KITE BASE
Creator: Traditional origami base

The Kite base is a traditional origami base. It is so named for its shape. The Kite base can be used to make many origami models.

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Use a square of paper, colored side down. Begin with a shawl fold. Turn the square of paper around so it looks like a diamond, and use its diagonal axis. Valley fold it in half from side to side, thereby making a triangle. Unfold it completely.		From the top corner, valley fold the right-hand and left-hand sloping edges to meet the middle fold-line. Press them flat.		Here is the completed kite base.

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Diagrammed by Yuri and Katrin Shumakov

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