Month: May 2018

Learn how to make an origami Dragon Bookmark
Designed by Jo Nakashima (03/May/2018)
Difficulty level: High intermediate

Now you can have a cute little dragon sitting and guarding the page of your favorite book!

In 2015 I’ve created the original non-bookmark version of the Dragon v1 from a combination of crane and frog bases. But only in 2018, after the creation of the Crane Boomark, many of my viewers requested to do the same with the dragon – and it worked pretty well!

If you think this model is too hard, try also the simplified version: Origami Chibi Dragon Bookmark.

Paper

For this model you’ll need a rectangle with 2:1 ratio (half of a square). I recommend 20cm x 10cm.

It works best if you use a very thin paper, otherwise the layers on one of the sides of the dragon will get too thick and hard to fold or keep the shape. It does work with printer paper for test fold and learning, but don’t expect very good results from it.

These are the papers used in my video tutorial:

• First dragon: 20cm x 10cm Shadow Fold (buy it). This is my recommended size, but it requires good thin paper
• Tutorial: 30cm x 15cm Red Tissue-foil (buy it)

Diagrams

Notice: at first I’ve made these diagrams only for the video, not to be published separately. For this reason, some transitions or steps might not be so clear. If you find some step difficult, you can find more detailed instructions in the video tutorial.

It looks like a simple Crane sitting on a book, but it’s actually an origami Tsuru Bookmark! Diagrams and video available!

Designed by Jo Nakashima (21/Apr/2018)
Difficulty level: low intermediate
My paper: 10cm x 20cm Copper Tissue-Foil
Buy this paper: Origami-shop

Diagrams

Notice: at first I’ve made these diagrams only for the video, not to be published separately. For this reason, some transitions or steps might not be so clear. If you find some step difficult, you can find more detailed instructions in the video tutorial.

Use a rectangle sheet of paper with ratio 1:2 (half of a square). I recommend 10cm x 20cm). It works best with thin paper because one of the sides will have many layers.

This new version of my origami Slinky can be folded from a single long strip of paper (you can use register or calculator rolls for example). In theory it can be as long as you want, but in practice it is difficult to keep the precision after folding many levels of the spiral.
See also the modular version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ErCU013v0k

Designed by Jo Nakashima (03/2018)
Difficulty level: low intermediate
My paper: Thermal paper roll 8cm wide (receipt, adding machine, register or calculator Rolls). For a 8cm wide strip, each lap will use 20cm. My slinky has 15 laps, so it is 15×20 = 300cm long

Diagrams

Notice: at first I’ve made these diagrams only for the video, not to be published separately. For this reason, some transitions or steps might not be so clear. If you find some step difficult, you can find more detailed instructions in the video tutorial.