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Dorcus curvidens Designed by Brian Chan, 2008. http://chosetec.darkclan.net/origami Relative size of finished model Crease the angle bisector. 1 Crease the angle bisector. 2 Crease the angle bisector. 3 Fold the corner to the indicated reference point. 4 Unfold. 5 Detail of the corner. 6

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Dorcus curvidens

Designed by Brian Chan, 2008.http://chosetec.darkclan.net/origami

Relative sizeof finished model

Crease the anglebisector.

1

Crease the anglebisector.

2

Crease the anglebisector.

3

Fold the corner to theindicated reference point.

4

Unfold.

5

Detail of the corner.

6

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7 8 9

Crease horizonally fromthe intersection of theedge and last crease.

Mountain-fold the cornerbehind.

Valley-fold a thin stripon either side.

10 11 12

Valley-fold the strips inhalf.

Fold this base as the newsquare. Fold corner to corner,

unfold.

13 14 15

Crease the anglebisector.

Only fold sharply whereindicated.

Only fold sharply whereindicated.

16 1718

Fold the corner up totouch the edge.

Unfold.

Repeat on the lowerright.

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19 20 21

Crease from the intersection. Crease from the diagonal. Detail of the corner.

22 23 24

Fold the corner to thediagonal. Only creasewhere indicated.

Mountain-fold behindalong the edge, unfold.

Unfold.

25 26 27

Repeat steps 22-24 onthe other side.

Crease the anglebisectors.

Crease diagonally.

28 29 30

Crease diagonally. Flipthe paper.

Crease diagonally. Crease the anglebisectors.

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31 32 33

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

34 35 36

Spread-squash. Fold one layer behind andone layer over.

Squash-fold.

37 38 39

Form a rabbit-ear. Swivel-fold the edgestoward the center.

Mountain-fold the topbehind.

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40 41 42

Inside reverse-fold. Fold up the tip whilepulling out two points.

Unfold the tip.

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 thetip.

49 50 51

Unfold the squash-foldmade in 47.

Crease the anglebisector.

Inside reverse-fold.

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52 53 54

Valley-fold. Swivel-fold the edges. Crease from one tip tothe other.

55 56 57

Crease the regions inhalf.

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

58 59 60

Detail of the corner.

Rabbit-ear. Valley-fold.

61

Squash-fold.

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62

Mountain-fold thecornerbehind.

63

Crease theflap intofourths.

64

Open-sinkin and out.

65

Detail of thecorner.Separate theflaps.

66

Finishedappearance.

67

In progress.

68

Open-sink thelower flap.

69

In progress.

70

Crease thethin flap inhalf.

71

Open-sink.

72

Finishedappearance.

73

Close the flaps.

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74 75 76

Spread-squash the layerssymmetrically.

Flip the model.Inside reverse-fold

77 78 79

Crease the flap into 5parts.

Valley-fold. Valley-fold.

85 86 87

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

80

Rabbit-ear.

81

Valley-fold.

82

Squash-fold.

83

Crease intofourths.

84

Open-sinkin and out.

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88 89 90

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

91 92

Repeat steps 88-90 onthe left side.

Detail of the center.

93

Untuck a somelayers.

94

Untuck theremaining layers.

95

Valley-folds.

96

Finishedappearance.

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97 98 99

Wrap one layer of paperaround either side.

Valley-fold. Crease the corners of thekite shape to the center.

100 101 102

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

103 104 105

Valley-fold. Crease the sides intofourths.

Crease the outer regionsinto eights.

106 107 108

Flip over. Crease the flap intofourths.

Crease into eigths.

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Crease from the edge ofthe flap to the cornershown.

109 110 111

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

112 113 114

Fold one layer back tothe right.

Repeat steps 107-112 onthe right.

Open-sink in and out.

115 116 117

Spread-squash all layerssymmetrically.

Flip the model over. Valley-fold.

118 119 120

Fold one layer over. Open-sink in and out.

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121 122 123

Crease the tip. Open-sink the middleflap.

Pleat.

124 125

Unfold the two points. Detail of the center.

126

Pull out a layer ofpaper, forming agusset on eitherside.

127

Reverse-fold.

128

Unsink the tip.

129

Fold the two pointsback toward thecenter.

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130

Close the flap.

131

Mountain-fold.

132

Wrap a layer frombehind.

133

Mountain-fold.

134 135

136 137

Open-sink in andout.

Open-sink in andout.

Fold one layer over. Spread-squash.

138 140 141139

Valley-fold Closed-sink. Fold onelayer over.

Repeat136-140 onthe leftside.

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180°142

Flip over.

143

Fold upall butthe lasttwo flaps.

144

Rotate.

145

Crease tothe line.

146 147 149

Creasediagonals.

Creasebisectors.

Crimp. Pull outtwo flaps.

150 151 152 153

Inprogress.

Open-sink.

Closed-sink.

Fold twoshortflaps up.

148

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154

Valley-foldthe frontlegs.

155

Crimp theantennae.

156

Valley-fold themiddlelegs.

157

Valley-fold thehind legs.

158

Detail of themouthparts.

159Pinch thesmall twoflaps.

160Bendthemslightly.

161

Valley-fold theantennaethinner.

162

Detail ofthe frontfoot.

163

Finished appearance.Repeat on the left side.

164

165

Spread-sink Crimp.

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166

Detail of themiddle foot.

Pull out a layer. Pull out the edge ofpaper.

Pleat.

Crimp. Spread-sink, repeatbehind.

Finished appearance.Repeat on the remainingfour tips.

167 168

169

170 171 172

173 174

Flip over. Detail of the head.

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Inside reverse-foldthe hidden edge.

175

Crimp the jawsoutward.

176

Mountain-fold.

177

Fold the edges ofthe head behind.

178

Mountain-fold thetip of the head.

179

Pull out two smallpoints.

180

Valley-fold the tipsforward.

181

Pull out the twosmall hidden flaps.

182

Pinch and shape thejaws.

183

Crimp the body.

184

Inside reverse-fold the wingtipsand tuck them inside the body.

185

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Shape the legs.

188

Shape the body

189

Open the barbs ofthe feet.

190

Pleat the feet.

186

Pinch the legs tothin them.

187