There were many standouts from the epic Origami World Marathon (OWM5), the rabbit taught by Riccardo Foschi was one such:

So much character teased from a 16×16 grid, this delicious comic rabbit stands on its own and is dry-shaped, without the need for any glue or MC.

My first fold used Tant paper, and was smaller but useful to explore the structure. In this model’s case, a thicker more robust paper actually helped with the shaping – I managed a lovely plump belly and rounded face, arms and legs with toes/fingers implied by subtle divots.

Riccardo has a wonderful teaching style – an hour for this model meant that little of the finesse was possible but we got remarkably far in the time – the sequence made a simple box-pleat model remarkably accessible.

I knew I wanted a presentation fold of this model for my collection, and have a pack of thick Shadow Thai paper that i was struggling to find good models for (because it is a heavy weight paper – apparently the new Shadow Thai is much thinner – I look forward to trying it).