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Origami Flower: Flor de Maria

Maria — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:45:12 +0000

This is a very special flower. The flower my origami friend Carla dedicated to me! I’m so flattered — and delighted! Thank you so much, dear:)

Name:	Flor de Maria
Designer:	Carla Onishi
Units:	8
Paper ratio:	half-squares
Assembled with:	no glue
Paper size:	4*8 cm
Model size:	~ 8 cm
Paper:	VOG Origami Paper
Diagram:	Flor de Maria – tutorial

P.S. Believe it or not, but just 20 minutes ago I came up with a new origami star design (as one can figure out from my photostream on Flickr, I’ve been playing with stars quite heavily lately). So what I do know about this new design for sure, is that I’ll name it Mandala Carla:) What I’m not so sure about, is when exactly I’ll be able to post photos and instructions for this. Hopefully this week – I haven’t shared anything new for ages!

Origami Flower: Flor de Maria

Parati Prata Star

Maria — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:56:56 +0000

Name:	Parati Prata Star
Designer:	Carla Onishi de Godoy
Units:	6
Paper ratio:	A4
Assembled with:	no glue
Paper size:	7.45.2 cm (big star), 5.23.7 cm (small star)
Model size:	~ 10 cm (big star), 7 cm (small star)
Paper:	Vellum Paper
Diagram:	Estrella Parati Prata – tutorial

Parati Prata Star

BoxInABox — Origami Box by Akiko Yamanashi

Maria — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:42:09 +0000

I came across a tutorial for this origami box yesterday and couldn’t resist folding it immediately! It’s not like any other box I’ve folded before, it appears to be a rectangular box from outside but when you open it up there is another box inside – a square one! It also has a lid which closes down very tightly.

The box is made out of a single square sheet of paper without scissors or glue. A sheet of scrapbooking paper will be probably the best choice for this box. Find out all the details and a link to the tutorial below!

Name:	BoxInABox
Designer:	Akiko Yamanashi
Paper ratio:	square
Paper size:	15 cm
Model size:	~ 2 * 4 * 5.5 cm
Paper:	Double-sided wrapping paper
Diagram:	Tutorial by Michila Caldera
Video:	Video Tutorial

Paper size:	30 cm
Model size:	~ 4 * 8 * 11.5 cm
Paper:	Scrapbooking paper

UPDATE from 13.09.2013:

As it turns out, you can make this box not only from a square but from a rectangular sheet, too! Check out the link below to the tutorial by Carla Onishi de Godoy who modified this design to A4 paper. Letter sized paper will work as well!

Oh, and just a small piece of advice – on the first step don’t crease the sheet in half all the way from edge to edge, just make a short pinch somewhere in the middle. We don’t want an unnecessary crease running right on the top of our pretty box, do we?

Name:	BoxInABox – adaptation to A4 paper
Designer:	Akiko Yamanashi – original design,
	Carla Onishi de Godoy – adaptation
Paper ratio:	rectangle
	(A-paper, letter sized paper, 2:3 rectangles, etc.)
Paper size:	A4 sheet
Model size:	~ 2.5 * 8 * 11 cm (outer size)
Paper:	Printable origami paper by Leyla Torres
Diagram:	Tutorial by Carla Onishi de Godoy

A box folded from a letter-sized sheet:

BoxInABox — Origami Box by Akiko Yamanashi