W-BOAT BASE
Creator: Traditional origami base

Each base is named after the best-known model for which it is used. There is one the simplest of traditional origami bases, the W-boat base. This base is a development of the cupboard fold.

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Use a square of paper, colored side down. Valley fold the square in half from left to right. Press it flat and unfold it.		Valley fold the square in half from bottom to top. Press it flat and unfold it.		Valley fold the top edge down to meet the middle fold-line. Press the paper flat. Valley fold the bottom edge up to meet the middle fold-line. Press the paper flat, thereby making the cupboard fold.

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Diagrammed by Yuri and Katrin Shumakov

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