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Winged Qilin by Satoshi Kamiya, 4/5

4/5.— By Satoshi Kamiya.

Winged Kirin, or Qilin (有翼の麒麟).

The Kirin, in different depictions, is a mythological, cosmogonical creature betwixt and between the dragon, the ox or deer, the horse and perhaps (sans doute) the giraffe too: " Le nom Xiezhi, donné au nom d’espèce de Discokeryx, est celui d’un animal mythologique chinois appartenant aux Qilins. Si les Qilins ont souvent une morphologie composite, constituée à partir de plusieurs animaux, certains peuvent être interprétés comme des représentations de girafes actuelles ou fossiles. Et, Xiezhi, symbole de loi et de justice, se distingue des autres Qilins par la présence de son unique ossicône. " [www.universalis.fr/encyclopedie/discokeryx-xiezhi/#:~:tex... !]

First test-fold.

With 50 cm square size/110 g weight.

Hard to fold with this paper size and grammage proportion.

In this test, I learned that the most difficult part to do accurately and well was that of the wings.

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Uploaded on August 24, 2021
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