Thank you very much for your wonderful instructions. This is stunning! I found that your method in your German video is easier to make than the version in the English video, even though I don't understand German. But I was able to make a carambola! Thank you!
May I ask what paper you used your models that have such beautiful natural colors?
Thank you Sara for your great videos! I have made about a dozen carambola flowers, and learned how to make lotus flowers tonight. I am working through your videos :)! The fir tree looks wonderful but a bit too scary for me right now! *Thank you* for your inspiration!
Very easy to follow, both the diagram and the video. I made mine out of pastel toned calligraphy paper, (A4 but squared, then pentagoned - hmmm? is that even a word???) then combined many modules ( about 30 I think ) to create a lovely pomander, which I gifted to a friend :)
This was my first attempt at origami and it went so well! Thank you for a very clear instruction on how to make these beautiful paper flowers. Already I feel cozier in my stark dorm room because of these. Very pretty. Thank you for the video!
This was my first try. It didn't turn out so well. But its a beautiful model.
I will try to improve!!! I got it on my first try only!!!
Everything Is Possible, Nothing Is Impossible!!!
im having alot of trouble with this oragami project, which is unusual. i am usually very good with papers of such- i like making oragami ballons, frogs, fish, and cranes.......
But i do enjoy this project, and i will try even harder!!!!!!
I just made 3 of these and they are beautiful! Thank you! I consider myself a beginner, and this was easy enough but produces a very intricate-looking flower. I made 2 out of standard origami paper and one out of cardstock, which was more difficult to work with, but was manageable. One problem that I had with all three was that the paper ripped at the center point. It's a very tiny rip, just at that one point. What did I do wrong? It ripped as I pinched the edges of the small pentagon together to get the center of the pentagon to collapse downward.
Thank you!
There is indeed quite some stress on the central point of the pentagon. It's not unusual that a small hole forms there. Fortunately, it's hidden inside the model, so shouldn't be visible.
Stronger paper won't rip, but standard origami paper will be prone to rip in the center point. With heavy paper the stress is a lot bigger, so again the risk of it ripping is quite high.
Großartig! Ich hab den Link gerade entdeckt und musste es gleich ausprobieren. Nach 3 Versuchen hab ich auch als Origami-Neuling das wunderschön hingekriegt! Danke für das tolle Tutorial. Ich würde sagen das mit der Weihnachtsdeko funktioniert dieses Jahr doch noch! :)
I just folded this model by following your video! Awesome model and awesome video by you as usual! I am going to teach this model in our next monthly meeting.
Most papers will work nicely with this model. I'd suggest not to use very light or very heavy paper, and some steps will be harder with relatively soft paper.
I never claimed it was a flower. I know it's a fruit, and a very tasty one at that. :)
However, you could see the model to be a flower, or a starfruit.
Actually, it is a flower, well at least at one point! It starts as a flower, and I think thats what this origami refers to. Absolutely gorgeous by the way!
Thanks again Sara for a lovely model. I was avoiding doing this model only because it looked complicated but broke down and made one. It doesn't look too bad for being a first, but nothing ever does. LOL Anyway, just wanted to say thank you for the upload. Always a joy to watch your videos. Thanks again.
I just wish to share a warning with people attempting this model, there IS such thing as too thick paper. I made the mistake of using paper a bit thicker than cardboard paper, and a bit stiffer. The bottom point pulls apart, the "leaves" are very uneven as to where they are positioned in the circle, and it just doesn't work.
well, this question doesn't have anything to do with your video(SORRY!) but i didn't know where to ask this question. the question: i noticed that u are part of the origami usa THE FOLD editing team. and i would like to put a contributing article about origami from a teenagers perspective. who should i contact in regards to the type of article id like to contribute?
thanks for listening,dave
Instead of doing the step starting at 5:36, immediately jump to the step starting at 7:54. Now, you don't have the crease from 5:36 to pinch on both sides. Instead you bring the edge to the first crease you do see, which will form an angle bisector in an inner pentagon.
