Origami Folding Technique   Petal Fold in Origami

Petal fold is very important folding technique in origami. When you prepare for a bird base, you must apply this folding technique to complete the base. So you should get familiar with this folding technique. In this tutorial, I will start with a square base to show what petal-fold is.

A simple case is to start with a square base. Sometimes, you will be working with a portion of origami model whose shape is similar to a square base. In this example, we assume that the closed-side is at the top while the open-side is at the bottom.

 

1. First, prepare to apply three valley-folds in the numbered order.

 

2. Apply three valley-folds according to the step #1.

 

 

3. Unfold three previous valley-folds.

 

 

4. Lift the bottom corner upwards.

 

 

5. Continue lifting.

 

 

6. As you push the corner up, bring the edges in towards the middle and flatten them.

 

 

7. You now have completed making a petal-fold.

 

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