Windmill (CFW 84)

In Print

Instructions for this model were published in Shuzo Fujimotos’s books:

• Twist Origami I, page 6, crease pattern
• Twist Origami II, pages 4 (just this model) and 7 (combined with CFW 184), simplified step-by-step instructions
• Invitation to Creative Playing with Origami, pages 101 (crease pattern) and 113 (image of finished model)
• Twist Folds, Shuzo Fujimoto, ISBN 9784416312001, pages 34-35 (step-by-step instructions and photos of finished model)
• Solid Origami, page 112 (crease pattern)

Video tutorial

There is also a video tutorial by HEYY ORIGAMI!.

Description

This model is folded in a process called pursing: after folding a hex twist from a hexagon with 4×4×4 triangle grid, you first precrease by folding each vertex of the hexagon to the hexagon’s center, and unfolding. Once this precrease is repeated on all six sides, you fold each of the precreased lines one after the other, following a steady direction (clockwise or counter-clockwise). The last fold requires some wiggling to tuck the paper layers correctly.