Then do a similar step to 5:36. You will see that part of that crease that connects two points of the inner pentagon is already there. Now only connect the two ends. You will notice that this does not form a straight crease, but rather something like (exaggerated) \__/. Then proceed with collapsing the model like in the video.
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this is so EASYYYYYYYYYYYY
Took me a while to figure it
Took me a while to figure it out, but I finally made it! Thank you for this tutorials, both the diagrams and the video were very helpful :)
Thank you very much for your
Thank you very much for your wonderful instructions. This is stunning! I found that your method in your German video is easier to make than the version in the English video, even though I don't understand German. But I was able to make a carambola! Thank you!
May I ask what paper you used your models that have such beautiful natural colors?
Kami
I used normal Kami, which comes in various colors - including earth tones.
-- Sara
Thank you Sara for your great
Thank you Sara for your great videos! I have made about a dozen carambola flowers, and learned how to make lotus flowers tonight. I am working through your videos :)! The fir tree looks wonderful but a bit too scary for me right now! *Thank you* for your inspiration!
thankyou for the lovely tutorial
Very easy to follow, both the diagram and the video. I made mine out of pastel toned calligraphy paper, (A4 but squared, then pentagoned - hmmm? is that even a word???) then combined many modules ( about 30 I think ) to create a lovely pomander, which I gifted to a friend :)
Wonderful
This was my first attempt at origami and it went so well! Thank you for a very clear instruction on how to make these beautiful paper flowers. Already I feel cozier in my stark dorm room because of these. Very pretty. Thank you for the video!
nice
This was my first try. It didn't turn out so well. But its a beautiful model.
I will try to improve!!! I got it on my first try only!!!
Everything Is Possible, Nothing Is Impossible!!!
This is a great video! I had
This is a great video! I had trouble my first attempt, but my second try turned out pretty well. Thanks!
please make a diagram for
please make a diagram for this. some of us work better with written instructions not video
impossible!!!!!!!!
impossible!!!!!!!!
This is not easy!:(
im having alot of trouble with this oragami project, which is unusual. i am usually very good with papers of such- i like making oragami ballons, frogs, fish, and cranes.......
But i do enjoy this project, and i will try even harder!!!!!!
Thanks! :D
Beautiful! One question . . .
I just made 3 of these and they are beautiful! Thank you! I consider myself a beginner, and this was easy enough but produces a very intricate-looking flower. I made 2 out of standard origami paper and one out of cardstock, which was more difficult to work with, but was manageable. One problem that I had with all three was that the paper ripped at the center point. It's a very tiny rip, just at that one point. What did I do wrong? It ripped as I pinched the edges of the small pentagon together to get the center of the pentagon to collapse downward.
Thank you!
Nothing wrong
There is indeed quite some stress on the central point of the pentagon. It's not unusual that a small hole forms there. Fortunately, it's hidden inside the model, so shouldn't be visible.
Stronger paper won't rip, but standard origami paper will be prone to rip in the center point. With heavy paper the stress is a lot bigger, so again the risk of it ripping is quite high.
Hope this helps,
-- Sara
please made a diagram tutorial
i am now in college, and in here, the youtube is unreachable. please... i really want to try this.
Großartig! Ich hab den Link
Großartig! Ich hab den Link gerade entdeckt und musste es gleich ausprobieren. Nach 3 Versuchen hab ich auch als Origami-Neuling das wunderschön hingekriegt! Danke für das tolle Tutorial. Ich würde sagen das mit der Weihnachtsdeko funktioniert dieses Jahr doch noch! :)
Danke sehr!
Vielen, vielen Dank für diese tolle Anleitung, die ich gerade über Pinterest gefunden habe. das muss ich ja unbedingt mal ausprobieren!
Awesome model!
