Origami Yamaguchi Dahlia
Origami Yamaguchi dahlia is an extension of the other easy dahlia by Makoto Yamaguchi. There are more steps to this one and it's more complicated to fold. This is not a traditional origami and requires glue to connect the units together. You can fold 6 or 8 units and glue them together to form the dahlia.
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Origami Yamaguchi Dahlia Step 1: Start with a 3 inch x 3 inch (75mm x 75mm) square origami paper, color side down.
Fold paper in half on both diagonal axis. Crease well and unfold.
Origami Yamaguchi Dahlia Step 2: Fold the bottom tip to the center.
Origami Yamaguchi Dahlia Step 3: Fold point A to B. Crease well and unfold.
Origami Yamaguchi Dahlia Step 4: Fold C-D to E-F.
Origami Yamaguchi Dahlia Step 5: Flip paper over.
Make the valley fold as shown below.
Origami Yamaguchi Dahlia Step 6: Flip paper over.
Fold paper in half.
Origami Yamaguchi Dahlia Step 7: Make the diagonal fold as shown. Crease really well.
Origami Yamaguchi Dahlia Step 8: Make another diagonal fold. Be sure to crease well again.
Origami Yamaguchi Dahlia Step 9: Unfold the top half of the papper.
Origami Yamaguchi Dahlia Step 10: Now we're going to make a crimp fold. Note the mountain and valley fold indicated below. Crease on both sides. Then push down the valley fold so that the crease sits between the two sides of the paper.
Origami Yamaguchi Dahlia Step 11: Pry open the top part of the paper and squash it flat.
Origami Yamaguchi Dahlia Step 12: Make the valley fold as indicated below.
Origami Yamaguchi Dahlia Step 13: We're almost done with the unit. Glue the 2 "triangle" areas as shown below to form the unit.
and this completes one unit.
Origami Yamaguchi Dahlia Step 14: Repeat Steps 1 to 13 and make a total of either 6 or 8 units. It looks nice with 6 units but with 8 units, you'll have a "fuller" flower.
Origami Yamaguchi Dahlia Step 15: Glue the first 2 units together as shown below.
Origami Yamaguchi Dahlia Step 16: Repeat Step 15 for the rest of the units.
With 6 units, here's the completed origami yamaguchi dahlia!
And here it is with 8 units!
