Dorcus curvidens

Relative size
of finished model
Designed by Brian Chan, 2008.
http://chosetec.darkclan.net/origami

1 2 3

Crease the angle Crease the angle Crease the angle

bisector. bisector. bisector.

4 5 6

Fold the corner to the Unfold. Detail of the corner.

indicated reference point.
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Crease horizonally from Mountain-fold the corner Valley-fold a thin strip

the intersection of the behind. on either side.
edge and last crease.

10 11 12

Valley-fold the strips in Fold this base as the new

half. square. Fold corner to corner,
unfold.

13 14 15

Crease the angle Only fold sharply where Only fold sharply where
bisector. indicated. indicated.

18
16 17

Fold the corner up to Unfold.

touch the edge.
Repeat on the lower
right.
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Crease from the intersection. Crease from the diagonal. Detail of the corner.

22 23 24

Fold the corner to the Mountain-fold behind Unfold.

diagonal. Only crease along the edge, unfold.
where indicated.

25 26 27

Repeat steps 22-24 on Crease the angle Crease diagonally.

the other side. bisectors.

28 29 30

Crease diagonally. Flip Crease diagonally. Crease the angle

the paper. bisectors.
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Unfold the corner. Valley-fold diagonally. Crimp the corner.

34 35 36

Spread-squash. Fold one layer behind and Squash-fold.

one layer over.

37 38 39

Form a rabbit-ear. Swivel-fold the edges Mountain-fold the top

toward the center. behind.
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Inside reverse-fold. Fold up the tip while Unfold the tip.

pulling out two points.

43 44 45

Valley-fold. Pull out two more points. Inside reverse-fold.

46 47 48

Inside reverse-fold. Squash-fold. Crease the corner to the

tip.

49 50 51

Unfold the squash-fold Crease the angle Inside reverse-fold.

made in 47. bisector.
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Valley-fold. Swivel-fold the edges. Crease from one tip to

the other.

55 56 57

Crease the regions in Open-sink in and out. Valley-fold the corner.

half.

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Detail of the corner.

Rabbit-ear. Valley-fold. Squash-fold.

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Mountain- Crease the Open-sink Detail of the

fold the flap into in and out. corner.
corner fourths. Separate the
behind. flaps.

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Open-sink the In progress. Finished

In progress. appearance.
lower flap.

70 71 72 73

Crease the Open- Finished

thin flap in sink. appearance. Close the flaps.
half.
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Spread-squash the layers Flip the model.

symmetrically. Inside reverse-fold

77 78 79

Crease the flap into 5 Valley-fold. Valley-fold.

parts.

80 81 82 83 84

Valley- Squash- Crease into Open-sink

Rabbit-ear. fold. fold. fourths. in and out.

85 86 87

Valley-fold. Flip over. Inside reverse-folds.

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Valley-fold one layer. Untuck the hidden flap. Fold the layers over.

91 92

Repeat steps 88-90 on Detail of the center.

the left side.

93 94 95 96

Untuck a some Untuck the Valley-folds. Finished

layers. remaining layers. appearance.
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Wrap one layer of paper Valley-fold. Crease the corners of the

around either side. kite shape to the center.

100 101 102

Crease the bisectors. Open-sink. Valley-fold.

103 104 105

Valley-fold. Crease the sides into Crease the outer regions

fourths. into eights.

106 107 108

Flip over. Crease the flap into Crease into eigths.

fourths.
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Fold one layer over. Crease into fourths. Crease into eigths.

112 113 114

Fold one layer back to Repeat steps 107-112 on Open-sink in and out.
the right. the right.

115 116 117

Spread-squash all layers Flip the model over. Valley-fold.

symmetrically.

118 119 120

Crease from the edge of Fold one layer over. Open-sink in and out.
the flap to the corner
shown.
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Crease the tip. Open-sink the middle Pleat.

flap.

124 125

Unfold the two points. Detail of the center.

126 127 128 129

Pull out a layer of Reverse-fold. Unsink the tip. Fold the two points
paper, forming a back toward the
gusset on either center.
side.
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Wrap a layer from Mountain-fold.

behind.

136 137
Close the flap. Mountain-fold.

134 135

Open-sink in and Open-sink in and Fold one layer over. Spread-squash.

out. out.

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Repeat
Valley-fold Closed-sink. Fold one 136-140 on
layer over. the left
side.
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180°

Fold up
all but
Flip over. the last Rotate. Crease to
two flaps. the line.

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Crease Crease Crimp. Pull out

diagonals. bisectors. two flaps.

150 151 152 153

Fold two
In Open- Closed- short
progress. sink. sink. flaps up.
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Valley-fold Crimp the Valley-

the front antennae fold the
legs. . middle
legs.

157 158 159

Pinch the
small two
flaps.

160
Bend
them
slightly.

Valley- Detail of the

fold the mouthparts.
hind legs.

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Spread-sink Crimp.

165

Valley- Detail of
fold the the front Finished appearance.
antennae foot. Repeat on the left side.
thinner.
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Pull out a layer. Pull out the edge of

paper.

169

Detail of the
middle foot.
Pleat.

170 171 172

Finished appearance.
Crimp. Spread-sink, repeat Repeat on the remaining
behind. four tips.

173 174

Flip over. Detail of the head.

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Inside reverse-fold Crimp the jaws Mountain-fold.

the hidden edge. outward.

178 179 180

Fold the edges of Mountain-fold the Pull out two small

the head behind. tip of the head. points.

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Valley-fold the tips Pull out the two Pinch and shape the
forward. small hidden flaps. jaws.

184 185

Crimp the body. Inside reverse-fold the wingtips

and tuck them inside the body.
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Pleat the feet. Pinch the legs to

thin them.

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Shape the legs. Shape the body Open the barbs of

the feet.