WINDMILL BASE
Creator: Traditional origami base

This base is named as a "windmill" base because of its shape. This base is very popular when making decorative forms of origami. Once the windmill base's four triangular flaps have been squared into four preliminary folds, it can be used to make much more complex models of origami, such as the kusudama models on the practical lessons. The windmill base is a development of the w-boat base.

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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 left-hand side over to meet the vertical middle fold-line. Repeat the same with the right-hand side.

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Diagrammed by Yuri and Katrin Shumakov

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