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The Three Card Monte - An Origami Wallet

Step 7Let's Do the Twist!

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a) Ready? Twist the top of the left end towards you while twisting the top of the right side away from you.

b) Thusly. (That's right, I said, thusly. I have a Masters in English, so it's perfectly legal. That doesn't mean you should try it at home.)

c) Note that as you twist, the model flattens into a beautiful hexagonal shape.

d) The finished model.
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8 comments
Aug 23, 2011. 6:01 AMsfry1 says:
Great idea i made it from images and just guessed the scale so is a bit mis-shapen will print off the template and do another.

Thanks :)
Jun 1, 2008. 10:12 PMynnah23 says:
I can't twist it..grr it's so hard..I already did it for 4 times.. comment back pls..
Jan 21, 2011. 2:54 PMhellokitty4u says:
try to make one out of cardboard paper
Oct 13, 2009. 5:22 PMIndianaJones98 says:
it's imposible, i can't twist it

comment back please
Jul 10, 2010. 7:10 PMValeil says:
It's not really a twist, so much as a "fold in multiple places at the same time, causing a twist-like illusion" thing.
May 5, 2010. 5:39 PMBK-201 says:
how is this twistable, you need like a youtube video... lol?
Feb 14, 2010. 1:03 PMsassyjo says:
The diagonal lines fold inward and the vertical lines fold out...right?
Aug 6, 2009. 9:41 AMtwinsfan#7 says:
I cant figure out how to twist it like you do
Nov 5, 2007. 4:55 PMWill811 says:
twist how?

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Oschene is Philip Chapman-Bell, a human resources drudge living in western Massachusetts. I probably should mention my deep and abiding enthusiasm for Open Source Origami. Clever catchphrase du jour...
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