These are instructions for making an origami anthurium. I made a tiny arrangement here,
but it can be made much bigger too, if you like.
Step 1:This paper is for a flower, both sides are coloured.
The size is 3,5x3,5 inch or 8,5x8,5 centimeters.
Turn the paper.
Step 2:
Make a valley-fold over this line. Unfold it after
you've made it.
Step 3:
Make a valley-fold over these 2 lines.
Step 4:
Fold the 2 corners on the left of the yellow lines to the right
by making a valley-fold over these 2 yellow lines.
Step 5:
Make a valley-fold over this line. Make this fold over
all layers of the model.
Unfold this fold after you've made it.
Step 6:
Make a valley-fold over these 2 lines.
The edge on the right of these 2 lines stands upwards
after you've made these folds, see the picture of step 7.
Step 7:
Repeat step 6 over these 2 lines.
Step 8:
Now the model looks like this.
Turn the model.
Step 9:
Make a valley-fold over the 3 lines on the right and
a mountain-fold over the line on the left (at the arrow).
Push the piece at the arrow to the right while you
are making these folds.
Step 10:
Here a part of the folds from step 9 is already done.
Push the piece at the arrow a little further to the right
and finish the valley-fold over the yellow line.
Step 11:
Now the model looks like this.
Step 12:
Hold the model in one hand, the same as I do in this picture,
with the flower-part on the table.
Push the model flat from above (see arrows) with your other
hand.
Step 13:
Now you have some flower veins on your model, because
of the pushing and flattening in step 12.
Make a mountain-fold over the 2 yellow lines and fold the
top of the stamen (see arrow) downwards.
Step 14:
One flower is done...
Make 3 of these flowers for one complete arrangement.
Step 15:
Make 3 stems of about 6 inch or 15 centimeters in length.
Click here to see instructions for making a stem
If your stem is to thick, just fold it in half over the length
one more time.
Step 16:
Make about 6 of these leaves.
Click here to see diagrams for making these leaves.
I used papers of 3,5x3,5 inch or 8,5x8,5 centimeters to
make these leaves.
