Angel Fish | English | Lovely Origami!
Channel: Arvind Gupta
Date: 30/10/2014

We are going to fold a beautiful Angel Fish from a paper square 15-cm on the edge. First you have to fold a Bird Base. Fold both diagonals in the same direction. Also fold both the mid-lines in the same direction. Then collapse the paper as shown to make it a quarter of its original size. Fold both the slant edges to the mid-line. Upturn the paper and repeat the same. Fold the triangular crown down on any side. Then open both the triangular flaps and lift the top layer to the base of the crown. Crease and collapse the edges to make a diamond shape rhombus. Repeat the same on the reverse. Now you will get two diamonds. This is the famous Bird Base – from which you can make hundreds of Origami Models. 
Open one flap, fold it down and again up on the right side. Repeat the same on the left side.  Now fold both the left and right flaps into half. This way we have made the two fins of the Angel Fish. Now we will make its tail. For this first upturn the paper and then fold the tip to the point shown. Fold the tip first to the left and then to the right. Then press the tip and stand it up like a nose. Fold this triangular nose to the left. Repeat this on the other side too to make the other half of the tail. On folding the model into half you will see the Angel Fish evolving. You will be able to see the two fins, the tail and the head of the fish. To lend character to the Angel Fish stick an eye. The eye will make the Angel Fish alive! This work was supported by IUCAA and Tata Trust. This film was made by Ashok Rupner TATA Trust: Education is one of the key focus areas for Tata Trusts, aiming towards enabling access of quality education to the underprivileged population in India. To facilitate quality in teaching and learning of Science education through workshops, capacity building and resource creation, Tata Trusts have been supporting Muktangan Vigyan Shodhika (MVS), IUCAA's Children’s Science Centre, since inception. To know more about other initiatives of Tata Trusts, please visit www.tatatrusts.org