Contents
The Butterfly Design System
Using the Butterfly Design System
Butterfly Base Stages
Upper & Lower Margins
Introductory Folds
Squash-folding
Color Change
Wonderful Wings
Butterfly Head Style 1
Butterfly Head Style 2
Abdominal Taper
A Butterfly for Alice Gray
The Lillian
Evangeline Fritillary
Alexander Aztec Swallowtail
Projects
A Butterfly for Alice Gray
The Lillian
Evangeline Fritillary
Alexander Aztec Swallowtail
Projects (Cont’d)
Alexander Swallowtail
The Baxter
The Michael Shall
The Temko
Origamido Butterfly
The Joyce Rockmore
The Nolan
The LaFosse Moth
Inspiration
Diagram Key
fold and unfold
valley-fold
mountain-fold
fold to indicated line
magnification of model
turn model over
rotate model
apply pressure in direction shown: squash fold, inside-reverse fold, etc.
pull-out paper
Contents
Using the Butterfly Design System
Butterfly Base Stages
Upper & Lower Margins
Introductory Folds
Squash-folding
Color Change
Wonderful Wings
Butterfly Head Style 1
Butterfly Head Style 2
Abdominal Taper
A Butterfly for Alice Gray
The Lillian
Evangeline Fritillary
Alexander Aztec Swallowtail
Using the Butterfly Design System
Discover your own “species” with LaFosse’s design system.
Michael LaFosse’s origami butterfly design system is based on sequentially squashing rectangular proportions, so there are many possible ways to handle the extra paper available when starting from a square. Some can be temporarily stored in the wingtips, then pulled out to form beautiful color-change patterns. Some can be used to produce a segmented abdomen. Some can be rolled beneath the forewings to accentuate the separation of fore and hindwings. The LaFosse Moth begins with a blintz to provide even more extra paper for later use in exotic treatments. There are an unlimited number of choices that can be combined in different ways throughout the process of folding the rest of the model.
Have fun by experimenting with the variables of this system and open your mind and hands to the endless possibilities of paper folding.
Butterfly Base Stages
The form will be determined by the choices you make in the following pages.
Establish Horizon Line
