I am old enough to remember when a folk singer named Ross Ryan released a campy song about flying horses, and given that is an ear-worm of a song and it has just turned “Year of the Horse” for Chinese New Year, I thought it was an omen on what next to fold:

This is “Pegasus” by Dong Viet Thien from my newly arrived VOG2 origami book. A lovely use of a square, with some of the largest wings of this style of model I have seen.

Seemingly, the wing to horse ratio seems a little tipped in the favour of the feathery end, however, when considering equine aerodynamics, these wings look like they have a chance of achieving sufficient lift to get the horse off the ground.

I had a nice big square of Litho and it seemed to be right for the job – 55cm square, the resultant thickness is finger-bruisingly enough to suggest this paper was too thick really – still it sort of worked.

I am a little late for Chinese New Year, but I hope all concerned enjoyed the celebrations.