Flexible Shaping for Friendship Koi
Seriously, friendship koi should be able to travel anywhere! So I made a few subtle design modifications and voila, packed and ready to go! Once unpacked, they are easily shaped in about 15 seconds! These are the types of achievements that make a designer swoon.
Here's how a friendship koi will now pack and travel:
Upon arrival, you just open it up and do a teeny bit of shaping starting with the mouth.
And the back of the head. There will be a slight gap between the smooth back of the head and the scaled part of its body. This is part of the design and makes shaping a little easier. If the wire is too stiff to shape with your fingers, you can use a chopstick or a spoon to help make a smooth curve.
Next, fold the pectoral fins away from the body.
And shape the whiskers
Last, open up the tail.
If you want to get fancy and add some curve to your koi fish, there are hidden wires along the edges of its body to hold that shape as well.
Like this
One more thing! Friendship Koi can be displayed on a horizontal surface like a bookcase or coffee table, OR there are three loops on the underside so they can be hung on a wall swimming in almost any direction.
I am so humbled that my origami fish have found their way from Hawaii all over the world! I hope you like your Friendship Koi.