8-Petal Flower

- Milind Oka, India

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Turn over.

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Fold backward and up. Squash fold. Turn over.

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Enlarged view.

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Squash fold. Squash fold. Vally fold.the flap to right.

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Squash fold. Vally fold.one flap to left. Turn over.

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Repeatmstepsm8-12mformthismside. Vallym foldm onem flapm tom left.m Repeatm Foldmandmunfold.

behind.

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Pinchm andm liftm them Bringmdownmtillmthem Foldm triangularm

horizontalmedge. sidem edgesm meetm flapmupward.
atmcentre.

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15-20

15-20 15-20
°°

Spreadm them flaps.m Pushm triangularm Repeatm 15-20m

Openmoutmpaper. flapminside. form 3m remaingm
faces.

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Liftm cornersm ofm Openm outm them Reversem foldm them

uppermostm flapm trappedmpaper, openedmpapermup.
slightly.
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22-25 22-25

Formvthevpetalvasvshown. Repeatv22L25vforvotherv3vflaps. Thisv shouldv bev

thevresult.

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Pocket Without Pocket.

Notev thatv therev arev 4v facesv withv

Forv eachv facev
withoutv pocket:v
vallyv foldv lowerv
edgesv upv tov
centre.
} Pinch:v twistv andv
rollv thisv partv tov
makevstick.

pocketsvandv4vwithoutvpockets.

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Pinchv av joinv ofv

adjacentv petalsv Completedv 8LPetalv ©vMilindvOka
firmlyv andv slowlyv Flower.
pullv down.v Repeatv
forvallvpairs.

Slightlyvopenvthevpetals.

RoundvPetalvVariation:v

Completedv roundv ©vMilindvOka

petalv variationv ofv 8L
Spreadvthevpetal. Lockv behind.v Repeatv PetalvFlower.
thesev twov stepsv forv allv
petals.

Lotusv: Thisv8vpetalvflowervisvstackable.vSovyouvcanvcreatevModularvLotusvfromvthreevnestedvmodules.