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Origami Bonsai Update Joost Langeveld 5 Petal Origami Bonsai Flower Molding Tree Trunks
Origami Bonsai Electronic Magazine Volume 2 Issue 3 is written, photographed and published by Benjamin John Coleman. Edited by Annette and John Coleman. Copyright 2010, Benjamin John Coleman all rights reserved.
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Artichoke and daffodil hybrid in fractal wave planter by Benjamin John Coleman. Cover: "Wildflowerz" by Benjamin John Coleman.
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In This Issue:
Development of Origami Bonsai continues at a rapid pace. I recently obtained a provisional patent on the folding pattern used by the basic flower form which is presented in the first book. While reviewing the pattern for the patent application I realized it was not dependent upon a square. In fact, the same folding pattern can be applied to a two-dimensional shape with any number of corners. Each corner represents a petal, therefore the folding pattern is capable of producing flowers with an unlimited number petals. I immediately set out to design a five petal flower. Five petals are important, mostly because they're far more common in nature than four petals. Five is also a Fibonacci number (Italian mathematician who discovered a series of numbers commonly found in nature), which makes the new flower even more exciting. After successfully folding some five-petal flowers I wondered who else might be working "beyond the square," and discovered that many are pushing the origami envelope. Please read on. Sincerely, Benjamin John Coleman
The first five petal flower based on the basic flower form presented in "Origami Bonsai," by Benjamin John Coleman and from Tuttle Publishing.
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Origamibonsai.org has tips, books you can buy, free folding videos, photos of Origami Bonsai created all by people living all over the world, and lots more.
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You'll find Origami Bonsai Electronic Magazine here along with less expensive electronic versions of Advanced Origami Bonsai and Origami Bonsai Accessories.
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A lot of Origami Bonsai folding videos.
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Search "origami bonsai" and "makigami accessories" to see lists of items for sale in these categories from artists and craftspeople around the globe.
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The first book in the Origami Bonsai (2010, Tuttle Publishing) series is available at bookstores worldwide. This book teaches how to fold the basic flower form from which many varieties of flower can be folded. Comes with folding videos on DVD. 112 pages.
Advanced Origami Bonsai teaches how to make branches from newspaper using the Makigami technique. Also teaches how to create intricate branch networks for Origami Bonsai sculptures. 182 pages on DVD or through Scribd.com
Origami Bonsai Accessories teaches how to make durable Makigami jewelry, accessories, bangles, planters and other items. Make virtually anything you can conceive of from paper. 152 pages on DVD or through Scribd.com.
Origami 101 includes more than 40 fun and interesting models from every genre of origami. This book is written for the absolute beginner with strategies to go from beginner to expert in one book! Origami 101 is the first origami book with glow-fold diagrams and videos making learning origami easy!
Artist-inventor Benjamin John Coleman guides you with stepby-step instructions in how to make over 30 durable, wearable jewelry projects. Learn how to recycle ordinary newspaper into intricate, complex natural shapes. Instructions for making earrings, bangles, pendants and much more! 132 pages with 14 videos in full HD
Books ordered through OrigamiBonsai.org ship the same day theyre ordered!
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Introducing the worlds first mass-produced, pre-folded Origami flower. The Origami Bonsai Instant Flower ships flat, but with two simple movements, opens to reveal a beautiful flower.
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1. Email a picture of your book and a flower you have folded to Ben@Benagami.com. You will receive the JPEG file in a return email within a few hours.
2. Print the JPEG file on your printer. The page will look similar to this, but will have a lot more fold lines. This image has been altered to avoid any copyright issues.
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3. Cut out one of the stars. You can paint it at this stage if you wish. .
4. Put the star on top of a magazine you've already read and use a glass cutter to impress the folds into the paper. Apply enough pressure that you can see fold lines that you've finished, but not so much that you cut the paper. After you've finished, flip the star over to confirm you impressed all the fold lines into the paper.
5. Fold a square of paper into the basic flower form (Origami Bonsai pages 50 through 53). Collapse it, and then partially un-collapse it. Use it as a guide to identify the proper direction of each fold. Fold each line you impressed in step 3 onto the star. Work on one petal at a time.
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You will find this five-petal version of the basic flower form to be quite versatile. Not only is it capable of folding all the varieties presented in Origami Bonsai, but there are other, new varieties it mimics quite well. The petals are much bigger than those created by a square, thus giving you more space to experiment. Of course the petals can always be shortened by cutting them with scissors if you wish.
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The resultant shape is quite interesting. It has a slow, gradual curve where it is thickest, and a much sharper curve where it becomes narrow.
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Makigami Accessories are durable, wearable and biodegradable. To see a list of Makigami accessories available on Etsy, Click here.
Origami Bonsai artists and craftspeople, make sure to include the keywords "makigami" and "accessories" when posting your work to Etsy so it will be included when readers click this advertisement.
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