It is a well known fact that Australians MADE up the illogical collection of animal parts we then called a Platypus:

Ducks bill, fur, poisonous spines, webbed feet, lays eggs, feeds young milk, lives under water … LOL … then only people silly enough to believe this are tourists, right?

One of many benefits of networking at an origami conference is that you get to mix in the real world with talented designers – if you are lucky they share their designs with you.

Gilmore Davidson designed the sweetest little Platypus and I knew I needed to fold it – I used a 20cm square of Shadow Thai and set about following the design guidelines (and partially folded maquette Gil gave me as a teaser.

I like this model a lot, and has loads of modelability – the structure is ingenious – you can read more about Gil’s design process at his blog.