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89 90 91

Fold the wide flap Open sink in and out on Open sink the next three
to the left. existing creases. layers in and out on existing
creases.
92
93 94

Fold the flap up. Open sink in and out on Fold the wide flap over.
existing creases.
95
96 97

Pleat as shown. Fold over and fan out the Bring one layer to the front
top pleat. at the top and reverse fold
the edge shown.

Flying Hercules Beetle 151

98 99 100

Gently pull the top layer to Reverse fold the corner. Fold the wing down.
separate it from the layer
below. 103

101 102

Fold the sunken edges to Fold the wing back up. Wrap the tiny edge behind
the right. at the top and reverse fold
the lower flap.
104 105
106

Fold one flap up. Fold one edge over, spread Spread sink two more
152 Origami Masters: Bugs sinking two corners. corners.

107 108 109

Fold the edge back. Fold one flap down. Pull the wing down. It will
not flatten completely.

110 111 112

Bring one edge to the front Bring one edge up a bit Fold the flap down.
and flatten. from behind.

113 114 115

83–113

Fold one layer to the right. Mirror steps 83 to 113 on It should look like this.
the opposite side. Turn over.

Flying Hercules Beetle 153

116 117 118

Fold one layer to the right. The wings are not shown. Spread sink two corners.
Open-sink in and out on
existing creases. 121

119 120

116–119

Fold the layer back Mirror steps 116 to 119 on Fold the flaps down.
to the left. the opposite site.

122 123 124

Open sink in and out on Fold the thick flap down. Fold and unfold.
existing creases.
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125 126 127

Squeeze the sides in and Side view. Begin to collapse Collapse as shown.
extend some paper downward as shown.
as far as possible. The model 130
will not lie flat.

128 129

Fold the thick flap back Spread sink four corners at Focus on this flap.
down. the top.

131 132 133

Spread sink two corners. Fold and unfold. Adjust the left edge as
shown.

Flying Hercules Beetle 155

134 135 136

Repeat on the right. Reverse fold to the center. Unsink one layer.

137 138 139

Fold to the center Open sink both sides. Fold the thick flap back up.
and unfold.
141 142
140

Spread sink four corners. Reverse fold the hidden Narrow the flaps with
156 Origami Masters: Bugs flaps slightly beyond reverse folds.
the halfway points.

143 144 145

It should look like this. Valley fold the lowest Crimp the first pair of flaps
Return to full view. assembly of flaps to the top. to the sides, distributing the
layers evenly.
146
147 148

Valley fold the next pair of Valley fold the top pair of Crimp the flaps to the sides.
flaps to the sides. flaps down.

149 150 151

Fold one flap down. Fold back down. Narrow the legs. Only the
middle pair has all the
layers folded in half at once.

Flying Hercules Beetle 157

152 153 154

Valley fold the top pair of Squeeze the flap in half, Focus on the abdomen.
legs and reverse fold the pulling it slightly toward
bottom pair. you. 157

155 156

Fold the tip and unfold. Pleat the edges out as Fold up and flatten.
indicated.

158 159 160

Fold down and bring the sides It should look like this. Shape the long horn as
in, keeping this area 3D. Turn the model over. shown.

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161 162 163

Squash fold the wing cases Only one side is shown. Mountain fold the edge
to the sides. Wrap the lower edge behind, corner to corner.
behind.
166
164 165

Mountain fold the corner Make a small pleat. Unfold to step 164.
behind.
169
167 168

Collapse on existing Reverse fold inside to lock. Shape the wing case further.
creases.

Flying Hercules Beetle 159

170 171 172

163–170

It should look like this. Mirror The wing cases are not shown Pleat the abdomen in two
steps 163 to 170 on the here. Bring the rear edge to places.
opposite side. the front.

173 174 175

Round the edges of the It should look like this. Rabbit-ear fold all the legs.
abdomen and wings. Focus on the body and legs.

176 177 178

Crimp each leg. Shape the legs into a natural- It should look like this.
160 Origami Masters: Bugs looking pose and round Now focus on the side of
the model. the head and the main
horn.

179 180 181

Shape the horns. Rabbit-ear fold the antennae It will look like this. Switch
and bend the tips forward. to top view.

Top view of completed model.

Side view is shown against the crease pattern.

Flying Hercules Beetle 161

Yellow RoBeRT J . LAng
Jacket
Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia,
162 Origami Masters: Bug Wars Robert J. Lang worked as a physicist
and engineer before becoming an

origami artist full time.
Dr. Lang is one of the pioneers of the
cross-disciplinary marriage of origami

with mathematics. He is consulted
on applications of origami to issues
in engineering while being noted for
origami designs of great detail and
realism. His work has been shown
worldwide, from the Museum of Modern
Art in New York to the Nippon Museum

of Origami in Japan.
Dr. Lang lectures widely on origami and

its connection to the world of science
and teaches workshops on both artistic
techniques and applications of folding in
industrial design. A Fellow of the Optical

Society of America, a member of
the IEEE Photonics Society,
and a past Editor-in-Chief of
the IEEE Journal of Quantum
Electronics, he was recently

selected as one of the inaugural Fellows
of the American Mathematical Society.
He is the author or coauthor of 14 books
and numerous articles on origami. He
currently resides in Alamo, California.

