Origami Crane(orizuru in Japan) is a traditional and one of the most famous Origami designs. It is a simple and great model to try for beginners. It is also considered very auspicious in Japan.
Difficulty : Simple and great for beginners. Time Required : 10 - 15 min No of sheets: One square sheet. I have used 6 inch square sheet for the model in the photo.
Starting from Square Base, following are step by step folds to make an Origami Crane.
One of the basic folds in Origami is the Square Base.Square Base is invariably used in many modules.
Following are the steps to make a Square Base.
1. To start with, I am taking a 6 inch square sheet. Colored on one side and white on the other.
2. Fold the paper (colored side up) in half vertically.
3. Fold the paper in half horizontally to get the below crease on the white side.
4. Fold the paper along the diagonal with white side up.
5. Repeat the folding along the other diagonal, with white side up, to get the below crease.
6. With these folds, we have divided the paper into four squares. For the final step, press the center of the square (marked in blue) inwards. Bring the two sides, marked in black, on the line, marked in orange. The two orange lines lie on each other.
Difficulty: Simple - easy folds, edges need to be trimmed and folded to get a rose look. Has a flat base, easy to place it on table. I could have done better.
Paper Size: 8.5 inch square for above model
No glue/scissors required for this, Rose of Roses and Kawasaki Rose.
Difficulty: Easy , has a kawasaki like twist, I did this after kawasaki rose, felt fairly easy. Should modify after the final step to make it look like a rose, the better one modifies, the better it looks like a rose. Sturdy enough, not as sturdy as Kawasaki. Kawasaki folds are tight enough, won't come out easily even after a heavy throw.
Time: 30 min
Paper size:
The baby pink rose - 6 inch square
The dark pink rose - 8.5 inch square
I changed the blog appearance again for it is convenient to customize with default blogger template. The earlier template had not much options.
Check out the Gallery tab above, to view all the modeld in Google blogger dynamic view. Looks good :)
Kawasaki Rose
Did this on 22 June 2013.
Too many creases that are easy to make. I thought I might find Kawasaki twist a bit hard. When I tried it was not as difficult as I thought, it neatly got twisted.
One tip: While making creases before Kawasaki twist press it nice. I used my nail to press each of the crease. This might have made the Kawasaki twist easy.
After this the folds might get confusing, not impossible to figure out though. First time I folded 3 houses and I got stuck at 4th one, kept wondering where the flap must be folded, took few minutes to figure out.
Final model is very neat.
Reference: A very nice video by Marigami
First time (above photo)
Paper used: Color printer paper.
Paper size : 8.5 " x 8.5 "
Second time: (below photo)
Paper used: Scrap book Paper which is thicker than printer paper. I felt thicker paper works out well for this.
Paper size: 12 " x 12 "
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No of sheets : one
Difficultly: might not be easy for beginner level. Intermediate I would say
Time : can finish in 1 hour. Second time I took lesser time.
I felt bigger size paper looks good.Sturdy model. My scrapbook sheet has lot of embroidery designs, the rose done out of this paper doesn't look that clear in photo.
I didn't use any glue or paper clip while making this rose.
What I like about such model is it requires just one sheet.
After the Kawasaki twist:
Kawasaki Rose: Not very clear in this scrap book sheet sue to the design.
Hydrangea is the first tessellation I tried. Nice thing is it requires just one paper.
Reference:
Paper used: Color printer paper.
3, 4 and 5 layers with 8.5 inch x 8.5 inch
Difficulty:
Moderate, I got confused at couple of folds.
First attempt - 31 May 2013, I folded 3 layers. In the video Sara Adams clearly tells how to get another layer. I got little confused and stopped at 3 layers.
Second attempt - 3rd and 4th June: I realized how to fold another layer and folded 4 layers and 5 layers.
Finally folded up to 6 layers and framed it.
Printer paper is good to fold, especially slightly thicker paper, not too thick, it becomes difficult to fold multiple layers.
