The World Wildlife Fund in Spain is currently running an origami challenge in order to help protect migratory birds in Spain.
Doñana National Park in Spain is one of the most important sites for migratory birds in all of Europe. Every year six million birds visit this park and they rely on its wetland to survive on their yearly journey across of Europe.
The Spanish government currently has river dredging plans that threaten Doñana National Park and its wetlands. The WWF has until December 1, 2016 to convince the Spanish government to cancel their plans.
Just like the Elephant Origami Challenge the WWF is asking as many people as possible to fold origami birds and share a photo on social media with the hashtag #OrigamiMigration.
They’re also putting together a large piece of artwork in the streets of Madrid using the origami birds that people mail in. If you’d like your bird to be part of this artwork you can mail it to:
Freepost RTGL-XRZU-HHEZ
WWF-UK
The Living Planet Centre
Brewery Road
WOKING
GU21 4LL
You can learn more about the origami migration here:
http://assets.wwf.org.uk/custom/stories/origamimigration/
In the spirit of the #OrigamiMigration here are 24 beautiful migratory origami birds from some of my favourite origami artists.
I’m pretty certain most of these are technically migratory birds although it’s possible one or two non-migratory birds might have also slipped into this post as well.
Starting out here are two great origami cranes.
Cranes, Designed by James Minoru Sakoda and Folded by Agnieska (Agne) Mackonyte
Diagrams available in Modern Origami
Here’s a beautiful group of origami birds taking off for their own migration.
Birds, Designed and Folded by Edgar
Instructions not available
Seth Friedman designed a fantastic origami duck.
Duck, Designed by Seth Friedman and Folded by Sérgio Queiroz
Diagrams available in the 2015 Origami USA Convention book
Here’s a very complex looking paper crane. I’m pretty sure the entire model is one sheet of paper.
Crane, Designed and Folded by 驰 张
Instructions not available
This dancing crane design is definitely one of my favourite origami bird designs.
Dancing Crane, Designed by Roman Diaz and Folded by Malleon
Video instructions available from Jo Nakashima’s YouTube channel
Here’s a really awesome paper loon with some fantastic colour changes.
Loon, Designed by Artur Biernacki and Folded by Gonzalo
Diagrams available in Polish Your Origami
Here’s an excellent origami heron.
Heron, Designed by Sebastien Limet and Folded by Luc MARNAT
Diagrams available in Pajarita Magazine #118
Wild pigeons are apparently a type of migratory bird. I’m not sure how wild this pigeon is but it is a fantastic design.
Blue Bar Pigeon, Designed and Folded by Seth Friedman
Crease pattern available from Pajarita.org
Seth Friedman has also designed a cute little origami duckling.
Duckling, Designed and Folded by Seth Friedman
Video instructions available from Seth Friedman’s YouTube channel
Here’s another great dancing crane.
Crane, Designed by Roman Diaz and Folded by Edgar
Video instructions available from Jo Nakashima’s YouTube channel
I really like the colouring on the paper used for this origami woodpecker.
Okinawa Woodpecker, Designed and Folded by Kei Watanabe
Instructions not available
This cute little bird might technically not be a migratory bird but it probably is.
Little Bird, Designed by Satoshi Kamiya and Folded by Edgar
Diagrams available in Works of Satoshi Kamiya 2, 2002 – 2009
Here’s a great little origami goose out in the wild.
Goose, Designed and Folded by Daniel Chang
Instructions not available
Here’s a beautiful singing paper cardinal.
Singing Cardinal, Designed by Roman Diaz and Folded by Alexander Krupnikov
Diagrams available in Origami Essence
Here’s Satoshi Kamiya’s cute little bird again.
Little Bird, Designed by Satoshi Kamiya and Folded by Ivan Svatko
Diagrams available in Works of Satoshi Kamiya 2, 2002 – 2009
Here’s Seth Friedman’s great little duckling design again.
Duckling, Designed by Seth Friedman and Folded by Mariano Zavala B.
Video instructions available from Seth Friedman’s YouTube channel
This next image is a very impressive model as the entire thing including the chimney and the bird is all folded from the same sheet of paper!
Chimney Sweep, Designed and Folded by Sebastien Limet
Instructions not available
Here’s another beautiful paper crane.
Crane, Designed and Folded by Terry Nicolas
Diagrams available in Drawing Origami Tome 1
I’m not entirely sure what species of bird this is but it’s probably migratory and definitely looks fantastic.
Yellow Flying Bird, Designed and Folded by Terry Nicolas
Instructions not available
Sparrow’s are apparently a type of migratory bird according to my research and this is a very cute sparrow. This design could also easily double as an origami Pidgey.
Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Designed and Folded by Jhon Doe
Crease pattern available from Jhon Doe’s Flickr
Here’s Roman Diaz’s excellent paper cardinal again.
Cardinal, Designed by Roman Diaz and Folded by Luc MARNAT
Diagrams available in Origami Essence
Here’s a different sparrow design that’s also quite cute.
Sparrow, Designed by Roman Diaz and Folded by Luc MARNAT
Diagrams available in Origami for Interpreters
Sipho Mabona has designed a really excellent swallow that’s not too difficult to fold.
Swallow, Designed by Sipho Mabona and Folded by Gonzalo
Photo diagrams available from the Origami Forum
Our final model for this post is this beautiful and incredible paper crane. I’m fairly certain that the entire model is folded from just one sheet of paper.
Designed and Folded by 驰 张
Instructions not available
That’s it for this post. If you decide to participate in the Origami Migration please also post your photos in our comments so we can take a look and remember that the official hashtag to use if you upload your photos to social media is #OrigamiMigration.
