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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

Kawasaki Rose

Maria — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:31:10 +0000

Origami Kawasaki Rose can make a great stylish magnet for your fridge — as well as a unique gift for Valentine’s Day!

Glue a piece of flexible or metal magnet to the rose bottom (or just place it into the pockets) and there you have it!

Name:	Kawasaki’s Rose (classic grid)
Designer:	Toshikazu Kawasaki
Paper ratio:	square
Paper size:	21 cm
Model size:	~ 6 cm
Paper:	Washi paper (Chiyogami 363)
Video:	Kawasaki’s Rose — video tutorial
Precreasing:	Alternative Precreasing Method by Kevin Hines

And if you ever feel like folding 25 Kawasaki Roses I have an inspiration picture for you. This is something I made last year — took me 2 days to finish!

Kawasaki Rose

Origami Tsuru Rose

Maria — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:34:26 +0000

I think for those who have already mastered both, the traditional origami crane and the famous Kawasaki’s Rose, it would be interesting to try this model by Satoshi Kamiya – which is basically a cross between those two.

It was quite a challenging model actually! The most difficult part for me was not the rose, as one might think, but the neck and tail because there are many layers of paper there and when it comes to folding them the model is 3D and not flat, which make things even trickier.

I would suggest using a rather large sheet of thin or medium-weight paper. Make a test fold to see how you can improve your final fold.

Name:	Tsuru Rose (Kawasaki Rose Crane)
Designer:	Satoshi Kamiya
Paper ratio:	square
Paper size:	15 cm
Model size:	~ 10 cm
Paper:	Harmony origami paper, Grimmhobby (Japan)
Diagram:	Origami Tsuru Rose – diagram by Vera Young page 1, page 2

Name:	Tsuru Rose (Kawasaki Rose Crane)
Designer:	Satoshi Kamiya
Paper ratio:	square
Paper size:	15 cm
Model size:	~ 10 cm
Paper:	Tant origami paper

Origami Tsuru Rose

Carambola Flowers

Maria — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:51:12 +0000

If you’ve been following me on Flickr for a while, you’ve probably seen this picture of Carambola Flowers before — I folded them ages ago! But since my Pro account is going to expire in a few days time (and I don’t feel like upgrading it again), a lot of my old photos won’t be displayed anymore. So I decided it would be a good idea to share the very best of them on my blog!

These absolutely beautiful origami flowers were designed by Carmen Sprung and I just love them! Each flower is made from a single sheet of paper, not from a square though, but from a pentagon. I would recommend using fairly thick and strong paper (80–90 gsm) to fold them — Tant origami paper will be just the right choice!

Name:	Carambola Flower
Designer:	Carmen Sprung
Paper ratio:	pentagon, cut out from a 10 cm square
Model size:	~ 5.5 cm
Paper:	recycled fibre paper

Video tutorial presented by Sara Adams of HappyFolding.com.

You can also make a Kusudama origami ball from 12 of these flowers by gluing them together — be sure to check out video instructions by Leyla Torres at OrigamiSpirit.com.

Carambola Flowers

Origami Rose by Evi Binzinger

Maria — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:04:12 +0000

[See image gallery at goorigami.com]

Name:	Origami Rose
Designer:	Evi Binzinger
Paper ratio:	square
Paper size:	10 cm
Model size:	~ 3.5 cm
Paper:	recycled fibre paper
Diagram:	Origami Rose Diagram
Video:	Origami Rose Video Tutorial

Origami Rose by Evi Binzinger