I just folded this model by following your video! Awesome model and awesome video by you as usual! I am going to teach this model in our next monthly meeting.
Thanks,
-Priti
what is the best paper to
what is the best paper to use?
Most papers will work well
Most papers will work nicely with this model. I'd suggest not to use very light or very heavy paper, and some steps will be harder with relatively soft paper.
-- Sara
carambola flower
Can you give the instructions in english please?
Sorry...
You can activate the subtitles in English. I fear I won't be doing a video with the spoken text in English.
-- Sara
Sorry for the stupid question
Sorry for the stupid question but when you say "6 inch square" do you mean 6x6 inch or 6 inches diagonally?
Always the side length
When I give sizes, I always do so in terms of side length. So, to answer your question: I meant a 6 by 6 inch square.
-- Sara
Sorry to say..
But Carambola is a fruit, Starfruit, and not a flower.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carambola
True
I never claimed it was a flower. I know it's a fruit, and a very tasty one at that. :)
However, you could see the model to be a flower, or a starfruit.
-- Sara
Actually, it is a flower,
Actually, it is a flower, well at least at one point! It starts as a flower, and I think thats what this origami refers to. Absolutely gorgeous by the way!
very nice
Thanks a lot for sharing this beatiful flower.
Giulia
compliments on the flower ...
compliments on the flower ... I tried it and I was able (perhaps not perfectly) but I will continue to try
goodbye
Alessandra from Italy
compliments on the flower ...
compliments on the flower ... I tried it and I was able (perhaps not perfectly) but I will continue to try
goodbye
Alessandra from Italy
ciao
Beatiful origami, and is a new!!! a no-modular flower:)
Alessandra: Ciao un saluto da un'altra origamista italiana, di dove sei? io di Roma
Nice video thanx
Thanks again Sara for a lovely model. I was avoiding doing this model only because it looked complicated but broke down and made one. It doesn't look too bad for being a first, but nothing ever does. LOL Anyway, just wanted to say thank you for the upload. Always a joy to watch your videos. Thanks again.
do you already know what
do you already know what model your doing next or are you still deciding?
Carambola Kusudama
Hi Sarah,
I folded 12 carambolas and made a kusudama. In my blog I wrote a post with a video showing how to put the kusudama together.
http://www.origamispirit.com/2010/11/29/how-to-make-a-kusudama-with-the-...
Leyla
Great!
That's absolutely wonderful!
-- Sara
Too thick paper
I just wish to share a warning with people attempting this model, there IS such thing as too thick paper. I made the mistake of using paper a bit thicker than cardboard paper, and a bit stiffer. The bottom point pulls apart, the "leaves" are very uneven as to where they are positioned in the circle, and it just doesn't work.
sorry, irrelavant question.
well, this question doesn't have anything to do with your video(SORRY!) but i didn't know where to ask this question. the question: i noticed that u are part of the origami usa THE FOLD editing team. and i would like to put a contributing article about origami from a teenagers perspective. who should i contact in regards to the type of article id like to contribute?
thanks for listening,dave
Ich verstehe nicht, wie man
Ich verstehe nicht, wie man das variation.can erklären Sie es tun?
Variation
Instead of doing the step starting at 5:36, immediately jump to the step starting at 7:54. Now, you don't have the crease from 5:36 to pinch on both sides. Instead you bring the edge to the first crease you do see, which will form an angle bisector in an inner pentagon.
Then do a similar step to 5:36. You will see that part of that crease that connects two points of the inner pentagon is already there. Now only connect the two ends. You will notice that this does not form a straight crease, but rather something like (exaggerated) \__/. Then proceed with collapsing the model like in the video.
Hope this makes it clearer,
-- Sara
Very pleasing to fold
This is a beautiful model quite easy and very elegant!
Thanks to you and to Carmen for sharing it.
Leyla Torres
Hi! Thank you for teaching
Hi!
Thank you for teaching how to make such a wonderful flower! Fell in love with it !
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