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 INTRODUCTIO[\
WonPork,ShighlycreotiveondintricoteWorkhoslongbeenodmiredthroughouttheorigomicommunity.His
populor, ond there ore legions of people oround the
dollor bill designs ore some of the most chollenging ond
populority of the form' only o relotively smoll number
world who fold nothing but poper money. Despite the

of tolented, creotive ortists publish money folds, ond

won Pork is widely regorded os o leoding moster of this

speciolty.

TheUSdollorbillisopopulorformotbecouseitisreodilyovoilobleondrelotivelyoffordoble,itisrichwith
printed on wonderfully strong, crisp stock' This medium
intricote ond ortful engrovings, ond it is permonently

stondsupwelltoheowfoldingondisporticulorlysuitedtowet-foldingondtheortfulshopingthotwet-folding
ond even qn eye' ore oll elements thot con be
offords, The dollor bill's rich topestry of whorls, leoves. letters,

incorporoted into the design of the money fold'

ore fixed despite denominotion' every design con be

Since the rectongulor proportions of US poper currency
ond orchivol lt will not eosily teor when folded'
folded with o bill of ony volue. Fresh poper currency is strong
When you present o gift of cleverly folded cosh, expect
nor crumble with oge, so it should lost for generotions.
poper
surprise ond delightl lt is sod indeed thot so mony
countries qre in the process of replocing their smqller

denominotions with coins.

of this coliber' whot is

won's ottention to detoil remorkoble, but thot is not unusuol for on origomi designer
is

folding execution, ond his finely tuned sense of

unusuol is the combinotion of his eye for detoil, his meticulous
ortistry.Sometimeogo,whenWeweresettingupourorigomiD6showinWoikiki,Howoii-oshortdrivefrom
Won,s house-we received o dollor os chonge from o
locql grocery clerk. lt felt curiously soft, ond upon closer
until the next
exominotion, we noticed it hod beendivided by dozens of crossing creoses' we kept the bill sofe
"Do you recognize this?"
time we sow Won. We showed it to him ond osked'

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"Where did you get i? This is my koil" wos Won's reply. He exploined thot once in o while he would unfold q bill

ond use it os spending money if the folding wosn't proceeding to his liking'

We oppreciote Won's intricote designs even more when they ore folded from lorger rectongles of hondmode
popers, such os the popers thot we moke here oi OrigomidO Studio. Won folded o lorger version of his Koi from

this speciol, hondmode poper, ond we proudly disployed ii to on enthusiostic response from the
public.

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Won is olso generous with his time. He tought of our studio during the show in Woikiki os well os the locol

librories oround Oohu, ond for Scott Mocri's ongoing Howoii Origomi Club workshops, Won hos been ond

continues to be on honored guest ot mony origomi conventions ond gotherings oround the world.

We know thot this eogerly onticipoted title would not hove been possible without the hord work of his illustrqtor.

Morcio Noguchi-onother generous. dedicqted, ond tolented origomi ortist. Morcio's coreful ottention to detoil
ond his eye for the flow of the folding sequence ore evident in these cleor, concise, ond occessible diogroms.

We look forwqrd to more of Won's omozing designs being published, ond to the ongoing floodgote of new

designs by his growing number of prot6g6s'

TERMS AND SYIVBOLS Squosh fold

Volley fold ffiM

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Mountoin fold
!nside reverse fold

Existing creose

ffi Outside reverse fold

Hidden lines 1
HQ Preliminory fold

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Closed sink

Petol fold

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Open Sink

MV Robbit-eor fold

WW Swivel fold Spreod sink

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Open loyers
Crimp fold
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Push/opPlY Pressure
Woterbomb bose

Rotote
Bird bose

HQ (o) (b)
Turn over

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Close up
Fold

View from this ongle

Fold ond unfold

 ARE YOU READY TO TAKE THE
EXTREME CR IGAMI C HALLE NGE?
of proctice. lf you ore olreody on odvonced folder' you
As with onything you do, origomi-especioily extreme origomi-tokes proctice. Lots
here ore some
offered by this book. But if your skills ore ot on intermediote level'
ore well prepored to toke the Ertreme origomichollenge
tips thot will help you oftock these models'

shown in the diogroms, but the text is importont' too' Leorn to

reod both
. origomi instructions con be tricky to follow. Most of the oction
is

together to get the whole story'

qnd leorn them before you stort
. in the terms section. Reod the terms through
some importont folds ore referred to by nome; they ore listed
these models.

.Equipyourselfwiththesebosictoolswhenyouorereodytobeginfolding:

regulor dollor bills' if you con' They will

(l ) proctice poper-use ploin popers thot ore lorger thon (but with the some proportions os)
to prqctice these models q lot before using reol money to fold them'
one
moke the tiniest folds o litfle eosier to leorn. vou will need
it hord to see the creoses'
it hos potterns ond ortwork printed on it thot con moke
of the chollenges of folding with reol money is thot
poper cont be oversold'
So the volue of getting up to speed on ploin proctice

(2) A bone folder, for moking shorp, occurote folds. lmprecise

folds con throw the whole model off'

proctice to leorn how to use them properly'

(3) Tweezers, for grosping smoll folds firmly. lt tokes o bit of

its shope'
(4) Smoll poper clomps, for helping thickly folded poper to keep

finol models'
(5) Fresh, new dollor bills, for when you ore reody to fold tight, crisp

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When folding, compore the cunent step to the results in the step oheod. Sometimes knowing whot the finol result should look like will enoble you to

execute o porticulorly difficult step.

Bewqre of overfolding. Poper softens with use-even duroble stock like dollor bills-ond when it is too soft, the folds won't hold. Which is yet onother

good reoson to proctice, proctice, proctice.

Sometimes you just need to step owoy from your project. These projects ore extremely chollenging. There will be times when you will throw your honds

up in frustrotion. Thot's when it is time to toke o breok ond o breother. A little perspective olwoys helps.

Enjoy the process. Stoy focused on moking shorp, occurote folds ond the rest will follow with time ond proctice.

Allow yourself time to fold these models. They ore works of orl moking ort tokes time. Finol shoping detoils ore os importont to the end product os the

intermediote steps, so give these your full ottention, too.

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