Owl – Designed by Kyohei Katsuta

when I first saw this model was in a Russian origami magazine, < ІІ ОТКрЫТая Всероссийская Олимпиада По Оригами >, which roughly translate to < Opening of the II All-Russian Olympiad on Origami >, published in 2008.

The design released in this book is a CP with pictorial folding instruction. Apparently , this is a 24×24 grid design.

CP – Owl (24×24) Designed by Kyohei Katsuta

Kyohei Katsuta has released another simpler design in < Origami Tanteidan Convention 17 > published in 2011, using a 20×20 grid.

I got confused when I first started folded the model from the CP (24×24). As the pictorial instructions are highly simplified, I did some cross reference on the folding instruction between the 2 books, not knowing the differences in the grid specification. This resulted me folded and refolded twice before I finally got it right.

The main difference between the 2 designs is on the head. The 24×24 grid design has a much detail and life like head features, including the eyes and beak.

Close up view on the Owl head
(24×24 grid design)

Other than that, the wings and feet are the same.

Close up view of the owl’s wing
(24×24 grid design)

Close up view of the owl’s feet
(24×24 grid design)

After a good shaping and setup for the photo shoot, here’s the final results.

Owl (24×24 grid) – Designed by Kyohei Katsuta

The back of the design is equally spectacular…..

A back view of the spreader wing owl

Here’s a close up static view of the owl landing…

The Owl has landed

An action shot with the sky as the background.

Owl – Designed by Kyohei Katsuta