Origami Hydrangea by Shuzo Fujimoto

[TheSaintVanity]

I finally folded this and my family loves it. I tried to make this using another one of your videos but that one recquired a folding grid. This way was much easier since I don't have access to better quality paper xD thanks so much!!

[heruilin]

This is by far the most difficult model I've ever folded .. BUT WORTH IT! I will have to work on avoiding wrinkling of the smaller pyramids .. sometimes they pop right up other times they got hung up.

Great video and I believe Mr Fujimoto is genius!

[shadowboos]

can you remake this tutorial i cant do the poping out the pyramid part

[jored56]

@AdamsSara you sound slightly tired here. haha

[Anyjupiter]

Hey Sara do you ever comment on other origami channels

[nobuta10]

@AdamsSara which step do u repeat if u want to add more levels???

[Maloriar]

@AdamsSara thank i made... you can see on mine chanell....

[HikaruLychee]

GOD! I can't believe I was able to do the reverse thing...it took me forever but I did it! I had to look at the model at 6:36 and that's how I realized how to get there. Now, let's finish the model! xD

[thepyromaniac9927]

i do not get the pyramid part

[Maloriar]

i have got those two piramids and i dont get the rest...

[AdamsSara]

@Maloriar Once you unsink the two pyramids you have to collapse them by pushing in the two places I indicated around 6:54

[Maloriar]

no diagrams?

[roter1996]

i dont understand 5:47 - 7:05 can you help me ?:/

[AdamsSara]

@roter1996 You need to basically unsink a point - it's probably the hardest step in the model, but do give it a try.

[rianfitz1998]

@AdamsSara this is one of my favourite models to fold but when im done my model always looks wrinkled and tattered if you know what I mean. do you have any tips to help my model from looking at this?

[MsFirewitch]

I tried this, but the inner layers have a crumpled look. Perhaps i'm not too successful with "pushing the folds in" steps. Any suggestions?

[ToadSageNaruto100]

Do you really need tomention all of the inventors´names and ask permission for showing the tesselations? I was thinking of making some videos of my own of some tesselations I saw in a book but I'm kind of unsure...

[AdamsSara]

@ToadSageNaruto100 Yes, you should definitely mention names, and also ask for permission first.

[rianfitz1998]

@AdamsSara I can get the two pyramids up but i cant collapse the model back down. can you help me? :)

[morgandavidpatton]

Hello Sara - thank you so much for your videos! I have folded many of these hydrangeas with your help and I'm currently trying to figure out how to do the High Density Hydrangea Tiles you have pictured on your happyfolding website. I have a 70cm X 70cm Elephant Hide square precreased the way I thought you did it but it's not going to work. If you have any time for some suggestions, I'd be very grateful. Thank you again!

[AdamsSara]

@morgandavidpatton See private message I sent earlier. :)

[MrEllinas21]

I made my fifth tesselation thx

[fluffybananacake]

how do you make more layers?

[AdamsSara]

@fluffybananacake You have to fold the same sequence for each layer, and with each layer the paper to work on is smaller. I point out in the video where the sequence for each layer starts and ends, so do give it a try.

[ilovecraft123]

@AdamsSara hey, i really like tis modle i was even able to collapse it but i have a problem, i did not get the prymid thing dat u show after collapsing it. have i done something wrong....pls reply...i need ur help

[pineapple830]

hi

[TheMay1010]

plx remake

[Gautham0121]

where can we find the crease pattern

[AdamsSara]

@Gautham0121 I don't know, sorry. I'm not aware of any source.

[MrKoolTrix]

I made an Hydrangea with 6 layers!

[AdamsSara]

@MrKoolTrix Congrats. :)

[babyangeladela]

you are going so so quick in minute 2.42 that i can't go past that point...

[AdamsSara]

@babyangeladela I show the directions the creases need to be in. After that you have to press the model flat. There's no slow way of doing that, in some ways. Sorry. :(

[mhifnfe217]

............

[hoangkhanh2708]

So cool

[piezoid]

Sara,

I finally got the folds that were making me nutzo!. Thanks again for your super tutorials.

Jim

[AdamsSara]

@piezoid Great to hear!

[piezoid]

Sara, Thanks so much for all your model videos. I folded Andrea's Rose and it's really a beauty.

I must have tried to fold the Hydrangea model a dozen times but always fail at the same place as many of the others have. Sara, would it be possible to show what the opposite side of the model looks like after you make those push folds. My model tears every time I try to push up those pyramids. I can't see what is supposed to unfold to get these features.

Anyway, many thanks again.

Jim

[LinkSSBB0]

Once I' ve done this Model I wanted to do 4 HHydrangeas out of one Paper like in the Gallery in 'Origami Tesselations Awe-Inspiring Geometric Designs'. So I made a Crease Pattern with 4 Hydrangea next to each other. It actually works, but looks different. It has a Space between the single Hydrangeas. It even works with 16 Hydrangeas (I tried it), but do you know how to fold it, so that the single Hydrangeas touch each other?

