Origami Roses - Read Me!

Post by **origami_8** » February 17th, 2006, 10:46 am

If the video is too fast, you can stop it as often as you want by clicking on the little "II"-Button (=Pause) on the left bottom-side of the video window (This button appears as soon as you click on play and will be replaced by the play button as soon as you click on it).
The video is meant as a additional source for this diagram: http://www.ensc.sfu.ca/undergrad/euss/e ... page6.html
So all text instructions needed should be to find here.

noob_folder · Post by **noob_folder** » February 18th, 2006, 9:02 am

thanks for the reply i'll try my best but i know i'll take me years to do it thanks anyways

Post by **origami_8** » February 20th, 2006, 12:46 am

Just had a look at the diagrams again. Note: The little square in the middle of the paper in step 17 doesn´t lie on existing creases! To get it you can fold the paper on the existing diagonals and valley fold the middle square in half.

jencakes · Post by **jencakes** » June 26th, 2006, 4:34 am

doodlebug.
heyy. i am new here. i hope i'm doing this right lol. i'm trying to make dan's rose for my bf. it's our year and half and his bday. i just want the gift to be sentimental.
anyways, i tried this many times. and i'm wondering if it's really important to make those wedges he's talking about. i can't seem to make those tiny triangles. (step 8) lmao, i'm very newb. i looked at cattail's webpage and it looks like the wedges has already been made. is there a simpler way of doing it?

Post by **Daydreamer** » June 26th, 2006, 11:22 pm

Yes, those triangles are important for folding the rose.
For the first side of the triangle (the one starting from the coloured triangle) you just need to fold the raw edge to lie along the coloured triangle.
For the second side you have to fold the raw edge to lie along the center line.

I hope that helped, otherwise I can try to make some pictures showing how it works

kenongab · Post by **kenongab** » July 1st, 2006, 12:52 am

DOODLEBUG

I want to know what size of paper you people use because I want my rose to have the same size as a real one

rokonacdc · Post by **rokonacdc** » July 1st, 2006, 1:21 am

from about 6 inch to 7.5 inch

Pete · Post by **Pete** » November 7th, 2006, 6:14 pm

Hi, im new to the forum. Sorry to drag up an old thread like this but the Kawaski rose is driving me crazy. I've been following Winson Chans nstructions from Joseph Wu. I fond out today that there is a mistake on step 24 but i still can't do step 25. I i've watched the step in Anna's video over and over again and kept trying but i still can't get it. It looks like there was some other really useful stuff earlier on in the thread but some of it has long since expired so any tips on step 25 would be greatly appreciated.

Ondrej.Cibulka · Post by **Ondrej.Cibulka** » November 7th, 2006, 9:32 pm

When we folded this rose by this diagram with my brother we concluded that it has no mistake. Try to fold it exactly on indicated creases last time, then I do not know.

Post by **origami_8** » November 7th, 2006, 10:10 pm

Sorry Ondrej, but you are wrong. The diagrams on Joseph Wu´s site are for version 2.1 where the error is still there on step 24. The corrected version is 2.3 that can be found here.

step 25 is a little bit hard to explain, its kinda like wrapping the paper over your finger on the creases shown in step 24 (in fact these two steps are only one step), so in the middle the paper gets locked together. Once you´ve got the trick, this step works for itself. Good luck.

Pete · Post by **Pete** » November 8th, 2006, 5:56 pm

Yay! Thank you. Finished my first one just now. Thanks for the help. Its a bit tattered and messy, but i have been folding and refolding it for three days. When i had done step 25 on all four flaps the hole in the middle was still quite big. Is this to do with the accuracy of the precreasing or the folding of step 25?

sandman · Post by **sandman** » November 11th, 2006, 10:39 pm

Anyone tried the rose stem for Kawasaki Rose designed by Darren Abbey?

Post by **origami_8** » November 12th, 2006, 12:05 am

Wen Fu Kai · Post by **Wen Fu Kai** » November 16th, 2006, 8:45 pm

kenongab wrote:I want to know what size of paper you people use because I want my rose to have the same size as a real one

From my experience with roses, I would suggest you use a 12inch square. This is to achieve the most realistic portion and allows for shaping in the end.

DragonN · Post by **DragonN** » November 17th, 2006, 4:46 am

isn't 12 inches too big? u mean 12 cm right?