I have seen some tutorials on origami Kawasaki roses, but I'm sorry that I didn't understand them. Some parts were folded without knowing how. So I decided to make a teaching material by myself. Of course, after I did it, I realized that it is not easy to explain it clearly. Please forgive me if there are any inaccuracies.
First cut the paper into a square with a side length of at least 15 cm. The paper should not be too soft, otherwise the stamens will be broken in the last step and it will be miserable. It should be noted that all creases must be pressed firmly, otherwise don’t blame me if you can’t finish it halfway!
1. Fold two diagonal lines
2. Then divide into 8 equal parts
Just fold it in half horizontally and vertically 3 times. Pay attention to folding it in half correctly. For the convenience of description, I call the side length 8 units long, and each grid is 1 unit long.
3. Fold the four corners
Each angle of a right-angled side of a triangle is 2 units long. When I fold it like this, the rose petals will be white. If you turn the paper over and fold it, the rose will be green.
4. Fold the three marks in the middle
This step is to fold in half, fold the four corners just inside the folded paper.
Think of this as a rectangle with a trapezoid on top, then fold the rectangle in half as shown below.
Do the same on the other side (perpendicular to the direction you just folded in half, repeat the above steps).
In this way, two sets of "three marks in the middle" are obtained, which meet in the middle of the paper to obtain a square with an area of ??2 square units.
5. Fold the central square
Fold the above picture in half and then in half again to get the picture below.
The crease has been given in the above picture (just fold the square at the sharp corner in half), and the folded shape is as follows.
After expansion, a small square with a side length of 1 unit appears in the center.
6. Folding center structure
Turn over the paper in the picture above and process the central square to facilitate the extrusion operation below.
Pinch the opposite set of "three marks in the middle" and gently squeeze toward the center of the paper to flatten the central square.
The side view of the picture above looks like this:
Turn this "ridge" over like in the picture below.
Expand the back and flatten the four "ridges" to complete the central structure.
8. Folding groove (three-dimensional effect emerges)
Fold the paper as shown below to create a "groove". This step is difficult to explain clearly, so everyone should read it carefully and ponder it carefully.
Complete the folds in four directions as above.
To make it easier for everyone to understand, turn the paper over and it will look like this. Note that the tip of the "groove" is 1 unit long from the center. If it doesn't work, just turn the paper over and fold it as shown below. Also, one side of the "groove" is as wide as the right-angled side of the green triangle in the picture (the specific size of the "groove" is 3 units long times 2 units wide).
9. Folded flower bottom
Press one corner of the "groove" in like this. Note that the crease here should be the diagonal of a square with a side length of 1 unit.
After pressing it in, fold the part near the "groove" upwards and fold it together with the right-angled vertex of the green triangle.
Then press the part away from the "groove" and fold it to the left, so that the left vertex of the white triangle in the picture touches the bottom of the "groove" on the left. You can also see that this step makes a greenA small colored triangle appears below the white triangle. At this time, please note that you need to adjust the center (support the center of the back of the paper with your hands) so that the center bulges like the picture below, not like this picture.
This step is very difficult to understand. Please take a good look and think about it. Fold it in all four directions.
Then fold the vertical rectangle on the left side of the white triangle in the picture above to the right, covering the protruding "corners" of the original triangle.
After folding the rectangle over, you will find that you can make another fold, folding one corner of the rectangle behind the "corner" of the original triangle.
This will create four sharp corners.
Turn it over for everyone to see. Fold the sharp corners inwards.
Cover them one by one, so that the last sharp corner is hidden under the first sharp corner, forming a series of nested flower bottoms.
If you are interested, you can insert a bunch of branches to make it look like the real thing.
10. The flower stamen appears
After completing the previous step, it is basically finished, but it can still be beautified. Turn the above picture over and it looks like this:
See the four upright petals in the picture above? Gently pull them outward to create the effect shown below. This is the real rose. Without this step, it would be much inferior.
At this point, you should have folded a Kawasaki rose. If you haven't folded it out when you saw this, it only means that my teaching level is indeed not very good, and the textbook is not clearly written, resulting in "I couldn't understand something when I saw it, but I finally read it through" Accidents happen, so I'm here to apologize in advance.
