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Origami Butterfly

A butterfly attracts our attention because of its beautiful, showy wings. But how can you appreciate it if it flutters away? And if it landed on you, you will quickly discover that under those angelic wings - it is just a bug.

Then comes an origami butterfly:
• beautiful,
• will not fly away,
• is not creepy crawly, and
• won't die on you
Another words: it's perfect. If you can fold it, it's yours to keep forever!

Everyone knows that the art of paperfolding has been around for a long time; probably over a thousand years. But, did you know that two of the oldest examples of recreational origami are butterflies called "Mecho" and "Ocho"? Mecho (female) and Ocho (male) are two paper butterflies that adorn sake wine bottles during Japanese wedding ceremonies. Read more here

Diagrams

  • A Butterfly for Alice Gray (M LaFosse)
  • Big Squash Butterfly (C Santee)
  • Butterfly (H Birkeland)
  • Butterfly (R Katz)
  • Butterfly (A Yoshizawa)
  • Butterfly (M Kirschenbaum)
  • Butterfly (TP Kong)
  • Butterfly (D Abbey)
  • Butterfly (fabricorigami.com)
  • Butterfly (Y Atlas)
  • Butterfly (the Art of Japan)
  • Butterfly (R Donachie)
  • Butterfly: Page 1, 2 (C Weber)
  • Butterfly/Farfalla Page 1, 2 (D Derudas)
  • $Butterfly (S Hecht)
  • $Butterfly (C Randall)
  • $Butterfly (J Gilardi)
  • Butterfly Heart Card (J Shafer)
  • Butterfly Origami (T Yee)
  • Cabbage butterfly (origami-club)
  • Ed's $Butterfly (E Halley)
  • Flapping Butterfly (P Bailey)
  • Flapping Butterfly (L Woodrow)
  • $Fluttering Butterfly (J Andrisan)
  • Janneke's Vlinder (R Donachie)
  • Origami Butterfly (K Kasahara)
  • Origami Butterfly
  • Origami Butterfly (Pixie Shire)
  • Pureland Butterfly (J Smith)
  • Snout Butterfly (AF Barbour)
  • $Stand Up Butterfly (A Anselmo)
  • Traditional Butterfly (D Petty)





    • See books with origami insects in: USA, Canada, UK, Germany, France
    See International Origami Butterfly Competition and Exhibition

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