[belenbernal498]

ey como se hace esas lineas no entiendo

[levinchau123]

:( why quality is bad?

[origamifreakk]

thanks ;) this tessellation looks fairly easy, and im very happy this model doesnt need a grid, because grids are very annoyying to fold >.< well i havent actually tried it yet, so i suppose i should try it before i say anything else :P

[musicmixer112]

@starmolia12 wow really?

[Sylphadora]

I finally did it!! =D I can't believe that for once I managed to get out of the plateau!! XD I was so stuck with the reverse-pyramid step!! But I couldn't do more than one layer. I used a 21x21cm normal scrap paper. I'm off to fold it again in a bigger square of kraft!! =D

[AdamsSara]

@Sylphadora Well done for finishing this. I do think you can get more than just "one" layer out of a 21cm square. On 15cm squares, I go up to 5 stages. I'm guessing you did 3 as in the video?

[Sylphadora]

@AdamsSara Thanks, I'm so chuffed I finally did it =D I love this tessellation ^^ Well, I've been folding the model again to practice the trickiest parts and I've realized I was counting the layers wrong XD I wasn't actually counting the stages, but the number of times I repeated the sequence. The first time I did it once, so I was getting 4 stages, but in the last one I folded I went a bit farther and got to the fifth stage (folding the sequence 3 times). So yes, I was doing 3 layers before XD

[Sylphadora]

@Sylphadora Oops! I meant that the first time I did the sequence once and got 3 stages, not 4. No need to mess this up more XD

[gshemar]

thanks so much Sarah! Made mine out of the London tube map

[Sylphadora]

Hi, Sarah!! I have a question. In which book is the diagram of this tessellation published?? I can't find that information anywhere =(

I love this tessellation!! ^^

[AdamsSara]

@Sylphadora I believe diagrams were never published for this model, only passed on from person to person.

[Sylphadora]

@AdamsSara Thanks for your reply!! ;-) What a shame!! T_T My long term memory is not in a very good shape and I usually have problems to learn all the steps of a folding process by heart. I'm trying to do this tessellation. I'm doing fine up to the controversial step with the little pyramid XD I'll give it another try tomorrow. The best thing to do when one can not sort something out is to sleep it over. Regards! ;-)

[monkeymaster399]

what are you doing from 5:48-7:09

[AdamsSara]

@monkeymaster399 You need to unsink the point I indicated. You can do this by pushing from below (as shown in the video). You can also try pulling on an extra layer in the top to unsink the point. Hope this helps.

[musicmixer112]

@AdamsSara how do i get it without it wrinkling?

[AdamsSara]

@musicmixer112 Practice. :) The paper choice also makes life easier or harder with not getting wrinkly paper. Try both methods of unsinking - either by pushing from the back -- use a toothpick to avoid wrinkles, rather than using one of your fingers; or by pulling on the layer I was talking about. You may find that it's easier for you to avoid wrinkles with one of the both methods. For heavier paper, pushing from the back probably works better.

[musicmixer112]

@AdamsSara thanks:)

[magicmanforever321]

i cant get the part where u have to make pyramids out of the points

[magicmanforever321]

i dont get it but ill figure it out and the flower is beautiful

[STAYTOONED2ME]

This model reminds me of Andrea's Rose very nicely made.

[Sokair2]

the five-and four is very hard for me

[rtzw2]

ttttt

[andemad39]

thank you for the help

[7GeorgeB1]

why are you hands purple

[BoBoB3sT]

he is alien

[7GeorgeB1]

are u sure and its a she

[jangeln97]

i got confused for a bit

[Cherylee0111]

Its like the same like the clover folding! :D

[Microbobology]

Very beautiful.  Thank you for the helpful demonstration!

[mariobros616]

pyramid part??? please help

[TheFunorigami]

thx so much

[essboarder23]

after a gruesome hour in darkness (its nighttime while i was doing this), in quietness to prevent waking anyone up, i finished it. its so worth it. its a beautiful work of art!

[azulon435]

right ¬¬

[6xSnake6x]

Hey, Thank You ! I love ur videos ! The first time I tried it was a little bit off, but at least I got it :) Dont think I could have made it by my own (hope Im not double posting I already sent a comment I just dont think it made it, so thank you)

[Pemex5555]

this is probably the hardest thing i have ever done in my life .....

[bige4655]

love all ur vidios but.....please make a crain linking vid!!!!! btw i subscribed :D

[andredlp18]

more levels pls

[AdamsSara]

Simly repeat the steps in smaller. There's no need to show more levels in a video, the sequence stays the same throughout. Hope this helps.

[5s5t5e5v5e5n]

can't i just pull the paper up instead of making pyramids

[5s5t5e5v5e5n]

on 2.26 where did that triangle come from

[5s5t5e5v5e5n]

hello

[azulon435]

Could you show it since the beggining? Or do you have aprevious video?

[AdamsSara]

The video explains all precreasing - it's just done and drawn in at the beginning of the video. If you have a look at the video, you will see that the instructions are complete.

