Most of us have folded paper into simple shapes at some point in our childhood. With just a few cuts and folds, a plain sheet of paper can turn into something creative and fun. This traditional art is known as origami.
But for some artists, origami goes far beyond simple paper folding.
Using incredible patience and precision, talented creators transform paper into detailed animals, characters, and complex designs that hardly look handmade at all. Their work shows just how far creativity can go with something as simple as paper. Below, we’ve gathered some of the most impressive paper creations shared in the Reddit community’s origami. Scroll down and check them out.
#1 It has taken 5 months, but my longest origami project is finally complete. It contains 300 1.5 cm cranes meticulously folded and glued into place. Reddit, I give you “Daybreak”.
#2 Hello!
#3 An origami my little brother made and since he doesn’t have Reddit he wanted me to post it here.
#4 Makoto Yamaguchi’s “Cat”, folded by me.
#5 Origami Jackalope designed by Satoshi Kamiya -made from a 50×50 Satogami
#6 Mythical Wolf Dog Designed and Folded by me
#7 My crane tree
#8 Phoenix by Park Yong Woo, folded by me, 80×80 cm wenzhou
#9 Samurai Warrior, Designed and folded by me, 36×36 grid
#10 Antelope, designed by Kyohei Katsuta
#11 Hydra, designed and folded by me. 100×100 cm Kraft paper.
#12 Sloth designed by Muneji Fuchimoto
#13 origami gundam
#14 Crane bonsai I’ve been working on for the past little while.
#15 Wanted to fold this for 8 years now and finally got the skills + paper for it, Lemur by Roman Diaz!
#16 My first own design!
#17 I made a little man!
#18 Christmas wreath I folded.
#19 Stella Venezia by Paolo Bascetta
#20 Satoshi kamiya’s Phoenix. First time using MC treated paper.
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