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34

Bring the bottom right Fold the bottom corner to Fold raw edge to folded
corner to the crease line, the pinch mark. edge. Unfold.
creating a pinch mark by
the edge. 67

5

Unfold. Fold the edge to the crease. Fold the folded edge to the
Unfold. crease. Unfold.

Yellow Jacket 163

89 10

Fold the edge to the crease. Fold edge to edge. Unfold. Unfold.
Unfold.

11 12 13

Turn over. Fold corner to corner, Fold to the intersection
creating a small pinch only points shown. Unfold.
14 where indicated (on the
third and fourth creases).

15 16

Fold edges to the creases. Fold edges to the creases. Crease as indicated. Note:
Unfold. Unfold. unnecessary pinch marks
164 Origami Masters: Bugs are not shown for clarity.

17 18

Crease as indicated. Crease as indicated.

19 20

Crease as indicated. Turn over.
Yellow Jacket 165

21 22

Crease the diagonals as indicated. Repeat next steps
on this corner too.

Next, details of the creases needed for the corner.
Note: steps 23 to 27 should be repeated on the
right corner and side.

23 24

12 12
12 12
10 10
10 10

8 8
8 8
6 6
6 6
4 4
4 4
2 2
2 2

2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16

Crease as indicated. Note: the numbers Mountain crease as indicated.
represent the 1/56th divisions for reference.

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2512 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
12
10 26 12 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
10 12
8 10
8 10
6 8
6 8
4 6
4 6
2 4
2 4
2
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 2
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Crease as indicated. Turn back over to the
Fold crease to crease (creases created in the white side.
previous step). Turn over.
28
27

Continue creasing as indicated on the left side. After creasing the right side, follow the creases
Additional diagonal creases need to be created. indicated for the initial collapse. This is a one
The vertical and horizontal creases need to be indivisible big honkin’ collapse and it needs to be
reinforced or extended. All creases indicated done all at once.
will be needed for the base or for later steps,
including the ones marked in a fainter color. Yellow Jacket 167
Unnecessary creases are not shown for clarity.

29

Top view

Collapse the top of the base using the creases
shown. Some of the necessary creases are not
visible in this drawing; the next drawing shows
all of the creases needed on unfolded paper.

Creases used for this step, shown on unfolded paper for clarity.
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30

Top view

Refine the collapse. Some of the necessary
creases are not visible in this drawing;
the next drawing shows all of the creases
needed on unfolded paper. Crease as
indicated in the highlighted region. Note
that the region near the corner is part of a
double layer. Turn over.

31

Cross-section view of the Creases used for this step, on
layers, before and after an unfolded paper.
the reverse fold.
Yellow Jacket 169
There are two pairs of layers
together in zigzag. Reverse fold
one of each pair so it zigzags twice
as much with half the width,
using the creases indicated in the
highlighted region. Turn over.

32

Refine the collapse. The next Creases used for this step, on
drawing shows all of the creases an unfolded paper.
needed on the unfolded paper.
Crease as indicated in the
highlighted region.

33 34

a. b. c.

Creases used for this step,
on an unfolded paper.

Open the layers to work on Asymmetrically spread sink three corners,
the inside of the flap. then close them up.

35 View of the pleats
from the side.
33–34

Repeat the
spread sinks on
the other side

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36 37 38

This is the complete Open out the two pleats Refold with the
collapsed base. Turn over. and stretch. creases indicated.

39 40 The far sink 41
connects to
other folds Fully Elias-stretch the pleats.
at the tops.

Far corner is
closed sink.

Bring layers to the front. Near corner is
open sink.

Sink four edges.

42 43 44

Refold the creases indicated.

Stretch the top apart. It will look like this. Open
out to see the interior.

Yellow Jacket 171

45 You can’t actually open 46 47
this part fully flat.
c.

Refold flat on the Like so. Reverse fold the b.
creases indicated. flaps that got the three a.
spread sinks and divide the
48 layers at the spread sinks. Slide an edge out
in the sequence indicated:
49 a, b, and c.

50

Fold through thick layers. Tuck part of the wing Fold the thick corners
corner underneath. underneath.

51 52 53Legs stick out
perpendicularly
Pleats from
last step

Wings

Precrease the pleats Abdomen Make 3D using the creases indicated.
indicated. The legs will This will separate the segments.
become perpendicular. Schematic view Note: wings omitted for clarity.
View from the side next. from the side. Detailed view next.

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54 55 Gap Segment 56

Cross section of
segment

Legs point down

Make a distinct gap Like this. From here forward, Schematic cross-section
between segments by the body-shaping folds should view of each segment (legs
reverse folding the corners. be soft and not all extend fully point down).
to the corners to keep the body
rounded and natural.

