Fold paper to form a letter

Wrinkles as a technique

• The art of folding in general and in the field of paper in particular has its origins in China and Japan. The so-called origami however, it is also increasingly finding its way into western cultures.
• When folding, you can use special origami paper. However, a simple sheet of paper is usually sufficient. This can be particularly useful if you B. want to use for a letter.
• When folding, you have to make sure that you place the folds as carefully as possible on the one hand and that you also press them in well on the other. A wrong or not pressed crease can ruin your whole project, leaving you to start over with the crease.

A classic letter made of paper

1. The first thing that matters here is the form of the letter. You can fold a letter out of a square, but also out of a rectangle. The variants from a rectangle are much more complex.
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2. If you want a classic letter, you can use a square base and cut it out from an A4 sheet of paper beforehand.


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3. Now start to fold this diagonally from one corner to the other. Repeat this after opening the paper with the other two corners, but leave the paper closed afterwards. You now have a right triangle in front of you and place it so that the largest side is on the bottom.
4. Then bend the corner of the right angle at the top, pull it down to the edge and trace the crease.
5. Now fold the two lower corners of the previous triangle at the lower edge evenly inwards. You can then poke one corner into the paper of the other so that the letter fits snugly.
6. You can then add content to the letter and fold down the back corner of the right angle to seal the letter.

Fold a letter a little more complex

1. To do this, take an A4 sheet of paper without cutting it into a square.
2. Fold this in half lengthways.
3. Then open the paper and fold one of the four corners at right angles to the fold in the middle. Then repeat this with the diagonally opposite corner.
4. Now there is a small piece of paper left over (on each of the two unfolded corners), which is in the background in terms of area. Fold this in the middle to the side of the previously folded corner triangles and to the free lying side (i.e. not the central cathetus on which the previously folded corner triangles are touch).
5. Now nothing should be recognizable from the background and only folded paper areas should exist. The shape is similar to a parallelogram.
6. Finally, fold the two corner points, which form a right angle with their edges, to the middle in the visible pocket, which closes your letter.