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- Hi, my name is Maria
and I'm a visual artist

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and teaching artists.

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Today's lesson is gonna
be on making butterflies

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out of origami or paper.

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So origami paper or you can just find

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different kinds of paper at home.

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So if you have just any
thin paper, newspaper,

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magazine paper works.

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I created this pattern paper
that I'm gonna show you

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how to cut into a square if
you don't have origami paper.

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So if you have origami paper,

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you're just gonna need a square.

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So it's just a regular square.

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And then pick out the color that best,

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that you identify the best with,

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a color that represents you.

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So usually I like greens and blues a lot,

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so I'll probably make
one of the butterflies

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like a dark blue.

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And then I also have this pattern paper

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that I'm gonna show you how to cut out.

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So you just need a rectangle square.

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So you wanna make sure
when you cut your paper,

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all the sides are equally the same size.

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So let's see.

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So I'm gonna guesstimate with this one,

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but you can also use a ruler.

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So if you have a ruler, if
you wanna make like six inches

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on each side, you can just
put the ruler and cut out.

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So I'm gonna assume this
is all the same length.

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Okay, so.

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So I'm always cutting squares,

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so it's kind of programed
in brain already,

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kind if how to cut a square.

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So you just wanna make
sure that all your sides

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are evenly cut.

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So you can see.

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And then you can see this
one is a tiny bit bigger

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than this origami paper, but that's okay.

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So I'm gonna make the
butterfly with this paper.

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So the first thing is you have your square

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and you're gonna fold it.

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I would say fold it sandwich style.

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When I tell my students it's
like just make sure it's

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like folded maybe hotdog.

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Also some other reference we refer to.

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So you wanna make sure that
this line is very crispy,

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so you wanna go with your
fingernail just to press it

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and make sure that it's very pressed.

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So see.

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And then you're gonna grab your scissors

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and you're gonna cut through the crease.

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So you're gonna cut through
this line that is evenly

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through your paper.

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So cut out evenly, so
now you have two sides.

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So kind of like buildings.

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So two.

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And so you're gonna
grab one of the papers.

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So these are your wings.

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So these are gonna be
the up and lower wings.

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So now we're gonna fold
them like an accordion.

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So you're gonna grab one of
the sides and bend it over,

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and then you're gonna flip over your paper

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and bend over the side

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and then continue doing it like this

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until you're done folding the paper.

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And you wanna make sure you
press every time you fold

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so that you can retain kinda
like the accordion look.

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So keep pressing.

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So I always think I'm making
a tiny little instrument.

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So every time I'm folding I'm like,

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"Oh, I'm gonna make a tiny accordion."

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So see, you have your
little accordion wing.

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And then you're gonna fold it in half.

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So that's why you wanna make
sure you keep your paper small,

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'cause it can get really
thick and hard to fold.

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So there you have your lower wings.

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And then spread them out a little bit.

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And then you're gonna
grab your other paper,

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and so this paper, you're
actually gonna fold it

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instead of like this way,

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you're gonna fold it like vertically,

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or horizontally.

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So you're gonna grab,
similar to what you did

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with the other, so this one is,

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so you're gonna fold it
like this, like a little

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maybe like tiny bit.

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You don't need to like fold it too small.

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So you're gonna do the
same fold back and forth

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like an accordion.

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Okay, and then you have your wide paper

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and you're also gonna
fold this in the middle.

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And...

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You can start seeing
you have the upper wings

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and lower wings of your butterfly.

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And then you just are gonna
grab a piece of string.

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So it could be any type of
string you find at home.

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And then with this string
what you're doing is you're

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making sure to keep
your butterfly together.

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So you're gonna fold it and

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you're gonna put your
string through the area

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where you folded both of your papers

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and then you're gonna
slowly do a tight knot.

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And then spread them out.

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And you have a paper butterfly

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inspired by nature.

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And so see with the
origami paper, similar,

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I need to put a string
through this, but yeah, so.

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And then you could also fold the edges

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of your upper papers of the long wings

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to give it more like a,

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if you wanna give it more
like a circular wings,

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you could do a little
bit of folding there.

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So we've created our butterfly.

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So as artists, we use a lot of inspiration

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from things around us.

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So a lot of my students and a
lot of youth that I work with

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are really inspired by things
that they see around them,

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so like butterflies, birds, or animals.

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And we, as humans for thousands of years,

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have been very observant
of the plant life,

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animal life around us
and we've created artwork

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out of what we see.

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So some of the earliest
drawings humans did

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were of animals and plants.

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And so you can see how we've
created these tools, like paper

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that we make art now with,

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emulating and inspired by nature.

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And so when I think of
butterflies, I think of freedom,

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movement, I think of
crossing boundaries, borders,

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like just expanding.

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And so each of us, internally,
have our own little butterfly

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so if your butterfly is
blue, your butterfly is pink,

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it's up to you to create.

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So this teaches us how we can
use paper to create something.

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So all you need is a piece of
paper, a string, and scissors.

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So just make sure you ask your parents.

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You're like, "I wanna make this."

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Just a newspaper if you have that at home.

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You could use a cardboard paper,

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even like a cardboard
from like cereal box,

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you could use that also.

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So, yeah.

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So my name is Maria and I'm really glad

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we made art together today

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and hope you are inspired
by nature, by butterflies,

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flowers, anything you see around.

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And if you wanna create
other type of art with paper,

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that's perfectly fine,
the paper is so flexible.

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There's thousands of things you can create

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just with a piece of paper.