African Elephant

Difficulty:aEEEEEaSuper-Complex
Designed:a2015
Recommendedastartingasize:a15"a638acm/
Finishedasize:a6a1/2"alonga616acm/
Expectedatimeaneededatoafold:a5+ahoursa

0.42

1.aWhiteysideyup.yFoldyandy 2.aPinchytheyleftysidey 3.aPinchyandyunfold.

unfoldyalongyoneydiagonal.y inyhalfyandyunfold.y

4.aPinchyandyunfold. 5.aFoldyoveryfromytheypinchymarkytoythe 6.ayPinchytheytopyedgeydownytoytheycircledy

bottomyrightycorner,ycreaseyonlyyatythe pointykeepingytheyleftyedgeyatyayrightyangley
diagonalyintersection,yandyunfold.y andyunfold.yRepeatyalongytheybottomyedge.

ShukiyKatoy-yAfricanyElephanty1.a
 7. Pinch9and9unfold9into9fourths.9 8. Pinch9and9unfold.9 9. Pinch9and9unfold9into9fourths.9

2/9

10. Fold9in9half9being9careful9not9to9 11.9Pinch9and9unfold9creasing9 12. Unfold.9

crease9inside9the92/99mark9except9 through9both9layers.9
for9a9pinch9along9the9center.9

13. Pinch9and9unfold9into9eighths.9 14. Pinch9along9the9diagonal9 15. Pinch9along9the9

dividing9it9into9thirds9and9unfold. diagonal9and9unfold.

16. Pinch9along9the9 17. Fold9in9half.9 18. Fold9and9unfold9through9

diagonal9and9unfold. both9layers9as9shown.9Note9
the9uncreased9sections.

Shuki9Kato9-9African9Elephant92.
 19. Foldwandwunfold.w 20. Foldwandwunfold.w 21. Foldwandwunfold.
Repeatwbehind.

22. Foldwandwunfoldwthenwzoomw 23. Foldwandwunfoldwdividingweachw 24. Likewso.wReturnwtowfullwview.

inwonwthewlowerwsection. regionwintowthirds.wRepeatwbehind.

25. Addwtwowmorewpinchwmarks. 26. Bringwthewcircledwpointsw 27. Foldwandwunfoldwadding

together,wcrease,wandwunfold. 3wparallelwcreases.w

28. Foldwandwunfoldwadding 29. Valleywfoldwthewcornersw 30. Foldwandwunfold.

4wmorewparallelwcreases.w notingwthewreferences.

ShukiwKatow-wAfricanwElephantw3.
 31. Fold1and1unfold1dividing1evenly1 32. Fold1and1unfold. 33. Unfold1the1corners.
and1using1existing1creases1as1guides.

~18°

34. Pinch1marks1will1no1longer1shown1 35. Crimp1using1existing1creases. 36. Pleat1using1existing1creases.

unless1required1for1reference.1Rotate1
the1model1to1match1the1next1diagram.

37. Zoom1in. 38. Squash-fold. 39. Swivel-fold. 40. Unfold1to1step136.

41. Push1in1the1darkened1region1keeping1it1 42. Like1so.1Fold1and1 43. Crimp.1 44. Pleat1while1swiveling1

closed1at1the1circled1point1and1simultaneously1 unfold1extending1the1 the1lower1edge1behind.
crimp1the1paper1as1shown.1 existing1creases.

Shuki1Kato1-1African1Elephant14.
 x44-47

45. Foldxthexcornerxupxandxtox 46. Foldxthexnarrowxedgex 47. Likexso.xFoldxthex 48. Repeatxstepsx

thexright.xDoxnotxcreasexsharply. downxandxsimultaneouslyx cornerxbackxdown. 44-47xbehind.
spread-sinkxthexsmallxcorner.

49. Foldxandxunfold. 50. Pushxinxthex 51. Invertxthexdarkxregionxthenx 52. LikexSo.xReturnx

darkenedxregion. reverse-foldxitxbackxoutwards. toxfullxview.

53. Foldxandxunfoldxcreasingx 54. Foldxandxunfoldx 55. Extendxthex

throughxallxlayers. throughxonexlayer.x existingxcrease.x

x54-57

56. Foldxandxunfoldx 57. Foldxandxunfold,xcreasingx 58. Repeatxstepsx54-57 59. Pushxinxthexdarkenedxregionxandx

throughxonexlayer.x throughxthexnearestxtwoxlayers.x behind.xReturnxtoxfullxview. crimpxinxaxsimilarxmannerxasxbefore.

