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Type: Kami
Foil
Wet-Fold
Color:
Single Uncut Square
Design and diagram info:
Quentin Trollip
South Africa / Canada
www.liveorigami.com
Brown-Black
45 cm
Ok
Good
Best
2 Hours
Complex
4 August 2008
Chimpanzee
0.37 Standing
height
I had designed this
Chimpanzee to accompany
earlier designs of an Orang
Utan and Gorilla for a
primate series. Most of the
work was done to achieve the
facial details. Because the
face and head are formed
from a type of preliminary
base, it is quite easy to
incorporate this face/head
into other bases. I did adapt
the face/head onto an easier
base the diagrams
appearing in my book entitled
Origami Sequence,
published by Nicolas Terry at
www.passionorigami.com.

In this original base, the
lower limbs are longer and
more realistic than the
cartoonish Hear no evil, See
no evil, Speak no evil
designs in Origami
Sequence. With this base it
is also quite easy to add
grafts for individual fingers
and toes. An example can be
seen on my website.

I like the clean lines of this
model, even the back of the
model is closed. You can
experiment with different
postures, like the sitting
position as shown.

Brown on black unryu paper
achieves a very good result,
but other papers can be tried
as well. The 35cm brown and
gold Washi Deluxe paper
from Nicolas shop will also
suit this model well.
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11.
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6. 7.
9. 10.
13.
15. 16.
Mountain-fold and unfold.
Turn over. Turn over.
Unfold.
Turn over.
Valley-folds and unfold.
Valley-folds and unfold. Valley-fold edge to edge and
markers to markers.
Repeat steps 12 to 13 on the
three remaining sides.
Valley-folds and unfold.
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20.
23.
26.
21. 22.
18. 19.
24. 25.
27. 28. Petal-fold. Squash-fold. Turn over.
Inside crimp-fold both
sides.
Inside reverse-folds on existing
creases.
Valley-fold in half.
Petal-fold. Valley-folds and unfold.
Mountain-fold.
Rotate.
Squash-fold. Valley-fold.
Unfold to step 16.
29. 30. 31.
32.
35.
38.
33. 34.
36. 37.
39. 40.
Turn over. Valley-fold up as far as you can. Inside reverse-folds.
Valley-fold. Valley-fold and unfold. Unfold.
Repeat steps 32 to 34 on
the left.
Reverse-fold in, out and in
again.
Valley-fold the point down.
Repeat steps 36 to 37 on
the left.
Squash-fold. Turn over.
41. 42. 43.
44.
47.
50.
45. 46.
48. 49.
51. 52.
Rabbit-ear. Valley-fold and unfold. Valley-fold the point up.
Valley-fold down. Turn over.
Unfold the raw corner from
inside the model.
creases.
Bring the dark flap to the
front of the model. the left.
Repeat steps 47 to 50 on
Valley-fold the flap up. Valley-fold.
Rabbit-ear on existing
Valley-fold both points down.
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57. 58.
60. 61.
63. 64.
Note X-Ray lines.
down again.
Squash-fold the flap up. Valley-folds. Mountain-fold.
Valley-fold both flaps Turn over.
Spread-squash. Unfold the spread-squash. Open-sink.
the right.
Valley-fold. Mountain-folds.
Fold the face like the diagrams in
"Origami Sequence", available from
www.passionorigami.com
Repeat steps 59 to 61 on
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68.
71.
69. 70.
72.
Turn over. Shape the nipples. Squash-fold the hands and
feet.
Wrap the layers around to
colour-change the hands
and feet.
Mountain-fold the top layer. Valley-fold the layers at the
back.
on the right.
Shape the limbs as you desire.
Chimpanzee.
Repeat steps 69 to 70