A Guide to Origami Diagrams and Symbols

Here is a basic guide to the diagrams and symbols used to show how the origami models are to be folded. These may look complicated — but they’re not! Spend a little time familiarizing yourself with the symbols to understand what they mean. Once you get the hang of it, the symbols are actually very easy to understand.

For clarity, I often use different colors for Mountain and Valley dashed lines, whenever they are used in concert on the same drawing.