Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Springtime comes early this year


Fellas. If you're looking to impress that special someone (or trying to convince someone to be that special someone), this is a great model to make her. It's relatively simple to make, and creates quite an impression.

This composite model benefits from serendipity: the vase was designed by Toshie Takahama, and the tulip was designed quite independently by Kunihiko Kasahara. An anonymous folder ended up combining the two.

The vase is made from a 5 7/8" square of duo origami paper (Fold'ems "Peony" paper, to be specific). The tulip stem is made from a 5 7/8" square of standard greed origami paper, and the blossom is made from a 3" square of light pink/hot pink duo paper. The designs for all three parts may be found in Practical Origami by Rick Beech.

2 comments:

Doogie said...

That's lovely!

Wayne said...

Thank you, doogie. The tulip vase used to be my standard "quick gift" for someone before I learned LaFosse's butterfly. The butterfly is vastly less complex, and way quicker to make.