Credits and Resources:
This is a traditional model.
Original source unknown.
Text-Only Instructions - Copyright accessorigami.com 2024
With thankful acknowledgement to Nishi Sakpal for folding and help with corrections/revisions of the text.
Note that you can fold MDL0104 as a stand for your fan.
Folding level: Beginner to Intermediate
Paper to be used: Rectangular - ideally, the length of the rectangle used should be approximately three times the width.
For practice, use a standard sheet of copy paper that has been cut in half vertically.
Once you have mastered the folds of the model, then move on to colored construction or patterned origami paper that have been trimmed to more accurate proportions.
Steps: 19
Description: The fan presented here is a centuries-old, traditional decorative and functional origami model.
It makes use of accordion folds, followed by long, diagonal pleats to create a typical fan shape that flares out from a central point.
The finished model is fairly flat, with a beautiful elegant look, with the side panels and the "handle" of the fan forming prominent features.
You will be able to open and close your fan, which is handy for storage and sure to be impressive as a moving model.
As you fold the sides back in the last step, the back side of the model will be facing away from you. So, you can either turn the fan around if you want the front to show, or consider making two fans and gluing them together back to back.
This project is not very difficult, but the creases and folds you make have to be crisp, strong and precise in order for it to fold into shape successfully.
The best way to ensure this is to fold against a surface that is hard, flat, and stable.
Remarks:
This model is perfect to make as decor for a wedding or will fit well with various other themes and special occasions.
Fold it in colors to match your outfit as a prop for a dress-up party.
Use fans as party favors that can actually keep your guests cool.
For a unique table setting, place a fan upright into a folded stand in matching colors.
Keep in mind that this is one of those models that may not turn out well with your first try. Don't give up. Some practice may be needed before you will be able to get the model to turn out well.
This tutorial is divided into 3 parts:
Part 1: Creating accordion or pleat folds.
Part 2: Refolding the accordion into a multi-layered strip.
Part 3: Creating the slanting fan shape.
Part 1 - The Accordion Base
NOTE: This model starts from the Accordion Base. If you are able to achieve this without instructions, place your rectangle in portrait orientation and fold it so it is divided into 16 panels lying horizontally Decorationsacross the rectangle.
Then go to Part 2.
You can also learn about the Accordion and other origami bases at the following link:
Bases Used in Origami
Step 1
Place your paper color-side down with the short sides top and bottom, or in portrait orientation.
Step 2
Bring the bottom edge of the model up to meet the top edge. Crease and unfold.
Step 3A
Bring the bottom edge up to meet the horizontal center crease line created in Step 2. Crease and unfold.
Step 3B
Bring the top edge down to meet the horizontal center crease line. Crease and unfold.
Result: The model should now be divided into four equal sections.
Step 4A
Bring the bottom edge up to meet the horizontal crease line that is closest to the top edge. Crease and unfold.
Step 4B
Bring the top edge down to meet the horizontal crease line that is closest to the bottom edge. Crease and unfold.
Step 5A
Bring the bottom edge up to meet the first horizontal crease line you encounter. Crease and unfold.
Step 5B
Bring the top edge down to meet the first horizontal crease line you encounter. Crease and unfold.
Result: The model should now be `divided into eight equal sections.
Step 6A
Bring the bottom edge up to meet the horizontal crease line that is closest to the top edge. Crease and unfold.
Step 6B
Bring the top edge down to meet the horizontal crease line that is closest to the bottom edge. Crease and unfold
Step 7A
Bring the bottom edge up to meet the third horizontal crease line from the top edge. Crease and unfold.
Step 7B
Bring the top edge down to meet the fourth horizontal crease line from the bottom edge.
Step 8A
Bring the bottom edge up to meet the fourth crease line you encounter. Crease and unfold.
Step 8B
Bring the top edge down to meet the fourth crease line you encounter. Crease and unfold.
