Robert J. Lang - A Miura-ken Beauty Rose

Alexandre

Lang made a new rose :

Impressive, isn't it ?
But the most impressive is the CP, it looks quite simple...
http://www.langorigami.com/art/gallery/gallery.php4?name=rose

Anybody tried to fold it ?

caysao1 · Newbie Joined: 11 May 2005 Posts: 39

don't mean to make fun of his new rose, but i like his leaves, does any body have any clue how to fold these leaves,(they look like they are plastic) I think the kawasaki is much better than this one.

Friet · Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 6:21 pm Post subject:

I would hate to fold the 1/11's and ../80's though. I think I'll just stick to kawasaki Smile

esato · Senior Member Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Posts: 261

It looks amazing!

Has anyone tried folding it yet?

Alexandre · Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 2:00 am Post subject:

Some help from Lang on the origami-list :

TheRealChris · Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 2:03 am Post subject:

that one is of course more realistic than the kawasaki rose. didn't I read somewhen, that Lang said he don't like the compressed look of the kawasaki rose? he said, that he always saw roses that where opened a lot more.
he's rose is surely a very nice one Smile

thut · Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 4:09 am Post subject:

Iv'e managed to make something using the description given by lang above, but I can't see how to turn it into a rose

esato · Senior Member Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Posts: 261

Perhaps Artur Biernacki could help us solve this CP!

Very Happy

If he can´t do it, nobody else can! Very Happy

Daydreamer · Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:37 am Post subject:

I came up with this:

Hints for the precreasing:
1. Of the vertical lines you only need the valley folds (yellow) and the zig-zag-mountain folds (black). When I printed the CP the vertical mountain-folds appeared lighter than the zig-zag ones which in Lang's CPs usually means that those lines are for reference only and don't need to be folded.
2. For the one I folded I printed the CP. Lang said that there is an easy way to find the essential landmarks without having to fold 80ths but I haven't figured out that way yet. The only hint I can give you is that the bottom two stripes of 10/80 are making up 1/4 together so you should get those two lines rather easily. I'm not sure about the others.

Hints for collapsing the CP:
1. Pleat the horizontal lines first, the valley fold lines will remain valley folds during the whole collapsing process.
2. Start with the left-most zig-zag mountain fold as a series of reverse folds.
3. Continue to the right making a series of crimp folds along the vertical valley fold and the zig-zag mountain fold next to it. This will become more difficult the more to the right you are coming because the paper will start to overlap.
4. After you finished collapsing try to arrange the overlapping regions evenly.

Hints for forming the rose:
1. I think for this model it is very essential to use the right kind of paper. Copy paper like the one I used isn't very suitable for it, but I always print CPs for practising first. Thin paper in a nice rose-like colour would be best. Maybe tissue-foil or probably better back-coated paper of some sort so you can form the leaves nicely in the end.
2. When you have the collapsed CP you can continue twisting the rose in the direction it already is twisted while holding the base. Start the twisting from the bottom working your way up. That way you can distribute the leaves equally.

Hope I wasn't too confusing and was able to help a bit Smile

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So long and keep folding ^_^
Gerwin

esato · Senior Member Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Posts: 261

Danke, Daydreamer!
I will try printing out the CP and collapsing it.

If you decide to fold the rose again using more suitable paper, please show us a picture of it!

esato · Senior Member Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Posts: 261

I´ve got something similar to what you´ve got!

caysao1 · Newbie Joined: 11 May 2005 Posts: 39

how long did it take you to do it?
hope for a small number

Daydreamer · Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 12:18 pm Post subject:

It doesn't take long once you figured out how to do it. Maybe 30 minutes at most.
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So long and keep folding ^_^
Gerwin

Daydreamer · Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 4:00 pm Post subject:

Here is my second attempt, this time with 13cm x 13cm Kami:

I used Lang's ReferenceFinder to give me this red dot in the CP

and used the following instructions it gave me, choosing them because they seemed to be the easiest (i.e. less additional creases in the model) of the offered choices

It worked perfect for getting the 11ths, but for the other lines it was a bit of so I had to slide them into the right place.
Even though the horizontal lines I got weren't exactly right the collapsing worked just as well.

I'll continue to play around to find a better reference point and will tell you about my progress Smile

Another important note if you are working with two-coloured paper. If you read the CP with black lines as mountain folds and yellow lines as valley folds, the colour you want for the rose has to be underneath and the white side up.
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So long and keep folding ^_^
Gerwin

thedeadsmellbad · Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 7:03 pm Post subject:

Looking good Daydreamer Smile

Big difference between your 1st & 2nd.

Thanks for the help, I'm going to try this soon.