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Folding the Micro Leaf Folding the Snap Dragon Flower Mimicking a Canopy Turning Newspaper into Jewelry 5 11 16 22
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Step 1 Begin with the colored side of your paper facing down. Fold and then unfold you leaf in half diagonally.
Step 2 Fold the right edge of the square to the fold you made in step 1.
Step 3 Fold the top edge of your square to the fold you made in step 1.
Step 4. Fold the bottom edge to the fold you made in step 1.
Step 5 Fold the leftmost edge to the fold you made in step 1.
Step 6 Fold the leftmost and lowest edges toward the diagonal center line. Each edge should be folded to an imaginary line (dashed in this diagram) which is a little less than halfway between the diagonal center line and the outer edge of the paper.
Step 8 Fold the narrow tip back down leaving a small gap.
Step 9 Pinch-fold the stem on the diagonal center line as shown and then flip your leaf.
Step 10 Crimp the leaf into the stem by simultaneously pinching the stem with one hand and pushing your thumbnail on the other hand into it
Here are several views of a tiny leaf I folded. When I make very small leaves using this technique I combine steps 8 and 9 into a one-step-accordion-type fold.
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Step 1 Fold the Basic Flower Form from page 50 of Origami Bonsai (Tuttle, 2010)
Step 2 Fold the upper tip of the top layer of paper down as shown. The tip should be folded to the intersection of the outer corners of the diamond shaped center of the basic flower form (dashed line in diagram).
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Step 3 Fold the edges of the top layer of paper down and toward the center as shown. Flip and then repeat steps 2 and 3 on the opposite side. Bookfold and repeat steps 2 and 3 on the other two sides.
Step 4 Insert your finger between the top and second layer of paper (blue arrow) and then fold the diamond shaped area to the right as shown. This will force a petal open. Crush fold the lower edges of the petal to obtain the shape in the next diagram.
Step 5 Your model should look like this. Fold the lower corner as shown up on the existing fold.
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Step 6 Your model should look like this. Repeat steps 4 and 5 on the other three petals.
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Step 10 Repeat steps 7, 8 and 9 on the other three petals to complete your snap dragon flower.
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You will need a pair of tweezers and a chopstick. This method could be combined with the subassemblies technique described in Advanced Origami Bonsai to create a much more dense leaf arrangement.
Step 1 Begin by building a complex makigami assembly with densely installed branches and branchlets. Once your assembly is complete, fold a few practice leaves to confirm that your leaf size matches your branchlet distribution.
Step 2 Make leaves in at least five sizes. This will help you avoid overlapping leaves during assembly.
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Step 3 I began on the left side of my sculpture. Install the leaves that are lowest and innermost first. This makes the glue points for subsequent leaf pairs easier to access.
In this example Im using a branch in a clamp so I can more clearly illustrate the technique. This technique is best utilized on a completed branch assembly. Step 4 Pick up two leaves and confirm that they will fit on the desired branchlet. In this example, the leaf in my right hand is smaller than the one in my left hand. The smaller leaf will leave room for leaves on the brachlet at the end of the branch.
Step 5 Dip the leaf stems in hot melt glue and attach them to each other. Im doing a droopy leaf assembly, so the leaves droop at an angle from each branchlet.
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Step 6 Slide the glued pair of leaves into a pair of tweezers. Dip, and then hold, a chopstick into your glue. Allow the chopstick to heat up a little. This will give you more time to position the leaves before the glue cures.
Step 8 Guide the glued pair of leaves into the glue you just applied to the branchlet. Hold the leaves in place until the glue sets. Do not lift or move the chopstick away from the sculpture. Hold it still until the glue cures. If you pull the chopstick away at this point it will leave a long, thin string of glue that youll have to untangle from your sculpture.
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Step 9 Release the leaves from your tweezers and then attach your tweezers to the glue string. Twist and pull the glue string to remove it from the branchlet.
Step 10 Recycle the glue string back into your glue dish. Now youre ready to attach the next pair of leaves.
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Here are pictures of the completed sculpture. You can see that when compared to the size of my finger, the leaves are tiny. It would have been impossible for me to attach these leaves without the use of tools.
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