It is always interesting to learn how to add a new origami model. Making a water lily is the best way to develop shape-folding skills. By the way, the water lily model is very beautiful and popular.
Any hobby is first of all a pleasure from the process of creating a new one. And the art of origami also provides great opportunities for the development of fantasy.
DIY Origami Water Lilies
Every lover can think of how to improve their favorite model, or make crafts in new unexpected colors. But there are models that do not need improvement. Another bonus. Origami water lily - a flower that does not fade and does not fade.
How to make such a flower with your own hands? You need to choose the model that seems the most elegant, and learn how to perform all the specified actions according to the scheme.
Water lily made of paper. Most popular model
In this article, we will show how to assemble the most attractive model of a paper water lily. This figure is quite simple in execution. It is necessary to cut identical rectangles from sheets of paper of two colors. For the first row, 8 green ones are used. For 2 and 3 rows - 16 white. Parts are stacked in a specific order. Then 2 or 3 white details are embedded in 1 green. All the blanks are folded parallel to each other and tied in the middle with a thread.
So the foundation is done. From the center, these petals are distributed in equal intervals until a circle is obtained. Then the edges are alternately tucked up, creating flower petals. First, the upper elements, then go to the bottom.
In order to find a suitable paper color for a water lily, it is better to rely on your perception. Above is a classic white flower with green leaves. In the last row, a closing element is added - a yellow core of 2 small elements. After all, sometimes you want to experiment.
Origami water lily in 15 minutes. Scheme
Another popular water lily pattern in the classic origami style. Everything is done without scissors. For crafts, you need only one whole sheet of paper, preferably a large sheet, A4 size, and cut a square. From one square you get this kind of craft.
So, how do you make an origami “water lily”? You will have to navigate according to the standard graphic scheme.
The first step in the folding process is to double the square in half and bend the corners to the middle. Then notes are made for the next steps. The paper bends along the lines shown in step 3. And then these corners fold into “pockets” in the form of a rhombus with even angles. The edges of the rhombuses must be tucked so that they are not visible.
The following steps are performed on the other side of the paper. Therefore, we turn the sheet over and make small deflections, such as in step 7. Again we turn the workpiece and proceed to the final steps depicted under numbers 8 and 9. That is, we turn the petals out and give them the shape of the lotus we need.
Water lily as a holiday decoration
This beautiful water flower in your collection of paper crafts will delight all households and guests.
Origami water lily fits perfectly into any interior. And you can make a lot of them, each in its own tone. At the festive table, this craft is often used as a candle holder. It turns out very original.
Water lily made of paper. Wet Origami Technique
Some lovers prefer the wet origami technique when making flowers. An origami paper water lily made in this way is very similar to a real flower. But working with such paper is more difficult. Paper is selected at a specific density. During folding, the leaves are smeared with a slightly damp sponge or sprayed. But the paper should not be literally wet. Parts so slightly moistened in this way are assembled according to the scheme, and then gently stacked. When such an origami water lily dries up, all those oval transitions, roundings that they wanted to give it are preserved.
But you need to be extremely careful, because wet paper easily tears. And it develops only in one or 2 layers. The volume is attached to the model due to the overlapping layers of paper, and not multiple bending, as in classical origami.
Modular origami
What is interesting modular origami "water lily"? This model, of course, is one of the most beautiful origami. To build such a voluminous magnificent water lily, you need to prepare quite a lot of modules, of which all such crafts are usually built. Green elements are taken for the base of the flower - they need to be made 318 pieces; 300 elements are made for the flower itself.
You can do as shown in the picture: a red flower with an admixture of yellow colors. But it is better to limit oneself to a monophonic flower until the amateur learns to fold the diagram evenly and without errors. After all, it is desirable that the scheme "settled" in the head, and then freely create your own drawings.
We carry out a green sheet support. It is made of 6 equal rhombuses fastened together. We start with 1 part, with each row we increase their number to 7. From the eighth row, we reduce the number of elements again to one. We apply the same scheme to each of the 6 lower petals. They are combined at the bases with the help of 3, 4 modules.
We proceed to the assembly of the main flower. In the same way as the lower petals were created, we make the first elements of the flower. We connect two parts to the first module of the Serkh, we attach 3 elements of the third row to them. So to the 5th row, and then again combine into one element in the last row.
We add other modules to the petals in free space according to the same scheme. After each row, the elements are slightly bent into a kind of cocoon, so that the shape looks like a real flower. We finish building until the details are over. Another small flower of a different color is sometimes made into the center.