There are quite a number of origami butterflies that have been designed. But there are relatively few origami butterfly bookmarks. And of those few, I think the most beautiful is Grzegorz Bubniak’s bookmark.
I have stagnated in my folding these days, haven’t really tried new things. So this bookmark made an interesting change. I found the steps to be more complex than what I have attempted so far. But despite that, the instructions were clear enough that I could follow and complete them.
The difficulty level for the bookmark is intermediate, I would say. Moving from step 4 to 5 presented the first challenge for me. Going from Step 9 to 10 was also interesting. I had to closely follow the valley and mountain folds to complete the step. I also needed to figure out how to make a swivel fold. In case you are wondering how to make a swivel fold, here are the steps (picked up from Origami.com).
Courtesy: Origami.com (http://dev.origami.com/images_pdf/foldsymbols.pdf)
So it was an interesting origami to do.. And I have already made 4 of these bookmarks!!
Model Details:
Model: Butterfly Bookmark
Creator: Grzegorz Bubniak
Website: Gregorigami
Classification: Origami | Butterflies | Letters and Bookmarks
Difficulty Level: High Intermediate
Paper Ratio: Square
Paper size: 5 inches
Instructions: OrigamiArt
Tutorial: Youtube
This looks very beautiful. But I think it will look better with double coloured paper though.
Yes that is right. But unfortunately I did not have any double coloured paper when I tried this. So had to make do with this!
wow!! I love the bookmark, very creative to make something out of paper!!
Thanks Saje. I really loved this bookmark and haven’t stopped making them!
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Very nice creations Pearlie, You got talent and I praise God for that.
Thanks Dad!
I tried to make the model but i cant understanda the explanation. Maybe you coul try and make a video? I’d sure apreaciate it!
Hi Patricia,
I am sorry for the delay in replying. I recently came across a youtube tutorial to fold this bookmark. I hope it is of help to you
Pearlie.
I love this bookmark…I never knew that one could make bookmarks in origami -silly me…I would love to try making this…
This is my most viewed page! These bookmarks are great and very addicting too.. It isn’t too difficult to make either and isn’t too time consuming, to boot!