stegosaurus.pdf

'1994 by Joseph Wu

Diagrammed Sept. 28, 1994

Start with a square, white side up.

Rotate 22.5 degrees

Completed one fold stegosaurus.

Note alternating plates along the back.

This model was the result of a conversation

that I had with Jonathan Baxter at the First

Southeastern Origami Festival that was held in

Charlotte, North Carolina, on September

20-27, 1994. Jonathan had scheduled me to

teach a class of small children on Saturday (the

24th) morning, so I asked him, on Friday

night, what sorts of models he wanted me to

teach.

"I don’t care," he said, "as long as it’s simple.

You can teach the two fold stegosaurus if you

want."

"Well," I said, "I can do better than that. I

can do a one fold stegosaurus."

And I immediately folded him one, the model

that is diagrammed here. Not bad for a

spur-of-the-moment inspiration, if I say so

myself! Thus ends my first foray into the realm

of minimalist origami.

Thanks to Cynthia Pettit for forcing me to

get this diagrammed.