Happy Chinese New Year everyone! This year is the year of the monkey and what better way to celebrate than by making origami monkeys!
A lot of origami artists have folded different origami monkeys and here are some of the best ones I’ve seen starting with this monkey photographed in the wild by Folded Wilderness.
Monkey, Designed by Lionel Albertino and Folded by Folded Wilderness
Diagrams available in Safari Origami
Fabian Correa folded this incredible gorilla. It’s got a really simple design yet it’s still incredibly expressive.
Gorilla, Designed and Folded by Fabian Correa
Instructions not available
Tetsuya Götani designed this cute little flying monkey for the new year.
Flying Monkey, Designed and Folded by Tetsuya Götani
Instructions not available
Magali folded these great little Japanese Macaques. Gen Hagiwara’s Japanese Macaque design might be my favourite origami monkey design.
Japanese Macaque, Designed by Gen Hagiwara and Folded by Magali
Diagrams available in Spirits of Origami
Ta Trung Dong folded this great monkey complete with an awesome origami banana for the new year.
Monkey, Designed and Folded by Ta Trung Dong
Instructions not available
Artur Biernacki folded this very detailed and aggressive looking origami gorilla.
Gorilla, Designed by NGUYỄN Hùng Cường and Folded by Artur Biernacki
Crease pattern available from NGUYỄN Hùng Cường’s Flickr
Here’s the same gorilla design this time folded by its creator.
Gorilla, Designed and Folded by NGUYỄN Hùng Cường
Crease pattern available from NGUYỄN Hùng Cường’s Flickr
Hoàng Tiến Quyết designed this gorilla with his signature curvy style.
Gorilla, Designed and Folded by Hoàng Tiến Quyết
Instructions not available
Mariano Zavala B. folded this great and very expressive chimpanzee.
Chimpanzee, Designed by Brian Chan and Folded by Mariano Zavala B.
Instructions not available
Eyal folded this adorable family of Japanese macaques.
Japanese Macaques, Designed by Gen Hagiwara and Folded by Eyal
Diagrams available in Spirits of Origami
Shuki Kato folded this fantastic origami orangutan.
Orangutan, Designed by Quentin Trollip and Folded by Shuki Kato
Diagrams available in Origami Sequence
Sebastien Limet designed this great little origami tarsier.
Tarsier, Designed and Folded by Sebastien Limet
Instructions not available
Hiroaki Kobayashi folded these great little Japanese Macaques with a 2016 sign for the new year.
Japanese Macaques, Designs and Folded by Hiroaki Kobayashi
Instructions not available
Finally we have one of my all-time favourite images also by Hiroaki Kobayashi, a group of Japanese Macaques at the spa.
Japanese Macaques, Designed and Folded by Hiroaki Kobayashi
Instructions not available
That’s it for this post. Have a happy Chinese New Year everyone and be sure to check out and send some love and comments to all these awesome artists.
