Hermit Crab - Nicolás Gajardo Henríquez, originally uploaded by Origami Weekly.

This week we have a crease pattern. Ah! But don’t stop reading just yet, for it is more than just a simple CP. My friend Nicolás Gajardo Henríquez told me he was sending his Hermit Crab CP. What I discovered when I opened the file was that it was not just the CP to his amazing Hermit Crab design, but a detailed walkthrough of how he designed it. Now YOU can follow along as Nicolás explains how he put together the CP for his asymmetrical Hermit Crab!

Thank you so much for this awesome write-up Nico!

Hermit Crab - Nicolás Gajardo

The version above was folded by Nicolás.

Golden Retriever - Andrew Hudson, originally uploaded by Origami Weekly.

For this week we've got a model with a really unusual structure-- it's not every day you see twist-folds in a representational model!

Diagrams are here. Have fun folding!

Flying Monkey - Jared Needle, originally uploaded by Origami Weekly.

It’s been a long time since I contributed an original design to Origami Weekly. And it’s been even longer since we did a crease pattern. This week we have my brand new Flying Monkey CP. I designed this monkey as part of an informal challenge between Jon Tucker, Andrew Hudson, Michael Secrist and me. I’ve been working on it for over a month, and am happy to announce it is finished!

Flying Monkey CP - Jared Needle.

The version above was folded my me. 17 cm wingspan from a 35 cm square of black double MC tissue paper.