Origami Creations - Simple Baby Sea Turtles

Oh ... this is one of my favorite simple origami model.  Aside from personally having fondness for baby turtles, the design for this model is so smooth and precise and makes for a perfect gift! 

This model is designed by the Japanese origamist Katsuhisa Yamada.  He has published many origami books and has created a lot of adorable models.  Check his website here.

Save the "Turtlets"

What do you think?  

To best appreciate my thoughts and feelings for this model, I challenge you to try the below video tutorial.

Happy Folding and wishing you all a great weekend!

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Origami Creations - Endangered Green Turtles

I have been on home leave since the end of July and enjoying my holidays.

Looking through my blog, I just remembered that I folded the green sea turtle of Jacky Chan, a famous origamist from HK, and tried a unique presentation.

This is the turtle crawling among Koko crunch chips ... my way of interpreting the baby sea turtles struggle for survival to reach the water from their nest.

My other interpretation is to add sweet (candy) colors as they leave their nest for the shore.  

It maybe a tough journey for all of us but surely a sweet one!

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Origami Creation - Jacky Chan Sea Turtle

The origami sea turtle of Jacky Chan is one of the first models which I have folded a lot to give as gifts to friends.  The design is impressive and very realistic.   Even the turtle's bottom section is covered up nicely.

Here is an image I got from the web to show the bottom part.

Below is a photo of my fold (a mother and its baby) using special japanese paper wrapper.  I folded it for a colleague who displayed it on his office cubicle.

The diagrams can be found here.

Try it and let me know what you think.

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