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Snowflake (Dennis Walker): Instructions
13 October 2009 - 11:40pm — Sara
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Why not make your own winter or Christmas decoration? Use tracing paper and put these beautiful snowflakes on your windows - you'll be surprised how wonderful it looks when the sun shines through the paper!
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it was slow im not a baby at
it was slow im not a baby at this half of the vid could have been sped up... but other than than it was a good vid
Waxed Paper
Once again enjoying this model. I particularly love doing the snowflake in waxed paper...so translucent it is kaelidoscopic looking in from the back side of the model.
Snowflake Video
Your instructions are so helpful.
I could never have figured out this fold without the video.
Many thanks for making it.
SuZ
Excellent in Baker's Parchment Paper
This is a fabulous tutorial! Your instructions were clear and easy to follow. Thank you very much!
May I recommend folding the snowflake in plain old semi-translucent white baker's parchment paper. (Buy a roll at any grocery store next to the aluminum foil.)
It shows the inner folds beautifully when you hang it in the sun. Glassine was not quite stiff enough to stay crisp through all the folds.
thanks!
I've wanted to make this model for a while but I've never found instructions I thought I could follow successfully. You are very methodical and detailed and easy to follow. Thanks so much.
Thank you
I have just made myfirst origami snowflake from tracing paper and it looks fantastic! Your video was so easy to follow (my 6 year old daughter was entranced). I plan to make lots more and hopefully next year will use them as decorations and christmas cards/presents for friends. Thank you, and Merry Christmas!
Shiny snowflake
Hi Sara!
What kind of paper do you use for the shiny snowflake?
Stephen
Oops
I guess I did not watch the video first... What kind of store would sell tracing paper?
Stephen
Tracing paper
Any artist's store should, but also most stationeries. You can look for tracing paper or glassine or pergamyn. Or check for bread wrap in your supermarket. :) That should work well, too.
-- Sara
Snowflake
I have made a template for the hexagon to start it. My problem is every time I try to cut the tissue paper to the shape, the paper crinkles and tears. I am using a utility knife to cut the tissue paper. What else can I use to cut the tissue paper so that it will not tear.
Ruler and sharp blades
What kind of ruler are you using? I recommend using a steel ruler. Be sure to press it on the paper, so that the paper cannot shift while cutting. Also, be sure to use a sharp blade. Else the paper can crinkle and rip.
-- Sara
:(
I'm really sad I can't get the video to work on here or youtube, I have my paper ready and everything!
do you have adobe flash?
do you have adobe flash?
Excellent directions!
Thank you for your very clear directions for the snowflake! I had been totally frustrated by some of the steps in Dennis' PDF illustrations, but your detailed approach simplified things considerably, and I was finally able to complete it after a pleasant twenty minutes with your video. Merry Christmas and slainte!
snowflake
while watching the dennis walker video, it freezes up at different steps. I have made it to the next to the last step which is ear-marked 14.36 .....it says I'm almost done.. what do I do now?????????
Two ideas
Try viewing the video on another day. Or try downloading it (there are tools out there) and then watching it on your computer.
Hopefully one of those helps,
-- Sara
Love it!
Hi - I haven't folded much, but thought this snowflake was beautiful. You did a bang up job in the video. I just had to stop it a couple of times to keep up with you! Thank you, Sara Adams! And Merry Christmas
thanks
wonderful
hi sara, what size paper did
hi sara, what size paper did you use for the tracing paper snowflake?
Size
I used the same size as in the video.
See http://www.happyfolding.com/gallery-walker-snowflake for details.
-- Sara
Great teacher
Thanks for your instructional videos. I just followed your snowflake and hexagon. You are a great teacher and the markings on your paper really help to see where to fold. Please keep making origami instructional videos.
my thank you
Sara,
Please do continue providing instuctional videos. I really find it easy to follow along.
As a side point I watched your Lang cuckoo video and the time it took you. Well it took me 7mo's for his first version. I mention this as credit to you. Again keep up the good work.
John
thank you very much this is
thank you very much this is an awsome model
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