crease from step 2. (B) Use the same crease to valley-fold the bottom edge up.
4. Turn over, top to bottom.
5. (A) Valley-fold the bottom edge to the crease. Unfold. (B) Valley-fold the bottom corners to the crease.
6. Use the upper crease to valley-fold the top edge down.
7. Valley-fold the bottom flap up and over the folded edge of the top layer. Rotate the paper 90 degrees clockwise.
8. Open the paper.
9. Valley-fold the bottom edge to the top.
10. Squash-fold the right half.
11. Your paper should look like this. Turn the paper over, left to right.
12. Squash-fold the right half.
13. Valley-fold the bottom corner to the top of the split. Unfold.
14. One at a time, squash-fold the upper right and left halves of the model, forming the wings.
15. (A) Mountain-fold the top edges of the forewings behind. (B) Mountain- and valley-fold the abdomen over the right wing.
16. Valley-fold the left wing to match the right wing. Unfold.
17. (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.
18. (A) Mountain-fold the abdomen edges inside. (B) Valley-fold the wings down on each side.
A Butterfly for Kyoko Kondo.