Eastern Dragons (Jun Maekawa)

~~~It's time for origami dragons again!!!!

These three Eastern Dragons are very excited, crying out loud and are slowly getting in the mood to perform their typical dragon dance.~~~

 

I searched the internet for an impression and found this 'Dragon Dance' music:

open.spotify.com/track/6veH2BvREEJH9cJqjDyGE1?si=n0bjVq1U...

 

These 3 origami dragons are from the same designer, Jun Maekawa. The two greenish ones are the same model, I just gave them a different pose and expression. The red one is folded from two pieces of paper, unlike the other two, which are folded from only one piece of paper.

I think the designer first created the red one (diagrams are in an older magazine) and in the course of time he found a way to fold the same dragon out of just one piece of paper. It is always interesting to see such a development and of course to fold it ;-))

 

Model: origami Eastern Dragon (the two greenish ones)

Design: Jun Maekawa

Diagrams in the book 'Genuine Origami' by Jun Maekawa

 

Model: origami Eastern Dragon (the red one)

Design: Jun Maekawa

Diagrams in the origami-magazine 'Quarterly ORU Folding Diagrams - Vol. 1'

 

Paper:

- dark green dragon on the left: one piece of thin greenish shiny paper 30x30cm

Final size: length 16cm, height 7,5cm, width 3cm

 

- the green dragon in the middle: one piece of green paper 35x35cm.

Final size: length 17cm, height 10cm, width 7,5cm

 

- the red dragon on the right: two pieces of red shiny paper, each 19,5cm.

Final size: length 18,5cm. height 8cm, width 6cm

Done