I stumbled across this nice geometric “floral” design by accident but rather like it’s simplicity:
It reminds me of an apple blossom, or a star fruit in cross section
Unusually, it is made from a pentagon, and the pre-creasing means the shape is largely just a collapse
Busy day, vicious earache, simple but lovely model – enjoy. You too can have a go at this here
Mother’s Day is a chance to do something nice for Mum, because…. When your Mum is going to be overseas, it takes planning for that to happen:
This first fold was completed a couple of weeks ago – snail mail to the UK is slow, so I needed to make the coloured ones for cards in time for them to arrive today:
I made a card for each (Mum and Mum-in-law), hope they like them. The coloured roses are rather special – made from imported Yuzen Washi, mounted on to blank cardstock I think they look lovely.
This is a variation of a camelia fold I have yet to try. With 2 colour paper the leaves would be one colour and the rose another, neat:
Designed by Sy Chen, YOU should have a go at this yourself – it is simple and the result is lovely. I am sure your mum would love it – go here for a video demonstration
I have grown these, but the blooms of the cultivars I am familiar with are really tiny yellow leopard spotted flowers – I misjudged the scale (seems a full square from an A4 makes quite a sizeable bloom)
A delicate, spidery flower, with a well developed nectary and some interesting folds – if I was to fold it again I have learned what does what so I think the second+ fold would be much better
You too can have a go – it is not that difficult: goldenslipperorchid
Robert J Lang is a living treasure in the origami world for many reasons. He is a mathematician, artist and seeming magician (for he can do with paper the seemingly impossible) but more importantly he specialises in realistic Origami models.
It is my Mother-in-law’s birthday today and I thought I would attempt a hideously difficult model of Lang’s which attempts to accurately represent a bloom from an orchid called a “Phalaenopsis” as a suitable birthday present.
These lush beauties have 5 petals, often frilly or oddly beautiful throats or slippers at the nectary.
All my reading and advice to folders suggested the model was not for the faint-hearted and boy, was that understating it – so many folds, so much folding, pre-folding and unfolding then bending into new shapes.
I am amazed the photocopy paper I am using actually did not tear or just disintegrate. This model would benefit from a “wet fold” where you wet the paper as you fold it, the shapes are softer and hold when the model dries.
I must admit to being completely chuffed and proud I could actually make this model, first time fold, and love how beautiful the end result is.
It is amazing that it started as a plain square cut from an A4 page, it ended up so organic with such bulk of paper tucked, crimped, sunk, and pleated in exotic ways.
I must try to find some of Robert Lang’s books – they are considered “bibles” of form, technique and contain so many iconic models.
You can have a go yourself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-UPR_HIyQo
