...And the Queer

Just in time for Halloween, I made a three-headed crane. The design was based off that for a six-sided square (a square with extra paper) and each flap was folded as needed to form the two wings, tail, and three heads.
It was designed by Jun Maekawa.

Cranes and variations: Snowen and Fin

(I often like to name my origami models. I think it gives them a little bit more character, instead of just a piece of paper.)

Snowen was an original style derived from a traditional style. It is made from the bird base, which, being so simple, allows for a lot of creativity when it comes to details and finishing touches. Snowen's back had 2 sinks, one on top of the other, to create the concentric squares. His head and beak were formed from a couple reverse and crimp folds.

Detail of back:

Fin is the style of a "flying crane" in the book "Origami Omnibus" by Kunihiko Kasahara. This style folds a length of the diagonal over itself to create a smaller square, and then the crane is folded the traditional way. By putting more paper at the front of the wings and in the length of the tail, the crane takes on a very different shape, and indeed looks like it ought to be flying.