Origami Roses - Read Me!

wolf · Post by **wolf** » November 17th, 2006, 7:08 am

No, 12 inch is right if you want to get a rose roughly 3 inches across.

12 cm will get you a rosebud, or one of those miniature bonsai roses.

Wen Fu Kai · Post by **Wen Fu Kai** » November 17th, 2006, 4:59 pm

12 inch square is good

train · Post by **train** » November 22nd, 2006, 5:53 am

You mean the square paper with 12inches each size or 12-inch-square paper?
If 12-inch-square paper (so means about 3,5inches each size): the rose is smaller than the real rose.
If 12 inches each size: The result looks like a cabbage.
As my expericence, you should fold the kawasaki from the square paper with 15cm (about 6inches) each size

Wen Fu Kai · Post by **Wen Fu Kai** » November 23rd, 2006, 6:14 pm

The question really boils down to: what is the type of rose you are folding? It would be good for someone to post up a new kawasaki rose made from a 12 inch square

--a 12 inch square is ideal.

humblestumble · Post by **humblestumble** » December 9th, 2006, 11:01 am

I made my first rose after several failed attempts, and I'm not completely happy with it, but it's enough of a rose to me. But, I was wondering... I must be doing something wrong. I can't get the bottom folds to stay stuck inside each other. Any suggestions? I can post a pic tomorrow. I need beauty sleep.

Oh yea.. I think it's the original one.

Pete · Post by **Pete** » February 28th, 2007, 6:10 pm

Hi, sorry to drag up an old thread. Posted here a while back about kawasaki roses. I've got the hang of them now but they look more angular and pointy than i would like. Does anyone have any tips on how to help fix/prevent this?

hardcoretraceur · Post by **hardcoretraceur** » February 28th, 2007, 9:53 pm

i actually prefer to make mine anglular and pointy, it embraces its origami origin in my mind.

i think curling the petals to look more natural will do the trick.

Pete · Post by **Pete** » March 1st, 2007, 4:28 pm

I've tried curlng for ages but still the petals just drift back to ther pointy positions. Could it be to do with the paper i'm using?

hardcoretraceur · Post by **hardcoretraceur** » March 1st, 2007, 6:41 pm

you curl before you fold the bottom under, and curl good, when you fold the bottom under it will hold.

Rdude · Post by **Rdude** » March 7th, 2007, 7:23 pm

Pete wrote:I've tried curlng for ages but still the petals just drift back to ther pointy positions. Could it be to do with the paper i'm using?

That is possible, what sort of paper are you using?

Rdude

Post by **origami_8** » March 7th, 2007, 9:13 pm

Excuse my dump question, but which Kawasaki rose is it we are talking about? There are so many different versions around and it would be much easier to give any help if I would know what exactly we are talking about. Maybe a photo would be good too to explain your problems.

perrosaurio · Post by **perrosaurio** » April 9th, 2007, 5:17 pm

two years for a thread

I was reading before and I agree to curl the petals before you close the bottom, also you can fold down the main petals in half and that helps to keep them curve.

also to humblestumble, maybe a good tip is that you have to enclose one over the other in a counterclockwise way, but the last one is tricky nevertheless.

Anna's question is real

, but I think we are talking about the Chan's diagram. Anyway, maybe you should like the last post in my blog about the rose, basically it suggests that the 22.5Âº grid is not necessary to fold the Chan's New Rose.

many regards and sorry for my crappy english.

xaoslord · Post by **xaoslord** » July 24th, 2007, 1:06 am

Wen Fu Kai wrote:It would be good for someone to post up a new kawasaki rose made from a 12 inch square --a 12 inch square is ideal.

Here's one folded from a 12 inch square of MC treated unryu:

For a rose in full bloom I would say 12 inches is the right starting size.

pitboss · Post by **pitboss** » August 24th, 2007, 3:45 am

Doodlebug

I happened to notice that the link for the updated Kawasaki Rose (ver. 2.3) by Winson Chan in the FAQ no longer works. Are the corrected diagrams no longer available online?

wolf · Post by **wolf** » August 24th, 2007, 4:10 am

Thanks for pointing out the dead link.

I haven't been able to find the corrected diagrams online. If anyone does, let me know and I'll add it to the FAQ.

Since it looks like it's only step 24 that's incorrect though, you still should be able to fold the rose using the ver 2.1 diagrams and the step photos by Anool.

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