Adolfo Cerceda - Peacock
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Adolfo Cerceda - Peacock
ok I got "Origami: the complete guide to the art of paper folding" the other day (I LOVE IT!!! its so perfect for me right now!) and I'm having a little trouble with the peacock on page 102 (gorgeous modle btw) and I got stuck at step 40 about getting the pleats in the tail to stay together and also step 44 about forming the chest... thanks in advance ^^
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InsomniacFolder
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InsomniacFolder
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OK... I'll try to explain as best I can.
in step 40:-
The two raw edges (the original edges of the 2x1 rectangle) are in the middle of the bunches of pleats that form the tail.
Unfold one pleat from each side, to make a flap sticking out of the back, one pleats width wide.
Fold the corners of both layers over together so that thecorner lines up with the edge of the pleat lie, as shown in the photograph.
Repeat this at the bottom of the flap, again folding both layers together.
This will lock them together.
Then, using an existing crease (one of the pleat creases) tuck the flap with the two locked edges into the "V" of the crease next to it. As shown in step 41.
That should hold the tail together, although I add an extra fold again in Step 40, folding the edge over once more to hold the layers together more tightly.
In step 44:-
Take all of the layers in the neck on one side, and fold them in half away from the body.
That is, from the tip of the "head" down, to the base of the neck, fold in half so that the neck is thinned to half of it's width, the edges that you are folding lining up with the most forward edge of the neck.
The paper at the bottom stops you from accomplishing this completely, and that is where you have to squash the bottom in to place.
As you are folding to thin the neck, squash the bottom edge up gently from underneath, beginning at where the leg meets the bottom of the body.
With the fold that you are making in the neck, the two folds will naturally accomodate each other to leave a flattened triangular area, as shown in the photos.
Press this region flat.
Hooray! Congratulations. Now strut about like the peacock you've just made.
I hope that helps, I wish i had drawing tools and/or a camera!
Good Luck, and post a photo of the finished model.
in step 40:-
The two raw edges (the original edges of the 2x1 rectangle) are in the middle of the bunches of pleats that form the tail.
Unfold one pleat from each side, to make a flap sticking out of the back, one pleats width wide.
Fold the corners of both layers over together so that thecorner lines up with the edge of the pleat lie, as shown in the photograph.
Repeat this at the bottom of the flap, again folding both layers together.
This will lock them together.
Then, using an existing crease (one of the pleat creases) tuck the flap with the two locked edges into the "V" of the crease next to it. As shown in step 41.
That should hold the tail together, although I add an extra fold again in Step 40, folding the edge over once more to hold the layers together more tightly.
In step 44:-
Take all of the layers in the neck on one side, and fold them in half away from the body.
That is, from the tip of the "head" down, to the base of the neck, fold in half so that the neck is thinned to half of it's width, the edges that you are folding lining up with the most forward edge of the neck.
The paper at the bottom stops you from accomplishing this completely, and that is where you have to squash the bottom in to place.
As you are folding to thin the neck, squash the bottom edge up gently from underneath, beginning at where the leg meets the bottom of the body.
With the fold that you are making in the neck, the two folds will naturally accomodate each other to leave a flattened triangular area, as shown in the photos.
Press this region flat.
Hooray! Congratulations. Now strut about like the peacock you've just made.
I hope that helps, I wish i had drawing tools and/or a camera!
Good Luck, and post a photo of the finished model.
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