[azulon435]

I got it, I first watched it with almost no sound. Thkx

[ForbiddenFire12126]

FRIKEN THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE!!! >:(

[RonnieMan123105]

well sorry

[RonnieMan123105]

GOSH!!! next time show the whole thing i can't figure out the pinching part

[ndawgtkd]

how rude.

[joshuaguinto]

this is the most beautiful model that you have made, i like tessellation patterns, most of the people thought that the when I made it, it was made by many pieces, thank you again!

[terrablue444]

This is my favorite flower to make now, thanks again! I had two german roommates in college and now that I know about it I can totally hear your german accent :)

[craftyoldbag]

It would have been better to have the camera facing the work because the angle used shows you working the paper and all we see is the result.

When you push through at around 6:00, there is no way to see how you got there and we have a mess of paper and no way to figure out how to get there because the way there was hidden by your hands and the paper.

[AdamsSara]

I've been working on improving the camera position. In my newer videos, I think the angle is much better. I agree that quite a few of my earlier videos are hard(er) to understand, partly because of people not being able to quite see what I'm doing. Still, I did put effort into this video, and hadn't thought it to be all that bad.

[terrablue444]

its a good video for sure, love your channel. I finally got the flower looking good, thanks!

[craftyoldbag]

Your videos are good, but my xray vision is old school and I can't see through human hands! :-)

What is your accent? It's driving me crazy... I love to hear accents and figure out where people come from.

[AdamsSara]

I'm German, but don't have an all to typical German accent. Strangely enough, lately people have been saying I sound English (yey me!). No-one from Britain, obviously, but quite a few people from the rest of Europe and the US. In contrast, when I speak I realise it's not quite right. That's a bit strange, but I think I'm getting there.

[terrablue444]

I cant figure out those dang pyramids

[connoli100]

i never think the pyrimids i make are right and then i cant do anything after and it gets all messed up

[lutonscum]

at 2:33 i have no iead whats happening to the big flaps, they want to fold in but i can't make out what the hell is goin on its drivin me mad!

[AdamsSara]

There's nothing happening with "the big flaps" at 2:33. At that point, you've just prepared all the creases, and I'm explaining how the collapsing will work. I'm not sure what you're having problems with, sorry.

[system0slaven]

speechless!

[mttalmeida]

Dear Ms.Adams, congratulations for your wonderful video showing us how to make the flower. I wish I could have the first steps showing how to fold and crease the paper before reaching the starting point of your clip. Thank you in advance.

[AdamsSara]

It is shown in the video: just follow the steps with an uncreased paper until time 1:57.

[mttalmeida]

Well, I´m very, very pleased to be here once again to thank you for your kindness and promtpt reply to my question and to tell you that I went thru all your steps and it took me 15 minutes to have an almost perfect hydrangea in my hands. People like you are so important to this world! Thank you for helping to keep and increase the universe harmony. You got a friend in Brazil.

[hrabbit]

wow o3o IM GONNA TRY IT!

[ChristyC10]

i love these little doodads like this and crowding butterflies:) Theyre so fun 2 make!

[OrigamiFtw]

im stuck at 5:53 what youre doing with ur finger

[AdamsSara]

You have to basically unsink a point. So before you have a sunken pyramid, and after it´s a pyramid that is pointing up again. Yes, it is tricky to unsink the point up, but it is no more than really pushing the point upwards from the back of the model. Hope this helps.

[blahblahblah92695]

its so pretty

[gilder37]

Great, but I don't understand how to start off with the creases...

[weredtheygo1]

im stuck after 6:00

plz explain further sara

[AdamsSara]

At 5:33, can you see the two points I marked? You want to have unsink those. You can do this by pushing on the paper from the other side, so it pops up a bit, and then straighten out the paper. It's probably the hardest step in the model. Do let me know if you need more help.

[scorpion6310]

Adams Sara, my love... when you will publish new videos.. please teach me to make the dragon of three heads of Anibal Voyer...

[abbass92]

hey how do u keep in touch with all these jjapanese named people coz i do some amazing origami as well but i really dont no any 1 from japan lol if they have email or anything plz tell me ok lol

[AdamsSara]

Finding contacts does take quite some time, I admit. I wrote Shuzo Fujimoto a letter, because he doesn't have an email address. Well, he is over 80, so that's not all too surprising. ;)

[braulioespindola]

hate you sara ... xD

[ChristyC10]

thanks 4 posting this! it looks kool in the end! personally, i like modular origami a whole lot, lol. traditional is kool 2, though! Anyways, it's 8:59 P.M. rite now, so if i dont get to bed my mums gonna kill me, jk. im gonna make it tomorrow! (if i can, lol)

[nothinbutnet007]

i love your work!!! i think your the best origami folder!! i learned alot from you!!

[origamiartist]

you already uploaded this did you delete it than fix it?

[AdamsSara]

Yes, I heard back from Shuzo Fujimoto that he's ok with the videos. Hence the intro sequence that most of my videos now have. I also shortened the video from 2 parts to 1.