Learn to fold Origami Square Base and Origami Bird Base

Wishing you all a very Happy New Year...here's something that origami lovers will find useful.

In this post, you will learn how to fold an origami square base; also called preliminary base. And thereafter learn to fold a bird base. Both these are basic origami bases from which many origami models can be further developed.

Below is a freehand sketch of the origami bases and steps are explained later.

Origami Square Base - Diagram

Steps to fold an Origami Square base:

1. Start with the colored side on the top. Apply the crease along both the diagonals as shown in the figure.
2. Turn over, and fold into half along the center vertically.
3. Now fold horizontally along the center.
4. Squash fold on the two sides to get a square base
5. You get a square base in this step.

Now proceed further to get a bird base.

Steps to fold an Origami Bird base:

    6.  Now apply the folds as shown in step 5

    7.  Open all the folds applied.

    8.  You get a square base again with all the creases ready for the next step.

Origami Bird Base - Diagram

    09. Open the top flap along the folds applied.

    10. Keep opening the flap along the crease such that the sides will start to collapse at the center.

    11. Flatten to get a diamond shape. 

   12. Turn over and apply steps 6 to 11 on the back side as well to get a diamond shape on both sides. The bird base is ready.

Hope this tutorial is helpful.

Thank you for stopping by....Have a good day.

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