Origami Fish

By Dallin -
This fish model was designed by Michael LaFosse. It is a rather tricky model that requires several difficult folds, but it is not hard to fold after some practice. 


Step 1: Fold a fish base


Step 2: Mountain fold the far left point behind to the right


Step 3: Valley fold the left hand flaps to the right...

 ...like so:

Step 4: Mountain fold the model in half


Step 5: Flip the model over so the right becomes the left


Step 6: Valley fold the top right corner down so it meets the nearest edge


Step 7: Valley fold the bottom right corner up so it is a little past the edge of the flap you folded in step 6


Step 8: Flip the model back over


Step 9: Valley fold the bottom left corner up so the bottom edge lines up on both sides


Step 10: Flip the model over again


Step 11: Valley fold point A (marked in the above pic) up so it is in the middle of the flap



Step 12: Valley fold most of the bottom edge up



Step 13: Crease and unfold


Step 14: Reverse fold the flap up


Step 15: At the tip of the tail there are two separate flaps. Pull the inside flap down to complete the tail.


Step 16: Pull down the fin at the front of the fish to complete your fish!


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