Horseshoe crab (Design by Michael LaFosse)

I folded this horseshoe crab this afternoon, but am not too happy with the end result. Maybe it’s the paper I used or some creases I messed up on the shell itself, but somehow I am not satisfied with the overall final model.

This design is from the book – Advanced Origami: An Artist’s Guide to Performances in Paper
– by Michael G. LaFosse and it took me about half an hour to fold. I found it to be easier than it looked on the book, too.

The paper I used was a single side colored Large Origami Paper by Dover publishing which is 9″ in size. The final model is about 70% of the size of the sheet of paper you use.

Folding this model based on the instructions in the book is quite easy as the diagrams and explanations are clear and the author has clearly indicated the colored and white side of the paper in the diagrams, too.

Although its not explicitly mentioned, you would need to start folding this model with the white or blank side facing you. Hence, even if you are using duo colored paper (with contrasting colors), the color which you want on the outside of the crab (or the color you want the crab to be in the end) should not be facing you when you start folding the model.