ShukixKatox-xAfricanxElephantx5.
 60. Open-sink. 61. Squash-fold. 62. Unsink.

63. Pushxinxthextopxedgesxofx 64. Collapsexasxshown. 65. Valley-fold. 66. Pushxinxthexdarkenedxregionx

thexdiamondxthenxpullxthex thenxfoldxthexedgexbackxdown.
excessxpaperxfromxbelow.

67. Valley-foldxallowingxax 68. Valley-fold. 69. Likexso.xZoomxout. 70. Foldxandxunfold.

smallxedgextoxswivelxdown.x

71. Foldxandxunfold. 72. Pleatxandxbeginxtoxcollapsex 73. Pleatxagain.xthexmodelxcanxliex

usingxthexcreasesxfromxstepx54. flatxatxthisxpoint,xbutxit4sxbetterxtox
leavexthexrightxsidexuncreased.

ShukixKatox-xAfricanxElephantx6.
 74. PleatPoncePmoreZPinvertPthePedgeP 75. Reverse6foldPtheP 76. UnfoldPtoPstepP721
onPthePrightZPandPflattenPcompletely1 smallPhiddenPcorner1

77. Open6sink1PReferPtoPtheP 78. FoldPthePedgeP 79. Spread6sinkPthePcorner1

nextPstepPforPthePresult1 downPthenPzoomPin1

80. WrapPonePlayerPinP 81. Valley6fold1 82. Valley6fold1P 83. LikePso1PZoomPout1

frontP(closed6sink)1

P6b683

84. RepeatPstepsP6b683Pbehind1 85. FoldPandPunfoldPcreasingP 86. SpreadPapartPthePpleats1

throughPtwoPlayersPonPthePleftP
andPonePonPthePright1

ShukiPKatoP6PAfricanPElephantP7.
87. PushUtheUdarkUtriangleUbehindU 88. LiftUtheUnearUlayer. 89. UnsinkUoneUlayerUtoUtheUfront.
thenUcollapseUtheUmodelUinUtheU
sameUmannerUasUinUstepU72.

90. Valley-fold. 91. Spread-sink. 92. Valley-fold.

93. Closed-sink. 94. Mountain-foldUandUunfold. 95. FoldUandUunfold.

96. LikeUso.UZoomUout. 97. PleatUandUcollapseU 98. Reverse-foldUtheU

exceptUforUtheUrightUside. partillyUhiddenUflap.

ShukiUKatoU-UAfricanUElephantU8.
 99. OpenCsinkDtheDhiddenDcorner) 100. OpenCsinkDtheDedge)DYouDwillD 101. FoldDoneDlayerDover)D
haveDtoDpullDoutDsomeDpaperDfromDtheD DoDnotDcreaseDfirmly)
previousDsinkDtoDaccomplishDthis)

102. BringDoneDlayerD 103. ValleyDfoldDtheDtopDcornerD 104. FoldDtheDlayerDbackDover)

inDfrontD1ClosedCsink0) andDreverseCfoldDtheDlowerDone)

D85C,x6

105. FoldDtheDcornerDbehind) 106. RefoldDasDinDstepD7PC75)DNoteD 107. RepeatDstepsD

thatDtheDsmallDcornerDhooksDitselfD 85C,x6Dbehind)
behindDedgeDinDfront)

108. Next(Dwe8llDworkDonDtheDlegD 109. PythagoreanCstretchDtheDfrontDlegDoverD 110. StretchDsimilarlyDonDtheDleft)

andDbellyDsection)DZoomDin) toDtheDright)DDoDnotDcreaseDtheDnearestD
layerDevenDthoughDit8sDshownDthatDway)

ShukiDKatoDCDAfricanDElephantD9.
111. WrapOtheOsmallOedgeOaround. 112. FoldObothOflapsOdown. 113. TurnOtheOmodelOover.

114. CutOawayOview.OReverse-fold. 115. FoldOthreeOedgesOinwardOandOup. 116. ReleaseOtheOtrappedOpaper.

117. FoldOtwoOedgesObackOdown. 118. FoldOandOunfold. 119. Open-sinkOexceptOforOtheOcircledO

edgeOwhichOhasOtoObeOclosed.

120. FoldOandOunfold. 121. SinkOtheOdarkenedOregionOandO 122. FoldOandOunfold.

pullOtheOexcessOpaperOtoOtheOright.

ShukiOKatoO-OAfricanOElephantO10.
 123. Sinkgagain. 124. Foldgtheglowergedgesgupwardsg 125. Squash-foldgtheg
andgflattengcompletely. cornergtogthegright.

