BOOK FOLD
Creator: Traditional origami base

The Book fold is a traditional origami base and it is so named because, once the paper is folded in half, it looks like a book. It is the simplest of folds and can be used to make many simple origami models. This fold is also the foundation of the cupboard fold. Models of the House, Windmill, Rose, Kusudama, Napkins and Box from practical lessons start with the book fold.

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Use a square of paper, colored side down. Valley fold the square in half. You can act any way as you wish: from left to right or from top to bottom or vice versa. After doing it just return the paper in the shown position.		Press the paper flat, thereby completing the book fold. Here is the completed book fold.

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Diagrammed by Yuri and Katrin Shumakov

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