Robert Lang brings together the method of science to the beauty and art of origami. You’ll witness how the principles of origami are really mathematical. See how the art of folding is making for new technologies being used in space and in the body.

This video will inspire scientist and folder alike. Enjoy.

This simple traditional fish is cute, and a rewarding fold.

Diagram:
The fish was folded per diagrams in Teach Yourself Origami by John Montroll, page 37/38.

My Experience:
Starting with the fish base, you are only 7 steps away from finishing the fish. The fish base is made from two rabbit-ear folds.

The fish, though seemingly simple, involved yet another new fold, the rabbit-ear. The number of folds isn’t many, so this is a good return on the time investment. The rabbit-ear just takes time to ‘get’.

Struggling with the rabbit-ear was as I said toughest. I’m including a short video.

It’s just the first part of folding to demonstrate the rabbit-ear folding technique. I do hope this helps.

Personalizing:
To ad variety, the fins section could use multiple folds or even a squash-fold on the tips to make it 3 dimensional perhaps.

This particular fish is symetrical between top/bottom. You could easily round off the top for a change up as well.

Use ideas:
These would be great to use for a quick decorative addition, especially done in a variety of colors. A school of them could be placed on a table, or arrayed on a wall.