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NOTES ABOUT ORIGAMI PAPER

The paper supplied with this kit has been specially selected and prepared to enable you to produce amazing origami models. But sooner or later, this supply of beautiful sheets will become exhausted, and you will need to look elsewhere for folding paper. There are lots of options for “proper” origami paper (which can be bought cheaply on the Internet, and in craft stores), but you can also choose from many other types of paper, particularly if you want to fold a large version of a model. The paper should be crisp and capable of “remembering” a crease (so it doesn’t begin to unfold on its own). Craft and art shops have a wide range of beautiful papers, so try to choose a pattern that really suits the final design. It will be a better value to buy a large sheet, and then cut it down to make several smaller squares. The steps below show a simple method for cutting a rectangular sheet into a perfect square.

1 Fold a short edge to a long edge.

2 Fold the surplus paper over the edge, crease and unfold.

3 Unfold the paper fully.

4 Cut off the surplus paper along the crease to leave a square.