Blue Crab / Rock Crab by tare Kirschenbaum (NY) wrges
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4. Wns gia up:
Form a waterbomb-base
5, Moulin told through 1 Vane fold toe top etg@ 10 the
inforsacton of creases botiaen sce.
(alley fold rst and corivent
8 mountain toi
4 Unfais, Repeat steps 3-4
tekdng Wo the onpasmy side
7 Unfoiatne pleat 8, Unto sides.
32, Come tolas trom Sip 11
‘ato mountain Folss, ats
then open up macet ertrely,15, Swing gown thap whi
| 14. Sin along grease trom squashing comers. Repeat
a Sep behind and then ten over
18, Preceease where indicated.
Retum tothe vatertom
jase postion, being sureto
kop the precreasas rom
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16, Swing Hap up; do not repeat 17. Suing tap over
18. Swing lap over white
behind. Turn over, reverse folding on existing
. creases. Repeat Steps 17.
1B on the other side,
18. Move! enlarges:
Fabbit ear large flap along
existing creases, Tha two
single layers in his fap wil
separate asa result
20, Swing the large tlap ever 2}. Wrap ths layer around The
while Beinging ts Bae ap willhave jo be unfolded
layered sides together. This ioe
i essonlally a rapt eat25. Pull section out ane 10 the
22. Swing down lap; mods! will surface. This is essentially
ot id a lncoing & clbsad sink anc
then tlatlening
24, Step 23 carole Sena 25 Sui lap ares. Ere
tap backup haten mod irate ayers ap
say ugeter
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losed reverse fold the tl
26. Closed reverse fold ine flap 27, Squash fold the flap.
28, Mountain fold we excess 29, Mountain fold the top single
paper. Fiepeal Sleps 18-28 layers nto the mece!.De not
onthe ether side ‘gp Ins step # you want to
make the Bie Grab.30, Swing a tap down trem each
sige
32, Same as previous step, but
an a thicker flap. This time
«0 not emit the mounts
folds.
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34 Valley fold 19p. down as
lightly as possible
36, Pull single layer to the
‘surtace (similar toa close¢
sirk). Do not flaten.
31. Detail of logs:
Swing flaps back up again.
reverse lolging up and then
down, For Blue Grab, do not
reverse fold down,
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33, Precrease using the existing
fold as a guide, The
‘mountain fl should not
‘extend 10 the top. Turn over,
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35. Valley fold fap up so that &
intersects with the creases
shownta os
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37, Simukaneously fold the
sides in on existing creases
while folding dean tne edge
created in Step 36.38 tar
down as f will go {4 will ob
38 Turn model over
29, Pullout paperat the top ot 440 Reverse fold sides,
the made! Al the same time
‘swing the tags down while
collapsing the paper
‘sonnecting ther
41, Tum over,
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42 rng sons othe sutace 49, Spread out sida ane pul
{ssn to undoing aco800
sir). ‘ot be Fat
44, Comapse as shown, Please
‘oul single layer, model will rote thal nol allo he folds
fare shown: they are either
ppaniallyFormad or will form
naturally. Also, avoid gerting
tha logs tangied in between
the layers.47, Fo1m naif ofa petal old by
‘valy toi lap up 48 Enlargod view ol tap for swinging the smal center
ayee flap over.
‘Squash fold one side of the
Iniangle folded up in the
previous step.
48, Pullout single layer of paper
‘and flatien cut
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50, Foi sides in while tucking in
‘he resuting petal fold
‘undemeath. Mace! should
be opened up sig 1.0
51. Pull single layer of paper
overtop hall at eye
‘assembly, This is essentially
a closed sink,52, Sirk sides. Do not tlaten.
‘Note tnat in the nest
Giagram the claws move
away irom gach ether, and
the ra edges on the claws
(0 not meet the center of the
model
54, Flaten mocel. Keep in min
that the raw edges of claws
do nat meet center of mocel
and the foldad eages of
claws should meet the
tolded edges of the Grimpe
forrned inthe previous stap.
53, Make the concave sidas tlat
55,
bby forming the tiny erimps
‘whare indicated. To
‘accomplish 1h. you wil fist
have to putf out the eoncay
single layer trom
underneatn
Closed sink where indicates
Note that nodal does rat lie
entely fat due to tensions
created by the reterwnce
paints Ichosea |
57 view em St0n.565 SN
Collapse claw using folds
odcated,
56. Open out side along
indeated mountain fold
‘Model wll note fa
58, Compete
Fletuin to Step 57.
59, Insert additional folds as
indicated, Completed fold
will sil rasemrbie Step 58.
Repeat Steps 6-59 on the
coher sige. Turn ever,
60, Valley lid comers to the
nearest e099,AT
ale
61. Untold. Turn model aver 82 Si cae wie puting65. Closed sink tne next layer
Gown so that it ines up with
ag noightorng layars,
Flatten model te position ot
‘Step 63.
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57. View from Step 68:
Unsink paper Irom the claw.
ul out paper trom the sides
of claw unt is sides are
straight. Ths wil cause the
claw fot downwards.
5, Spread squash the caw
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68. Only claw is shawn: 69. Flatten the claw and is arm
by folding the claw in hait
Mountain fold See tne next step for th
postioning of the claw70. Repeat Steps 66-69 on the
other claw. Spread apart the
web’ between the legs
71. View trom Step 70:
inser the ora valley fl
Detwogn te eur es and ap
erp te lop Te way woe
‘aUearetonradts ot
rrpotart opel is with
otha? leg and then turn the
‘model over
772, Swivel the bottom layer ot
the leg ever the bottom
Inieknesscot tne legs. The
valley folds along the claws
should lie against he
‘thickness cf pleats Below
them, Forthe Rock Grab,
use a reverse fold instead,
that is, use amounlain 1okd
along the lengin of the legs
instead of a valley fold
73. Valley told the entire tea
assembly in hall whils
speeading the legs apart
“The bottom single layer on
the front leg should stay
place. Fold in the tap layer
for each o! Ine claws arms74, Squash the conter lap
Upwards while wrapping the
single layers from the legs
behind, For the Blue Crab
wrap the single layers
forward
76, Squash he eyes up as
ingicated, The horizontal
mountain told shoutd be
‘made as lightly as possible,
The bottom single layar of
the eves simply gets raverse
folded outwards, win the
{eid extending down to the
farms of the claws,
75. Completed step. Spread out
legs farther putting a slight
Corimp in them where they
meet the boxy. Turn aver
77. Fold back down the front ef
the shell, Pull out ine eyes
slightly while doing this to
‘add to their length. Shape
‘the arms of tha claws. by
‘mountain folding them
wher incicated as far as
possible78. Reverse foil the claws in 79, Pull out paper from the back
and out 3 timas with each ‘of the shell, Pull out less for
reverse fold being half the the Blue Crab, Rabbit ear
‘width of the previous. Pull the back legs outwards
‘aut paper trom the sides of Pinch and told the eyes up
‘he shell. Far the Blue Crab, ‘See the appropriate final
pull out as much as diagram for the appropriate
possible final shaping
‘80. Completed Rack Crab 81, Completed Blue Crab
This mode! was inspired by
Rlabert Lang’s Freshwater Crab
a5 sean in the 1988 Genwentian
Program