The usual way of folding the bird base is to fold a preliminary base, do the petal-fold on one layer of the paper, turn the paper over, and then do the petal-fold again.
But this is not how I learned he bird base when my mom taught me how to fold the flapping bird, way back in the 60s. The technique she taught me does not involve petal folding.
Let me show you how it’s done.