Step 9A
Bring the bottom edge up to meet the first c rease line you encounter. Crease and unfold.
Step 9B
Bring the top edge down to meet the first crease line you encounter. Crease and unfold.
Result: The model should now be divided into sixteen equal sections.
Part 2: Refolding the accordion into a multi-layered strip.
Step 10
Using a mountain fold, bring the bottom edge of the paper under, to the back of the model, along the first crease line up from the bottom.
Re-crease and leave folded.
Step 11
Bring the new, folded bottom edge up and over, using a valley fold, to meet the second crease up from the bottom.
Crease and leave folded.
Step 12
Repeat Steps 10-11 until the remainder of the model has been similarly pleated, each time folding and creasing the panels using alternating mountain and valley folds, so each panel will fold in a stack, on top of each other.
The resulting model should resemble a multi-layered rectangular strip that will show only one panel if viewed from the front.
Step 13
Re-position the model so that its short ends are facing up and down and the top rectangular layer's right edge is free.
Part 3: Creating the slanting fan shape.
Explanation
In this final part, we will create the actual fan shape by adding new, long diagonal creases to the model.
Each new crease will cause a layer of the accordion fold to shift or fan out to the right of the original multi-layered strip.
For this to happen, you will be holding the model near its bottom end. It is important that you hold it firmly, but that, when you press or squash the slanted folds into place, you let go a little, to allow the new fold to fall into place to the right.
This action will become apparent once you have made the first two diagonal folds.
Step 14
Bring the right edge of the model's top layer over to the left, like opening a book. Press flat.
The top layer should now be wider than the remainder of the model and divided by a crease line into two equal sections.
Step 15
To make the first slanted fold, with one hand, hold all the layers of the model down with a finger just to the right of the vertical center crease,at the very bottom of the strip.
With the other, bring the left single-layered raw edge of the paper over all the way to the right, at an angle, past the model's right side.
It will be like you are folding over the page of a book, but because you are holding down the paper at the very bottom of the model, only the top part of the page will start to fold over, causing a slanted fold to the right.
Once you have folded the flap over at an angle, remove your right finger and press the paper flat.
After you have made your fold, the resulting crease line should start at the bottom center and reach to the upper right corner of the rectangle.
If you think of your model as a stack of cards that are neatly placed on top of each other, the very card at the top will seem to have been turned slightly to the right.
The top layer of the model will still have 4 sides, but the end that is furthest away from you will now have formed a point on the right side of the model.
Step 16 - Pre-Creasing step
Note that this is a step in preparation for the next step.
Locate the top left corner of the folded strip. It will be a closed, hinged fold, made up of two layers.
Fold the two-layered corner over to the right as far as it will go.
Make a strong, slanted crease and then unfold.
Step 17 - Shifting or squashing step
Now, gently lift the model on the right, while pressing on the left hinged edge of the rectangle.
You should feel the paper shift as the hinged edge moves and collapses diagonally, over to the right.
Note that this is not an inside reverse fold, where a part of the paper will disappear within the adjoining layers of the fan.
Rather, the fold you had created in the previous step should allow your entire model to actually shift in a slanting way, to the right.
Put in another way, the fold and unfold action you did in Step 24 will allow you to slide the panels across each other, to the right.
Step 18
Repeat the previous two steps until every layer of the model, except the last rectangular panel, has been folded in the same way.
Hold and release the layers of the model at the bottom edge as you work, as described in the Explanation above
Remember to, each time, make the pre-crease, press the left hinged edge to the right, while helping to shift the entire right side of the model as you keep forming new slanted panels.
The resulting model should be fan-shaped.
Step 19
Fold the one-layered rectangular panels that are left at either end of the model under and to the back, using mountain folds.
Press flat to complete the fan.
Making origami accessible through text-only instructions.
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Compiled by Lindy van der Merwe, June 2024
Revised, July 2024
This text copyright 2024 by accessorigami.com
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