![]() The petals of my model have additional folds, and features a large octagonal center and a stem leaf. In another blog post here at Origami Spirit, I feature an origami sunflower of my own design based on the pipe-cleaner flower. She shows how to make the flowers with different kinds of paper currency. In her book Money Gami*, Gay Merrill Gross has featured some lovely versions of this flower under the name of “Mediterranean Daisy”. The caption reads: This design was folded by a barman in Cyprus! Diagrams by David Brill, 2000. Yet another version of this model –made with cigarette foil paper, is found on the British Origami Society website. He also shows another unit, added below the flower, to make two leaves. In this book Guido shows the petal units folded from three squares of paper, and the stem made from a twisted strip of the same paper. The flower from cigarette paper appeared in 1986 in the Italian book Fiori in Origami, by Guido Gazzera and identified by the name Margherita (Daisy). It is listed as a Modular Flower (Neo-Traditional) with diagrams by Mark Kennedy. The idea of using a pipe cleaner was most-likely implemented by Becky Berman, an art teacher.ĭiagrams for the version shown here appeared in the OrigamiUSA 1991 Annual Collection. ![]() Subsequently, the flower was made with rectangular pieces of paper and tied with a pipe-cleaner. Paper arts.DIY ,Paper Crafts, School Supplies, Origami, Fidget, Life. The model is folded from one sheet of paper. Origami Flower Pot & Stem Holder Tutorial. You should have a square piece of paper with an 'X' across it. Unfold the triangle and fold it the opposite way. You should be left with a right triangle. ![]() Cut off the excess piece of paper out created by the fold. This easy origami flower is perfect to make a paper bouquet. Fold the 8' x 11' (20cm x 28cm) paper to turn it into a triangle. In a meeting at Lillian Oppenheimer’s Origami Center in New York City in 1979, Gay taught the flower to several people. Make a traditional origami flower with 8 petals using 1 sheet of square paper. The three squares were used for the petals and the strip was twisted around the petals to hold them together and form a stem. Step 9 just shows the model from the side at this point. That model was made with three squares and a long strip cut from the silver paper that lined cigarette packs. At step 8 you are supposed to fold the model in half along the central line (valley fold). Gay Merrill Gross, a well-known author of origami books, learned a version of this flower in Israel, in 1976. ![]() The exact origin of this flower is not known, but according to several sources, it might have Mediterranean roots. ![]()
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