Stay home, Stay safe is the need of the hour! Well, during this coronavirus lockdown, this little horse by Oriol Esteve is one of the first origami that I tried out. Check out his Facebook post on the origami horse.

What I liked best about the origami is the suddenness with which the horse turns up! I mean, up to the 15th step, we are just folding along and there is no sign of a horse. But in 2 steps, 16th and 17th, there are 2 reverse folds and boom! You have a horse! 😄 And a super-cute little fella at that.

60 gsm paper would be the best, I thought, since there are multiple layers that are folded in the reverse folds. I used some lovely Momigami paper that I had (15 cms) which turned out to be a good decision. The final horse was about 5.75 cms.

Model Details:

Model: Horse 

Creator: Oriol Esteve

Difficulty Level: Low Intermediate

Paper Ratio: Square

Paper Size: 6 inches

Model Size: ~2.2 inches in height

Diagram: Facebook

This dual coloured heart is designed by Andrey Lukyanov, an Ukrainian origamist, who has designed a whole bunch of heart/love-based origami! Using Google Translate, I gather from his website (which is in Russian), that this heart represents 2 halves of love which builds a new life.

As far as the model goes, the creator has made a detailed video on how to fold it (link below). After the initial pre-creasings, the model is collapsed on these creases. That point is not very clear in the tutorial. It took me a couple of tries to get this right. Another potential problem area is pleating the leaf. I had used 6-inch paper and the pleats are really tiny!

The obvious choice of paper is a single-sided red paper. I have used pearlized momigami paper and I love the texture it adds to the model.

Model Details:

Model: New Life Heart 

Creator: Andrey Lukyanov

Difficulty Level: High Intermediate

Paper Ratio: Square

Paper Size: 6 inches

Model Size: ~2.5 inches in length and 3 inches across

Tutorial: Youtube (Part 1 and Part 2)