126. Foldgthegcornerg 127. Foldgthegcornergbehind. 128 Foldgthegedgegbackgdowng

overgandgover. incorporatinggagswivelgongthegright.

g109-130

129. Pullgoutgthegtrappedgedge. 130. Likegso.gTurngthegmodelgover. 131. Repeatgstepsg109-130g

behind.gReturngtogfullgview.

132. Next,gweTllgworkgong 133. Foldgthegindicatedglayergdown. 134. Foldgandgunfold.

thegheadgandgneck.

ShukigKatog-gAfricangElephantg11.
135. Mountain-foldgandgunfoldg 136. Squash-fold. 137. Foldgandgunfold.
throughgthegnearestglayers.

g133-139

138. Squash-fold. 139. Squash-fold. 140. Repeatgstepsg133-139gbehind.

141. Pythagorean-stretchgthegtuskg 142. Pleatgthegtusksgthengoutsidegreverse 143. OutsidegReverse-fold.

overgtogthegright.gRepeatgbehind. -foldgthegentiregheadgassembly.

144. Closed-sinkgthegcorner. 145. Reverse-foldgthegcorner.g 146. Squash-foldgthegcornerg

andgtuckgthegedgeginside.

ShukigKatog-gAfricangElephantg12.
 147. LikeIso.IUnfold. 148. OpenIoutItheIpocketI 149. SinkItheIcorner.ICheckItheI
belowIasIshown. nextIstepIforIadditionalIreferences.

150. CollapseIinIprogress. 151. InIprogress. 152. Valley-fold.

153. Closed-sink. 154. Reverse-foldItheI 155. Reverse-foldItheIcorner.

earIbackIdown.

156. Closed-sinkItheIcorner. 157. BringIoneIlayerIinI 158. TurnItheImodelIoverIandI

frontITclosed-sinkm. viewIthisIsectionIfromItheIinside.

ShukiIKatoI-IAfricanIElephantI13.
159. Valley-foldgandgpleatg 160. Narrowgthegtuskgwithg 161. Pullgoutgthegrawgedge. 162. Valley-foldgasg
thegexcessgpaper. valleygandgmountaingfolds. fargasgpossible.

g144-163

163. Likegso.gTurng 164. Repeatgstepsg144-163gbehind.g 165. Open-sinkgthegcorner.

thegmodelgover.

166. Foldgandgunfold. 167. Open-sinkgspreadingg 168. Reverse-foldg

theglayersgongthegleft. thegedgesgbackgup.

169. Sinkgthegsmallgcorner. 170. OutsidegReverse-foldg 171. Valley-fold.

andgcrimpgthegexcessgpaper.

ShukigKatog-gAfricangElephantg14.
 172. Valley-fold. 173. Unfold. 174. Crimpgusinggexistinggcreases.

175. Makegagnarrowgcrimpginsidegtog 176. Swivelgthegtopgofgtheg 177. Swivelgagaingatgthegtop,g

lowergthegtrunkgagbitgmoregRoptionalL. earsgandgvally-foldgthegeyes sinkgthegforehead,gandgreverse
-foldgagtinygflapgtogformgthegeyes.

178. Roundgthegeyegandg 179. Squeezegandgcurvegtheg 180. Crimpgthegtrunkgandg

crimpgthegtrunkgdown. tusksgandgpleatgthegears. reverse-foldgthegtip.

181. Squeezegthegtrunkgandgshapegtheg 182. Likegso.gReturngtogfullgview. 183. Next,gwe,llgworkgongtheg

earsgwithgsoftgvalleygandgmountaingfolds.g undersidegofgthegmodel.

ShukigKatog-gAfricangElephantg15.
184. Tuckbonebcornerbintobtheb 185. Foldbthebconnectedb 186. Likebso.bNext,b 187. Outsidebreverse
pocketbonbtheboppositebside. edgesboverbandboverbtoblock. we'llbworkbonbthebtail. -foldbthebtail.

188. Releasebtheb 189. Mountain 190. Closed-sinkb 191. Squeezebandbcurvebthebtailb

edgebupwards. -foldbandbunfold. thebcorner. andbpullboutbsomebpaperbatbthebtip.

192. Likebso.bReturnb 193. Reverse-foldbthebback,bsinkb 194. Swivelbthebedgesbbehind.b

tobfullbview. thebrump,bandbpleatbthebfeet. Repeatbonballblegs.

195. Shapebtheblegsbandbback. 196. ThebCompletedbAfricanbElephant.

ShukibKatob-bAfricanbElephantb16.