Hi everyone. First of all, I don't really know if there's a name for this method, if there is one can you please tell me? I call it the "s" method because when you look the paper by the edge you first form an "s", then you pinch fold by thirds. Am I clear about what method I'm referring to?
I like this method, it doesn't leave unwanted creases on the paper. Now, my experience is that when I teach it to relative origami beginners, some struggle a little bit with it. My question is, according to your own experience, is it easier and better to teach relative beginners to divide the paper by thirds following which of the following two options? 1. Only using the "s" method in one edge and then aligning that edge to fold across the whole paper both times. 2. Using the "s" technique twice, one on each opposite edge of the paper, and fold across the whole paper following the opposite pinch folds. I hope I'm been clear. Please give me reasons as to why, according to your experience, it's easier one option or the other when teaching this method for the first time to people that have folded very little origami in the past. Thank you guys : ) Gerardo gerardo(a)neorigami.com
