![]() ![]() In addition to classic square paper designs, the book also uses a pentagon shape to make a few of the roses, giving them a different look and opening up new possibilities for paper folders who might not have used the shape before. The text helps to explain what is illustrated in the photographs and diagrams, and arrows, numbers, and other markings on the illustrations make everything more clear. Most are not for beginners-even the simple square rose involves 60 steps-but those well versed in paper folding will enjoy the challenge of these fascinating designs. The simplest projects are the bellflowers and bougainvillea at one-and-a-half stars the most complex is the five-star old rose rosette. Levels of difficulty are indicated with star ratings. The patterns are shown in small and detailed step-by-step diagrams, aided by some photographs. A gallery section displays the blossoms in striking, artistic ways, with long-stemmed roses displayed with leaves and thorns, and individual cherry blossom petals seeming to float in an unfelt breeze. Glue and tape are sometimes used in assembly: to attach a bud to a calyx, or to add thorns to a stem. All the patterns are true origami-made without cutting, unless the base shape is something other than square. The book includes eleven projects covering seven types of roses, not to mention cherry blossoms, bellflowers, plumeria, and bougainvillea. We used a bamboo skewer for this.Naomiki Sato’s Origami Roses is a beautiful and inspiring book full of amazing, complex, and realistic blooms made from paper. Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 24: Repeat Step 23 for the other 3 petals.Ĭurl all the petals. Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 23: Fold down the side petals. Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 22: Your rose is almost complete now! Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 21: Repeat the step 2 more times and tuck the tip of the fourth layer into the pocket of the first layer. Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 20: Repeat for the layer to its right. Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 19: Lay the paper on its side. Trickiest part, so consult the video if needed. It took us a long time initially but eventually, you'll get the paper to go all the way round and become like this! This is the It may take a while when you're starting out. Each time you fold and unfold, the paper begin to resist less and instead of flat, the paper should become more of a "dome" shape. If you find that the paper is difficult to handle, then just fold A-B to A-C first.įold A-C to A-D to A-E. Start off by folding A-B to A-C and to A-D. Initially, the paper is flat and stiff so you will have to coax the paper into the circular (cylindrical) transformation. It may help to flip the paper over to do the re-crease. With the color side up, those folds are mountain folds, you'll need to re-crease Remember the creases you made in Steps 8 to 10? As you fold A-B to A-C to A-D to A-D, you'll be re-creasing those folds again. To do so, we're going to fold A-B to A-C to A-D to A-E. We're going to transform this flat piece of paper into a cylinder. Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 18: OK, this is probably the most challenging part of this origami. Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 17: Fold the bottom half to the top, essentially opening the paper. Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 16: Flip paper over. Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 15: Make the valley fold on the top left as shown. Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 14: To flatten the paper, fold half the diamond to the left (Top of paper) and fold half the diamond to the right (bottom of paper). Then push down the center of the diamond. Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 13: See the diamond shape in the center? Recrease the edges into mountain fold. Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 12: Make the horizontal mountain fold as shown. Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 11: Recrease the center lines into mountain folds as shown. Your paper should look like this when completed. Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 10: Repeat Steps 8 and 9 three more times for the other 3 quadrants of the paper. Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 9: Rotate paper 90 degrees counter-clockwise. Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 8: Fold line A-B to A-C. Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 7: Unfold paper. Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 6: Fold the left edge as shown below. Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 5: Flip paper over. ![]() Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 4: Fold the bottom right corner to the crease line. Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 3: Fold paper in half on the vertical axis. Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 2: Make a valley fold about 1cm from the edge. Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 1: Start with a 6 inch x 6 inch (15cm x 15cm) square origami paper, color side up. Made this origami? Comment and Submit your photo using the comment box at the end of this page!Īlso check out our Kawasaki Rose Version 2 Video, which should help with some of the trickier steps: ![]()
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