57 Legs 58 59

Wings Details of the head. Crimp antennae to the side.

Abdomen 63

Schematic view from
the side with 3D segments.

60 61 62

Narrow antennae. Rabbit-ear to make Bend antennae. Fold edges under.
3D.

Yellow Jacket 173

64 65 66 67

Fold tip under. Fold entire assembly
down at soft right
angle. Crimp at base Curve and crimp.
of antennae.
Side view of
abdomen.

68 69 Legs LegsLegLLseeggss 70 Legs Legs

71

It will look like this.

Schematic view from Next, view from Pinch legs, then fold
the side. Fold legs flat. bottom. out to the sides.

72 73 74 75

Reverse fold the Finished leg.
toes (tarsae). Continue shaping
legs and position to
match the photo.

Crimp.

Detailed view of a
typical leg next.

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Folded yellow jacket set against the crease pattern for the model.

View from the underside

Yellow Jacket 175

THe cReASe
PATTeRnS

As you look through these pages, you will notice that some
(although not all) of the instructions show an illustration of the
folded model in front of a diagram of the crease pattern for that
particular model. These days, it is a common practice to display a
small picture of the crease pattern—also called the CP—with the
step-by-step instructions for super-complex models. Only models
that are extremely challenging will have a CP, and it is sometimes
used in place of step-by-step instructions for these super-complex
projects. In fact, that is happening more and more.
Before step-by-step instructions were used, the unfolded paper
model was the main visual way to document the folding process for
a particular model. These days, we reproduce the patterns made by
the folds in diagrams called crease patterns that resemble a maze of
line-work because of their complexity. They are beautiful to look at
in their own right, and so we are pleased to include them.
It does, however, take skill to be able to read and understand a CP.
To the inexperienced viewer, it is simply the trail left behind by the
creases. To an experienced folder, however, it communicates the
basic outline of the model creator’s folding process in one picture,
rather than a long sequence of several pictures. For those who are
proficient enough to read and work off of crease patterns, we offer
them, unimpeded by illustrations of the finished models.

RHInoceRoS
BeeTLe

The Crease Patterns 177

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The Crease Patterns 179

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The Crease Patterns 181

ABouT THe
eDIToR

Sherry Gerstein is an editor and writer who has edited
many origami books. She has been folding since she was
7 years old. She crafts and sells her own line of origami
jewelry at etsy.com/shop/papergirlinct and aspires to
create origami models of her own.

MARcIo nogucHI

The saying “every picture tells a story” is especially true
of origami diagrams; they tell the story of the transformation
of a piece of paper into a work of art.
It is the challenge of the origami diagrammer to employ the
tools of the trade—symbols such as solid lines, dashed lines,
arrows and more—to tell the story in a clear and sequential
fashion. The clearest diagrams work in such a way that the
casual observer isn’t even aware of the work involved.
For instance, a line of a certain weight translates into “edge”;
a finer line translates into “existing crease” and a dotted line
translates into “hidden edge.” These are concepts—
the language of technical illustration, as it were—that
are very nearly self-explanatory. At least, they are
quickly grasped by the reader.
While this book collects models created by several
different people, all the models have one thing in
common: their stories were all told by the same
illustrator/diagrammer, Marcio Noguchi.
Born in Brazil to Japanese parents, illustrator Marcio
Noguchi first learned about origami as a child.
But he didn’t become a serious enthusiast until the
mid-2000s, after he moved to the US.
Since that time, Marcio Noguchi has illustrated and
diagrammed a number of models for other creators. Some
have appeared in books; others have been collected and
distributed at the conventions of national origami societies
in the US, the UK, and Japan. Says Noguchi, “Each diagram
is a story. Each step indicates the before and the after, as well
as the present action. It can tell about something as simple
as a single fold or as complex as a big, one-step collapse. The
best diagrams are so good that we feel are reading, even if we
don’t understand the language the actual text is written in.”
He is a supporting member of the Japan Origami Academic
Society and a member of the OrigamiUSA Executive Board
of Directors. He lives in Westchester County, New York.

cReDITS AnD
AcKnoWLeDgeMenTS

Diagram credits: pp. 19–27—Marcio Noguchi; pp. 29–45—
Sebastian Arellano; pp. 47–69—Marc Kirschenbaum; pp. 71–81—
Andrew Hudson; pp. 83–121—Jason Ku; pp. 123–161—Shuki Kato;
pp. 163–174—Robert J. Lang
Photo credits: p. 8—Thinkstock; p. 9—Getty Images; p. 10—from
The Art of Origami by Samuel Randlett (Dutton, 1961). Used with
permission of the publisher; p. 11—cockroach diagrams and artwork
provided by Robert J. Lang from his book, Origami Design Secrets
(second edition). © 2012 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC; p. 162
(photo of Robert J. Lang)—Steven A. Heller, © 2008; p. 185 (photo
of Marcio Noguchi)—Sherry Gerstein

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