Origami Bowl and Lid
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Debra Glanz has taken another traditional origami structure, the origami bowl, and with the addition of a fanciful tiered rigid top has transformed it into a charming lidded vessel. The owner of a paper company called Reminiscence Papers, she desgind and markers her own patterned papers, which enhance the structures she creates_a marriage of paper folding and bookbinding techniques. When Debra combines several bowls in graduated sizes she creates sculprural rowers. Debra's instructions for creating an origami bowl are below.
1. Dividing your paper into thirds
Begin with a sheet of decorative paper with a text weight of 20 to 32 pounds. Later, you can work with cardstock for more durable bowls. Cut your sheet of paper at a ratio of 2:3 (for exampke: 4x6 inches or 6x9 inches). On the right side of your paper make two small pencil marks along the longest edge, dividing your paper into rhids (A).
2. Folding along the thirds lines
Bring one short edge of your paper over to meet the penci mark furthest from it(B). Crease. Open that fold (C) and repeat from the opposite side (D), leaving this side folded.
3. Folding the outer thirds in half
Bring the cut edge of the reccenty folded section back out to the folded edge (E). Crease, Repeat with the opposite side(F). At this point your paper has three layers. You will be looking at the right or decorared side of the paper.
4. Folding the first four corners
Open one of your folded sides over the other (G). Bring the two cut corners down to meet the center fold line (H). Crease. Do the same wich the two folded comers(I). (Depending on the weight of your paper, these may be a bit stiffer to fold.)
5. Folding the remaining corners
Return the cut edge to the outer folded edge leaving all four olded corners tucked inside. You'll see the right side of the paper again (J). Open the other folded side ower the side with the tucked corners (K). Repeat steps 4 and 5 to fold down all four corners and return the cut edge to the folded one (I,M, & N).
6. Opening the bowl
Finally, grasp the center of each of the inside folds. Gently pull up and out, being careful not to pull too hard and cause the layers at the points to separace. Keep pulling these folds until they nearly lie flat. "Squash" and crease the unit, making two new points (O).
7. Shaping the bowl
From the outside, gently squeeze the two points of thos unit allowing it to pop into a bowl shape (P). You may help this step along by prodding and puing where necessary.
Decorative Lid
You can easily create a lid to fit any size origami bowl using the same techniques you used to create the according-fold book covers.
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1. Dividing your paper into thirds
Begin with a sheet of decorative paper with a text weight of 20 to 32 pounds. Later, you can work with cardstock for more durable bowls. Cut your sheet of paper at a ratio of 2:3 (for exampke: 4x6 inches or 6x9 inches). On the right side of your paper make two small pencil marks along the longest edge, dividing your paper into rhids (A).
2. Folding along the thirds lines
Bring one short edge of your paper over to meet the penci mark furthest from it(B). Crease. Open that fold (C) and repeat from the opposite side (D), leaving this side folded.
3. Folding the outer thirds in half
Bring the cut edge of the reccenty folded section back out to the folded edge (E). Crease, Repeat with the opposite side(F). At this point your paper has three layers. You will be looking at the right or decorared side of the paper.
4. Folding the first four corners
Open one of your folded sides over the other (G). Bring the two cut corners down to meet the center fold line (H). Crease. Do the same wich the two folded comers(I). (Depending on the weight of your paper, these may be a bit stiffer to fold.)
5. Folding the remaining corners
Return the cut edge to the outer folded edge leaving all four olded corners tucked inside. You'll see the right side of the paper again (J). Open the other folded side ower the side with the tucked corners (K). Repeat steps 4 and 5 to fold down all four corners and return the cut edge to the folded one (I,M, & N).
6. Opening the bowl
Finally, grasp the center of each of the inside folds. Gently pull up and out, being careful not to pull too hard and cause the layers at the points to separace. Keep pulling these folds until they nearly lie flat. "Squash" and crease the unit, making two new points (O).
7. Shaping the bowl
From the outside, gently squeeze the two points of thos unit allowing it to pop into a bowl shape (P). You may help this step along by prodding and puing where necessary.
Decorative Lid
You can easily create a lid to fit any size origami bowl using the same techniques you used to create the according-fold book covers.
