Desert Rose
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Desert Rose
| Author | Floderer Vincent |
| Category | flower |
| Difficulty | ** |
| Format | square |
| Base | crumpling |
| Text | The sand rose is actually a structure that appeals to the imagination of the person who looks at it. It gives rise to countless variations.
1. Hold the sheet in a horizontal position. Form a valley fold by bringing the right edge to the left edge along the vertical median. 2. Form a valley fold by bringing the upper edge to the lower edge on the horizontal median, folding through all thicknesses. We have a square of quadruple thickness. 3. Make a preliminary base by folding through all thicknesses. Hold it with the closed tip upwards. There are now four square flaps of quadruple thickness. 4. Continue as for the base of the frog, making a crushed fold on each of the 4 flaps. We obtain a kind of cone with the closed tip upwards. 5. Crumple the cone strongly. For better creasing quality, it is recommended to open the cone a little to rearrange the folds to obtain new ones. 6. Flip the cone like an umbrella. Crumple strongly. 7. Flip the cone like an umbrella. Crumple strongly. 8. Repeat the operations of step 6 and step 7 several times. Creasing operations may be difficult, depending on the quality of the paper. It doesn't matter, the quality of the creasing will be improved in the following steps. 9. Unfold the fold completely, without flattening it. We will focus on medians. A median is formed by a single mountain fold (or valley, depending on the orientation of the paper), the other is formed half by a valley fold, half by a mountain fold. Furthermore, the four squares delimited by the medians form a kind of funnel, two being directed downwards and two others upwards. 10. Hold the sheet so that the median formed by a single type of fold is mountainous. 11. Transform the other median into a single mountain fold. During operation, reverse the squares pointing upwards downwards. We obtain a three-dimensional shape divided into four parts by the medians which meet at a central vertex from which four more or less wavy crests emerge. Two successive crests border a square funnel, determined by the central summit, the arrival summits of the two crests and a final free summit. 12. Gently fold the four free vertices towards the central vertex, so as to close the fold. 13. Crumple strongly from top to bottom (from the top towards the free ends of the squares). 14. Turn the fold so the top is down. Gently open the squares. The structure should begin to take shape. The edges of the four square flaps begin to be formed by radiating folds. You can open the fold more or less, until the tips are flat. The central peak then stands proudly in the middle of the structure. 15. Close the fold and turn it so that the top is upwards. The summit is in fact open, since it is formed by the bottoms of the four flaps which come together there. 16. Gently open the top, by sliding your fingers into the funnels opposite each other by a median or diagonal and pulling slightly outwards. This operation aims to free the folds from each other, so that they reform differently during the following steps. You should not pull too much, so as not to tear the paper and damage the ridges. 17. Close the fold, and crease it from the top to the ends. 18. Repeat step 16 and step 17 several times. The number of times depends on the type of paper and the quality of the creasing you want to achieve. For example, with a regular paper towel, you only need to perform the above operations 3 or 4 times. 19. Finish by opening the funnels as desired. |
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| Desert Rose - PDF file | ML-Flower18Ang.pdf |