Orikata
Free origami instructions, one animated fold per screen, with no ads and no scrolling.
Concept
Orikata teaches origami one step at a time. Each fold fills the screen, with Prev and Next buttons, and there is nothing to scroll.
Each model is written as a list of folds. A fold engine computes the paper after every fold, animates it from that geometry and checks that no step tears the paper.
The models are traditional and in the public domain. The site is free, with a button to buy me a coffee.
History
- First version: the fold engine and 6 models.
- A research list of 225 traditional models to add.
- Every model folds in 3D.
- Live on orikatado.com.
- A page for each model and a full list of models.
- A printable PDF for each model.
Achievements
- 69 models: 12 animals, 14 toys, 4 hats, 32 for the home and 7 bases.
- Models drawn from 19th-century sources, including Köhler (1873), Weaver (1893) and Browne (1896).