Michael Lafosse - Cattleya Orchid

[Fanatic]

That's how it's supposed to look. However, he used crepe paper, which has many many tiny little folds in it which he used to stretch to paper here and there to make it rounder and nicer looking. If you don't have crepe paper, I suggest you wet fold it or use foil to shape.

[e-mo]

hm...I am not sure it is correct because when I see 2 sepals at the bottom and the main lip in the bottom center, it looks different than on his pictures. I will try to make another one...
did you fold it too?

e-mo

[Fanatic]

No, but I have the book. What looks lie two extra sepals on his orchid are actually part of the top two if you look closely. They are just curved over and back.

[e-mo]

I also have the book...but there are 2 steps which are not clear to me.
step 30 and 31 only concerning the left side. these are the only 2 steps I am really not sure what I did...can you help me out there?

e-mo

[Fanatic]

30: It should say "assymetrically squash fold" instead of "inside-reverse fold".

31: You have to open the model up almost completely and reverse the crease there and refold.

[Origamist388]

I'm not an expert,but the base looks good.I think it just needs some shaping.

[HankSimon]

I am not an expert, but I can say that your dry folded base is good.

If you understand how to fold the model - and memorize it, then you might try to wet fold it. I believe that wet-folding is the key to shaping it to look more like Michael Lafosse's ....

- Hank Simon

[e-mo]

hi all..

sorry, I was away for the weekend and thus had no internet access.
thanks for everyones feedback. it makes me feel much better and of course more confident in folding that orchid by Mr. Lafosse.


I just need to make sure I had the steps 30 and 31 right...and then I will try to wet-fold it....but step 31 really knocks me out somehow

e-mo

[LaLaLa]

Hey everyone,

i'm having a bit of a problem with the orchid
i folded to whole thing fine but in steps 34-36 i can't seem to open up the model correctly. I'm not sure if i have it right back to front but instead of a big sepal at the top i have two things sticking out (the parts worked on in step 33). Then the part done in step 20 is sticking straight out at you when i open it up.

I'm almost sure folded it right and it was looking exactly like it is drawn in the book until i opened it

any suggestions?

LaLaLa

[e-mo]

hi all...hi lalala,

where you able to do the orchid?
I am now more relax and want to continue to do the orchid...was anyone successfull so far? if yes, please post a picture

thanks,

e-mo

[e-mo]

anyone succeeded yet?

e-mo

[e-mo]

this is now over a year now...anyone succeeded?!
I cant believe that so few people tried to do that orchid....

e-mo

[phillipcurl]

there was a picture on the first page of this topic.

[e-mo]

yeah, it was me who linked that picture.
I was wondering if anyone succeeded to closely fold that orchid to look like the one of Mr. Lafosse.

[phillipcurl]

oh...have you tried looking on flickr?

if you have, it may just be a model that is near impossible to duplicate. its a beautiful fold though, i can see why you would want to fold it.