Origami Creations - Lovely Hydrangea Box

Hydrangea by Shuzo Fujimoto is a favorite tessellation fold for me as it requires only a few grids to start making it.  Now that it is incorporated in a gift box, it made it all the more attractive and so gratifying to make. 

This was designed by the very artistic origamist Dassa Severova.  You can find the diagram for this model in her awesome flickr account here.  

Such a beauty <3

For beginners, it would be a bit difficult to make the flower so I recommend that you try it first.  You may also check my blog here for more helpful info.

Here is the video tutorial for this box.

Have a great weekend!

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Origami Creations - Multiple Mini Hydrangea Experience

As I wrote about my Hydrangea origami journey in the days that past, I came to realize that I do want to try and challenge myself and do the multiple hydrangea's - on one paper, no cutting, no gluing.

From planning to do two (2) pieces only, I ended up doing the five (5) pieces hydrangea.  On top of the challenge, I did the mini version (due to paper limitations).  And yes, with a much needed hair puller on one hand :o).

Here are the results of my artwork.  I included a Kinder white chocolate bar for you to have a good comparison of the size of my tessellations.  The kinder bar is 7.5 cm in length.

2 Flowers

4 Flowers (Right one looks nice for a photo frame)

5 Flowers (Nice curvature effect)

 Had great fun folding them most especially the part of compressing them on the initial fold.  One need to make sure that the valleys and mountains are correct or else ...

Have a great day!

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More Info:

Good references when doing these folds are here:

Origami Creations - Hydrangea Flowers: Tessellated Origami

Another field of paper folding that I appreciate is tessellation.

It is the tiling of a plane surface (paper) using one or more geometric shapes and creating lovely decorative patterns.

It is not an easy thing to do but the result is well worth it - in pure golden joy!

My most favorite origami tessellated piece is the Hydrangea flower by Mr. Shuzo Fujimoto.  A simple looking but exquisitely beautiful work of art.

Four levels of petals

To fully appreciate this art piece, I have made a short video to document its creation (not a tutorial) from plain paper to flower.  And, more importantly, to show the magical geometrical shapes it produces when placed against the light.  Tessellated pieces makes good artistic lampshades (awesome lighting effects).



Enjoy!

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More info:

Definition of Tessellation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tessellation

Origami Diagram of the Hydrangea Flower: 

http://www.nickrobinson.info/clients/smithy/hydrangea_john_smith.pdf

Origami Tutorial for the Hydrangea Flower:

http://youtu.be/3Y3EcpOSSRs