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BONSAI Origami Fuchsia
Flower
These
are instructions for making a complete
bonsai
origami Fuchsia Plant with large flowers
Step
1:
The other side of this paper is purple.
Prefold over these 4 lines.
Step
2:
First, valley-fold over the 2 lines at
the bottom right.
Then
mountain-fold over the 2 diagonal lines in the
middle.
And valley-fold over the 2 lines at the top left.
Step
3:
Valley-fold this flap upwards
Step
4:
Squash-fold the flap.
Step
5:
Valley-fold over these 2 lines
Step
6:
Unfold the folds of step 5
Step
7:
Valley-fold the edge indicated by the
arrow
downwards.
Step
8:
Push/press the edges indicated by the
arrows
downwards.
Step
9:
Valley-fold the triangular flap upwards
Step
10:
Pull the ends at the bottom/back of the
2 arrows
outwards,
in the direction of these 2 arrows.
Step
11:
Mountain-fold the triangular flap to the
inside of
the model
Step
12:
Push the 2 ends towards each other again
Step
13:
Repeat steps 4 to 12 on the other 3 flaps
Step
14:
Bookfold
one layer to the left
Step
15:
Valley-fold the flap downwards
Step
16:
Repeat
step 15 on the other 3 flaps
Step
17:
Valley-fold the corner indicated by the arrow
upwards. Then open the corner a little.
Step
18:
Push the
corner inwards by making an
inside reverse fold over these 3 lines
Step
19:
Repeat
step 18 on the other 7 corners
Step
20:
Now all
eight corners are folded inwards
Step
21:
Make an
inside reverse fold over these
two sets
of three lines.
Step
22:
And the
pink side of the paper is revealed.
Repeat step 21 on the other three petals
Step
23:
Push the
bottom flat from above and below,
see arrows
Step
24:
Valley-fold in half over this line
Step
25:
Curl the 4 petals by rolling them up
with your
fingers.
Turn the model
Step
26:
Make enough flowers for one completed
plant
Step
27:
This paper is for the leaves.
Prefold
in half over this line
Step
28:
Valley-fold over these 2 lines
Step
29:
Valley-fold over these 2 lines
Step
30:
Valley-fold over these 2 lines
Step
31:
Valley-fold over the upper line and
mountain-fold over the line below
Step
32:
Valley-fold over these 2 lines
Step
33:
Push/press the edges/places indicated by
the
4 arrows
downwards
Step
34:
Fold over these 3 lines,
then turn the model
Step
35:
Mountain-fold over this line.
Then push the stem a little to the left,
see arrow
Step
36:
Make enough leaves for one complete plant
Step
37:
I used two different size papers for the
stems.
Valley-fold in half
Step
38:
Valley-fold in half
Step
39:
Valley-fold in half
Step
40:
Valley-fold in half
Step
41:
Curl/curve the stems.
All stems
are curled/curved in one direction,
see final
picture
Step
42:
Glue the tip of the flowers inside a
stem,
also in
some smaller stems.
Step
43:
Glue the leaves to the stems or inside
the
open edge of a stem, see arrow below.
Most
leaves are glued in pairs, like I do here.
Step
44:
The end of the stem on the left is glued
to the main-stem later
Step
45:
I glued two papers together for the
main-stem.
Make a large paper ball of it.
Step
46:
Unfold or uncrumple
Step
47:
Place a strong metal/florist wire on the
paper.
Then roll
the paper up diagonal, see arrow.
Step
48:
Roll it up further
Step
49:
Add glue to the tip and roll it up
completely,
see arrow
Step
50:
Press the top of the main-stem inwards
from
all
angles, see arrows
Step
51:
Bend the stem in the direction of the
arrows
Step
52:
Push the stem downwards on the place
indicated
by the arrow
Step
53:
The arrow
below shows where the
main-stem is
pushed downwards.
The upper
arrow shows a stem which I glued
to the top of
the main-stem.
The two oval
shapes show how I arranged the plant.
The stem on
the right in the large oval only has leaves
on it.
The main-stem
is placed in a pot filled with florist
foam or
large paper balls.
Smaller paper
balls (sand) are covering the foam
or large paper
balls.
All flowers
are hanging downwards or aside.
Most leaves
are facing upwards.