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TableofContents I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. XV. Introduction FoldingLeaves,LeafletsandFlowers PerspectiveofLeaflets Makigami(RollPaper) BasicAssemblies PaintingTechniques TaperedMakigamiBranches Fiddleheads MakigamiAssemblies PaperPotsandMakigamiRoots InspirationalPhotographs MasteringMakigami Subassemblies 182 PerformingMakigamiConversions pages with DepthEnhancedFlora photos,

Afterword

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FoldingtheRoseLeaf
1.Startwithasquareofpaper.Ifithasaleaf coloredorpaintedside,thatsideshouldfaceup. 2.FoldthesquarediagonallyandunfolditThenflipitsothe coloredsidefacesdown.

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 3.Foldeachcornertothecenterlinefoldedinstep2. 3.Foldthebottomcornerstothecenterline. 4.Yourpapershouldlooklikethis.Nowflipit.

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 5.Foldtheleafdiagonallyonthefoldyoumadeinstep1. 6.Foldveinsintotheleafbyrepeatedlyfoldingand unfoldingasshown.Openthefoldmadeinstep5and fliptheleaf. 7.Foldthebottomtipuptoapointroughlyhalfwaybetweenthe unpaintedareasofthebottomoftheleaf.

then

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 8.Foldthetipbackdown,leavingasmallgap. 9.Squeezethebottomstemoftheleaftogetherandthen crimpthestemoftheleaf.Seepicturebelow:

Thecompletedroseleaf.

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XV.DepthEnhancedFlora
Asdiscussedintheintroductionofthisbook,depth enhancementisobtainedinthesamemannerasdepthis conveyedinapainting.Objectswewanttheviewerto perceiveascloser,arelarger,andobjectsmoredistantare smaller. Thissculptureisdepthenhancedandhasthreeleafand flowersizes.Theleavesweremadeusingtheincremental squarestechniquecoveredinchapter1.Inumbertheleaves accordingtosize,thesmallestleaveshavelittleones writtenontheirreversesides.Eachofthelargesthavea threeontheirreverseside.

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 Icut,paintedandfoldedasetofsixflowersin threesizesand48leavesinthreesizes. Irolled,molded,driedandassembledasetofmakigamistemsto accommodatemysculpture.Ialsomadetwocoilsfor branchlets. Ihave16leavespersize,whichwillbeassembledinpairs, thereforeIneedeightbranchletspersize.Iattachthefirst setofeightbranchletsclosesttotheworksurface.This correspondstothesmallestsizeleaf(size1). Itypicallykeeponepairofleavesineachsizeasareserve(in caseofpaintingmistakes,etc.),thereforeIwillonlyuse sevenbranchletsineachsize.

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 NextIattacheightbranchletsforthesecondleafsize.These areattachedslightlyfurtherfromtheworksurfacewithinthe sculpture. NowIattachbranchletsforthelargestleafsize. Thesebranchletsarefurthestfromtheworksurface. Hereisanotherviewoftheassembly.

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 Ipaintandpreparethebranchinaccordancewiththe instructionsattheendofchapter9,andthenproceed withfinalassembly. Iassemblethesmallestleavesfirst.Theseleavesareattached tothebranchletsclosesttotheworksurface. AndthenIattachthesecondleafsizetothe branchlets.

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 Andfinallythethirdsize.Noticehowthesculpturehas seemedtocomealive.

Iperformthefinalassembly,attachingthe smallestflowersclosesttothework surface,secondsizeflowersfurther,and thethirdsizedflowerfurthestfromthe worksurface.Ithenapplyafinalcoatof paintandglueinaccordancewiththe instructionsinchapter9. Noticethateventhoughthisisafairly simplesculpture,ithasobtainedavisual complexityduetoitsdepthenhancement.

Paper pots, pebbles, and ROOTS!

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 Aphotographofthebacksideofthesculptureisquiterevealing.Thesmallestleavesarenowclosestto us,thelargestfurthest.Thisisthereverseofdepthenhancement.Noticehowflatthesculpturelooks.

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