Echidna by Steven Casey

1. Crease top to bottom and 2. Fold each side into the center
left to right. and unfold.

3. Add vertical creases between 4. Add horizontal creases between

existing creases. existing creases.

5. Divide into 16ths across by 6. Divide into 16ths the other way
adding more vertical creases. by adding more horizontal creases.

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7. Add final creases across. 8. Add final creases top to bottom
to form a 32 x 32 grid.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

9. See step for the detail. 10. Add creases then collpase.

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A

11. Pleat. 12. Fold the edge over and the pleats away
from each other. The view changes in the next
step to show the result.
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13. This shows the fold in progress, 14. Fold the raw edge outwards and
looking in the direction of A. press folded edge into 3D and forward.
The next step looks at the model
from a new direction.

15. The fold in progress. 16. Fold the pleat over.

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17. Lift corner as indicated. 18. Precrease then collapse.

This releases the trapped layers
and flips the hidded corner.

Repeat 11 - 18

19. Repeat steps for the top edge. 20. Fold bottom edge up on the 4th crease.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

21. Valley the edge down on the 22. Separate layers and
3rd crease. Flip the small valley section of pleat.
pleated flap over in the opposite
direction.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

23. Push out pleated section from behind. 24. Valley single layer over.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

25. Valley single flap up. 26. Mountain hidden corner

Sink visible corner.

27. Fold edge up to the second crease. 28. Fold pleat down across model.

29. Hold where indicated and open out 30. Add a pleat and allow triangle,
pleat section and push out from behind. (shaded in diagram) to fold under as
you collapse.
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Repeat 20 - 30

31. This is the result. Repeat along 32. Add two pleats.
the top right edge.

34. Pull out crossed pleats.

33. See detail.

35. Rabbit ear adjacent 36. Squash fold and lay flap down
sections. towards you.
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Resulting
Flap
90

37. Move the point out of the way. 38. Open out small pleat then fold
Add another pleat. long pleat up at ninety degrees.

39. Pull pleats apart and swing 40. Pull vertical pleats out and add
raw edges downward. the mountain fold.

41. Fold all flaps down. 42. See detail in following steps.
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43. Sink corner. 44. Valley fold the two flaps.

45. Result. 46. Add the last top down pleat.

47. Repeat steps in other direction., adding 48. Wrap layer around to the front.
vertical crease across the model.
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49. Sink corners. 50. Mountain and tuck flap into

the pocket behind.

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51. Fold flaps outward. 52. Valley top flap over then
rotate model 45 degrees.
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b
a

53. Lift the pleat up 90 degrees. 54. Separate the cross pleats to form a point.
The next step shows how to unlock The model will not lay flat. Carefull the paper
each crossed pleat to form a point. can easily tear.

a b

55.. Rabbit ear the shaded section. Collapse 56. Squash.

the adjacent pleats with valleys and press
the back of the newly formed point. The model
will not lie flat.

53- 56 x 32

57. This shows a completed point 58. Pull out the points indicated in
which will be narrowed into a spine. the shaded section in the same way
as steps 53 to 56.
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59. Pull out more crossed pleats in the 60. Open up layers, see detail next step.
location indicated by the shading.

A
A

61. Sink tip. 62. View from underneath.

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63. Sink tip and adjacent edge. 64. Valley layers.

65. See detail. 66. Sink pleats.

(Push through to underneath)
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1 1

2 2

4 4

5
6 6

67. Flip the pleat over from position 68. Turn over.
3 to position 2. The partially hidden
part of the pleat will be reversed.

69. Sink corners at the top and left edges. 70. Body: Valley and twist at the top and
Precrease head with a valley. Fold tip of head right edges. Head: Fold edges into diagonal
crease.
inward.
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.71. Sink two corners along

top and right edges. 72. Turn over.

73. Fold small flap over.

Rotate model 45 degrees. 74. See detail.
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75 M
Mountain
ountain single
single layer. 76. Reverse fold as far as possible.

77. Hidden half petal fold.

fold. 78. .Repeat steps ....

79..This is the result. 80. Repeat steps 76 - 78.

Model will tend to curl.
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81. Reverse hidden corners. 82. Reverse corners (x4) so

so they sit
inside of the adjacent pocket.

83. Reverse corners (x2) so they sit 84. Valley flaps as a group over the
under the adjacent pocket. next row of flaps. Under the top flap
perform a reverse fold.

85. This shows the result. 86. Valley long edges then, crimp side corners,
model becomes 3D. Triple reverse back of Echidna.
Tuck in small flap.
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87. Unfold edge. 88. Turn model upside down.

See Detail, next step. Valley the edge up to

89. 90.
the nearest crease.

91. Valley the newly formed edge 92. Valley lower edge up into
up to the nearest crease. the model to form a lock.
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93. Valley the thin flap 94. Valley flap down. The tip
upwards. It is shaded locates on top of the tips
for clarity. of the front claws.

95. Valley corner over diagonally. 96. Swing flap under and over
to the left.

97. Slide flap down into the inside of the pocket 98. The result.
and middle claw. Start with the tip first, the
rest will follow. (The flap matches the shape
of the front paws and claws.)
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Repeat

99. Repeat steps 90 to 97 on 100. Next steps focus

the opposite side. on locking the back of
the Echidna.

101. Reverse all but the two middle corners. 102. Tuck outer triangles into
nearest pocket, on both sides.

103. Fold triangle down between 104. Sink remaining corners.

the pleats, in front and behind.
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105. Inside reverse triangle tabs 106. Reverse fold layers down
down between pleats to lock. into body. This is like an
open sink of the top tabs.

108. Valley the edge of the spine

107. Turn over. to lock inner layers. Crimp
the head to define the snout.

109. Shape Snout. 110. Complete.