Origami elephants are a timeless favorite, blending creativity and craftsmanship into one of the most majestic creatures in the animal kingdom. Whether you’re a beginner looking for a simple fold or an expert searching for a more complex design, there’s an origami elephant for every skill level. If you’re looking for inspiration, this collection showcases…
Pretty much anything you can think of can be folded with origami and that definitely includes seashells. Not only are there a lot of fantastic origami seashell designs but with all the amazing colours and patterns of origami paper available you can really make some beautiful and unique looking seashells that might even rival the…
Just like in real life there’s a huge and diverse amount of origami birds from all kinds of different species. This post has an assortment of different origami birds from all kinds of species and designers. Satoshi Kamiya’s rooster is probably the most famous paper rooster out there and it looks excellent. Rooster, Designed by Satoshi…
In addition to origami models inspired by Greek mythology and Japanese mythology there’s also some incredible origami inspired by Chinese mythology and culture. The first model this time is this beautiful origami Luosheng, the Goddess of Luo River. Luo Sheng was the daughter of the mythical emperor Mi Xi. She drowned when crossing a river and…
There are definitely a ton of different origami birds out there but since starting this site I’ve been surprised to learn that there’s also a very large amount of different origami owl models and some of them are pretty incredible. This first owl is a pretty simple design but nevertheless it does look pretty fantastic….
Last Updated: August 9, 2016 Origami insects are some of the most fascinating origami models there are. I don’t know what it is about origami insects that make them so realistic looking but no other kind of origami creature looks anywhere near as real as some of these insects do. Because there’s such a huge…
I’ve always thought origami crabs looked pretty cool. With their multiple legs, arms and claws they always look very impressive and difficult to fold although that’s not always the case which is awesome. This post will focus completely on different kinds of origami crabs because believe it or not there actually a ton of different…
When it comes to origami dogs there’s actually a lot of great models of tons of different dog species. I was actually kind of surprised at how much variety there is in origami dogs. In this post we’ll look at a whole bunch of great origami dog models starting with these great Labrador Retrievers. Labrador…
Origami might technically not have originally been invented in Japan but Japan definitely made a huge contribution to the art so much that most people think of Japan when it comes to origami. It stands to reason that there would be some amazing looking origami designs based on Japanaese culture and mythology and that’s what…
Last Updated September 13, 2016 When I started following a lot of origami artists on sites like Flickr I was quite surprised to see that so many people had developed origami models that were based on characters from Japanese anime. This post is a pretty diverse selection of origami anime characters from a really big…
Animals are probably the most common thing that people fold out of paper. Rather than just making posts featuring random origami animals I’m going to try to group them together into themes. This post will focus on African animals such as elephants, lions, giraffes and more. There’s a lot of awesome looking origami here so lets…
The land of Middle Earth created by J.R.R. Tolkien and made famous through the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit books and later movies is full of fantastic characters and creatures. Therefore it makes sense that the origami community has created amazing works of origami based off of this world and it’s inhabitants. The…
Most traditional origami is done using a single square sheet of paper however certain models require that rectangular sheets of paper with certain proportions are used. Because the paper money of different countries are all different sizes this gives you a bunch of differently shaped rectangles to fold origami out of while also giving you…
I’ve always been a fan of Greek mythology and I was pleasantly surprised to discover that there is a lot of amazing origami that’s right out of Greek myths and stories. The basilisk is called the King of Serpents and is said to be able to kill you just with one look. Other stories say…
Welcome to our final episode of video game themed origami. In this post we’ll be covering an assortment of different games starting with this traveller from the incredible game Journey. Journey Traveller, Designed and Folded by Juston Crease Pattern available from Juston’s Flickr Given the popularity of Minecraft it’s not surprise to find that there…
Welcome to Part 3 of our video game origami series. In this post we’ll explore two sort of similar type games League of Legends and DOTA 2. We’ll start off with League of Legends with this awesome origami Cho Gath. Cho Gath, Designed and Folded by Timothy Chang Instructions not available Timothy Chang has also…
Happy Chinese New Year everyone! This year is the year of the monkey and what better way to celebrate than by making origami monkeys! A lot of origami artists have folded different origami monkeys and here are some of the best ones I’ve seen starting with this monkey photographed in the wild by Folded Wilderness….
Welcome to another edition of This Week in Origami featuring some of the best new origami uploaded to the Internet during the past week. Christmas is almost here and it’s bringing with it a few great Christmas origami models. Let’s get started with this cute little Christmas tree scene by Peter Keller. Bascetta Star, Designed…
Star Wars the Force Awakens is just a couple of days away so to celebrate that the wait is almost over here’s more Star Wars themed origami! Morisue Kei has designed a ton of excellent Star Wars models including these Clone Trooper helmets. Clone Trooper Helmet, Designed by Morisue Kei and Folded by Eyal Diagrams…
Welcome to another edition of This Week in Origami where we feature some of the best new origami posted on the Internet during the past week. This week a lot of people decided to fold chickens and roosters. We’ll start with these cute caged chickens by Sebastien Limet. Outdoor, Designed and Folded by Sebastien Limet Instructions…
Star Wars the Force Awakens is pretty much one week away at this point and because I love Star Wars and am quite excited for the new movie I’m going to make a couple of posts about Star Wars origami. There are a lot of awesome Star Wars origami models out there. This post is…
Welcome to the final edition of our Pokemon origami extravaganza. This post covers all the Pokemon from the Diamond/Pearl generation, Black/White and X/Y. If you missed our previous posts here they are: Gotta Fold ‘Em All, Pokemon Origami from the Best Generation Part 1 Gotta Fold ‘Em All, Pokemon Origami from the Best Generation Part 2…
While the Red and Blue generation of Pokemon is the first generation I played and will always have a special nostalgia factor, Gold and Silver I think were my favourite games. They added a lot of new features and some of my all time favourite Pokemon are from this generation. There’s some great origami Pokemon…
There was a lot of really awesome origami this week! Welcome to This Week in Origami where we feature the most awesome new origami that I saw uploaded to the Internet during the past week. We’ll get started with this incredible Wyvern dragon designed by Rango Trung. The entire model is folded from one 60cm x 60cm…
