This is a step-by-step photo tutorial for making a paper
Allium flower
(Ornamental Onion) out of tiny folded Origami flowers and large
leaves.
Each flower cluster is made out of about 30 Origami flowers.
Allium flowers come in various colors, I made pinkish alliums myself.
Step 1: I
used 3x3 inch papers for the flowers. Prefold in half four times.
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Step 6: Prefold
over the purple line, unfold the model afterwards.
Step 5: Fold
along the edge.
Step 2: Fold
the right part in half two times, unfold afterwards.
Step 4: Fold
the edge to this spot, use the prefolded lines as guidance.
Step 3: Fold
in half.
Step 10: Fold
the edge outwards.
Step 8: Prefold
in half (or make sharper prefolded lines) over these six purple
lines.
Step 9: Fold
over the prefolded lines, into a basic shape.
Step 7: Fold
or cut over these prefolded lines, into a hexagon shape.
Step 16: Repeat
step 15 on the other five petals.
Step 15: Open
the petal and squash-fold it against the center.
Step 12: Press
these three edges against each other.
Step 11: Repeat
step 10 on the other five edges, see purple arrows.
Step 14: Press
the petal flat from aside, see the two arrows on the right.
Turn the model afterwards.
Step 13: Fold
the other three edges to the right, inside the petal, see purple
arrow.
Step 21: I
made some flowers with a 3 inch stem, a few more with a 2 inch stem
and about 15 loose flowers.
Step 19: Glue
the stem into the back of the flower.
Step 20: Done....
Step 18: I
used papers of 2x2 inch and 2x3 inch for the tiny stems. Fold in
half three or four times.
Step 17: Done...
I used about 30 flowers for each flower cluster.
Step 22: The
main stems for the flower clusters are made of three or four 6x6
inch papers glued together.
Make a few folds on the edge first, see purple lines as example.
Step 28: Finally,
I glued the loose flowers to the cluster.
Step 25: I
rolled up a small stack of (magazine) papers and inserted the main
stem into it.
Step 26: First,
I glued the flowers with 2 inch stem to the top of the main stem.
Step 24: Done,
the stem is strong enough to hold the flower cluster.
Step 23: Roll
up, use glue or tape.
Step 29: And
one flower cluster is done!
I made three flower clusters for my allium flower.
Step 27: Then,
I added the flowers with 3 inch stem.
Step 30: The
leaf papers vary from 4x4 inch to 6x6 inch.
Prefold in half, then fold over the two outer lines.
Step 31: Fold
over these two lines.
Step 32: Fold
the lower part in half, see purple line.
And curve the top of the leaf outwards.
Step 33: Done.....
Step 35: The
leaves are glued to the lower part of the main stem.
Step 34: Make
about 10 of these large leaves.
Done!
This is a video tutorial for making the Allium flower: