Summary: Intermediate model of traditional Japanese crane. Learn how to fold an origami crane in this free origami lesson from an origami expert.
Justina Danielson has been doing origami since she was a child. She learned through demonstrations from her mother. Her interest kept her flipping through origami books and learning...read more
"For each of these sections, we are going to do another series of squash folds. So our first section, we are going to do a squash fold, making sure that the middle crease aligns with the middle fold beneath like this. That's one section, turn it to the right, lift up the next section and do another squash fold, making sure the center crease aligns with the center folds beneath. That's our second section. Our third squash and then finally, our fourth squash. Now we want to balance the unit so, one, two, three. And it is balanced like this. So there are four sections on this side and four sections on this side. Now fold this top triangle down."
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