Basic forms of origami: "triangle", "square" and "frog"

If, after watching a few videos about origami on the Internet or seeing a nice hand-crafted article from friends, you are interested, it's time to try to master the basic elements yourself.

What are the main origami forms called?

The art of origami finds all the new admirers. Many people around the world develop this art and develop new schemes, expand opportunities. And schemes for paper crafts are getting bigger every year. At the very beginning of the development of this art form, the basic forms of origami were called:

• bird;
• frog;
• a fish;
• kite.

Now there are a lot of blanks, including those that were invented already in the West, and not at home origami in Japan. It is very important to learn the simplest figures: a triangle, a square, a pancake, a double square, a fish, a frog. If you go further, you will need to learn the preforms "catamaran" and "bird", from which most kusuds (balls) perform .

To make the shape of a "pancake", for example, you just need to bend to the middle of a square sheet of 4 corners. The form is similar to a flat envelope. Billet "bird", it is also a "crystal", also refers to the basic forms.

This is how the ready-made form "bird" looks.

The shape of the "bird" is made, like the "frog", starting from the simplest square. It also resembles a flat rhombus. From it, the "crane" - a very famous and one of the most ancient - is being made.

How to make a triangle shape?

To create any workpiece, you only need a colored paper of sufficient density, a ruler and scissors. And besides, it is a little necessary to reserve patience.

Of the basic forms are built all known in the world crafts in the technique of origami. They will also come in handy when you execute a modular origami collection. The basic form of the "triangle" is the easiest and most common.

To produce it, you just need to cut an even square from a sheet of paper and bend it diagonally. For each bend, a good finger is used so that the paper does not bulge.

From the preparation of the "triangle" are made some flowers, simple animals made of paper, which will surely please the children.

Further it is desirable to study the form under the name "a double triangle", some it still name "bomb".

The form "square" ("double square")

As you can conclude, even the schoolboy will master the simplest, basic forms of origami. Any interested person can understand how an object is constructed. We recommend to buy a book and view in color schemes all basic forms that are made in origami technique. The "square" is one of these forms. And just like the "triangle", it is created as a detail for all kinds of figures more complicated.

"Double Square" serves to create boxes and different colors. To make a square, follow this instruction:

• Cut an even square;
• Bend diagonally 2 times in both directions;
• At the intersection of diagonal lines, a vertex is formed, it is necessary to fold the paper so that this vertex is the common angle of two square planes.

If you bend up the free corners of the squares, you get another double triangle.

The faster a person learns to fold the basic forms of origami, the more interesting it is to develop in this direction further.

Frog Harvesting

To create such a workpiece, you need to perform a few simple movements and spend a couple of minutes. But when you get the basic form of a "frog", origami may become your favorite hobby.

It is executed so:

• Prepare the "double square" form;
• From the deaf corner of the square mentally draw a straight line down, from this line, press 2 free angles;
• Making a deflection, remove these corners in pockets so that they were not visible from above.

At this stage, the first version of this scheme is ready. It looks like the picture below.

There is a more complex option, for the assembly of which you need to perform a few more steps:

• Flip the shape and "thread" the same 2 angles in the second square plane;
• These transformations must be repeated with the undersides of the paper;
• Corner, which remained in the middle and was the top of the square at the beginning, it is necessary to pull it upward;
• The frog billet is made.

The form is called so because it is on its basis that a simple figure is made-a paper jumping frog.

There are several important forms that are necessary for beginners. Let not master a whole modular dodecahedron at a time, but it is easy to master such elements as "bird" ("crane") or "pancake". Other basic forms of origami are made on the basis of the above.