Snail

by Derek McGann

1. 2.

Pinch two sides in half. Pinch in half in two places.

3. 4.

Pinch in half in four places. Pinch in half in four places.

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5. 6.

Pinch in half in four places. Pinch in half in four places.

7. 8.

Pinch in half in two places. Valley fold in three places.

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9. 10.

Mountain fold the small corner behind. Rabbit ear.

11. 12.

Inside reverse fold. Rabbit ear.

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13. 14.

Rabbit ear. Repeat behind. Fold and unfold the angle bisector. Repeat
behind.

15. 16.

Open sink. Repeat behind. Inside reverse fold the exposed edge from step
15. Repeat behind
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17. 18.

Fold down along the exposed edge. Fold back up along the bottom edge.

19. 20.

Unfold to step 17. Open sink in and out.

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21. 22.

Open sink along creases made in step 17.

Inside reverse fold the long flap up.

23. 24.

Squash fold the antenna up. Repeat behind.

Narrow the antenna with valley folds. Repeat
behind.
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25. 26.

Valley fold the left half of the antenna to the right. Wrap a layer around to the front. Repeat behind.
Repeat behind.

27. 28.

Mountain fold the corner. Repeat behind. Closed sink a small corner.
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29. 30.

Valley fold the remaining corner into the pocket Valley fold the color changed flap so that it is
created by the closed sink from step 28. perpendicular to the model. The next view is from
the top.

31. 32.

Inside reverse fold.

Outside reverse fold.

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33. 34.

Inside reverse fold.

Outside reverse fold.

35. 36.

Outside reverse fold. Inside reverse fold.

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37. 38.

Outside reverse fold. Inside reverse fold.

39. 40.

Outside reverse fold.

Final Shaping: Curl the antennae and pull out
some paper from the tip to create nodes at the
end. Closed sink the corners of the two mouth-
tentacles. Shape the shell by curling the corners
down and expanding the individual chambers.
Push the shell forward and down to position it
41. where desired (this is essentially closed sinking
the base of the shell a little). Spread layers to
expand the body - the thick layers down the
center may need to be crimped and folded up to
get the desired shape.

Finished snail.

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