Better Living Through Origami: 20 Creative Paper Projects for a Beautiful Home
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Overview
Take papercraft to a new creative level and turn your home into a designer haven with this DIY interiors book by Dutch design duo Studio Snowpuppe. Learn how to create twenty items of sustainable home decor using simple, mindful paper folding and manipulation techniques, and show off your DIY creations at the heart of your home.
Step-by-step illustrations will guide you through the projects, which include beautiful lampshades, creative wall art ideas, an ingenious clock, pretty garlands and decorations, unique vases, candle holders, plant holders, decorative bowls, and more—all with a stylish modern aesthetic. Using readily available paper and cardstock, you can create some stunning designer accents for your home for a fraction of the cost of store-bought versions.
“These projects are absolutely beautiful, lovingly photographed, and explained in minute detail to give readers the best possible chance at success. With tool listings, measurements, templates, and more at your disposal, you’ll be adding decorative paper touches to your home in no time.” —San Francisco Book Review
“Never, ever underestimate the magic that innovative designers can bring to a centuries-old craft. Kudos go to van den Baard and Veenenbos, the Dutch husband-and-wife behind Studio Snowpuppe, who have transformed plain paper and origami techniques into elegant, pleated objets de la maison.” —Booklist (Starred Review)
“I never knew origami could look so pretty for the everyday home . . . A must-read to fuel your creativity and home décor.” —LittleBigBell
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781446376683 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | David & Charles |
| Publication date: | 01/07/2020 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 357 |
| Sales rank: | 462,076 |
| File size: | 32 MB |
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CHAPTER 1
FOR THE TABLE
Triangles Vase
A bouquet of fresh flowers may last only up to a few weeks, but this attractive origami vase filled with dried blooms will brighten your home for years! We love the gold tones and the structure of the dried leaves. You can make the vase in one colour or make the two parts in different shades for a quirky look. We chose a paper that is coloured on the front and white on the reverse to give more dimension.
YOU WILL NEED
• 24 pieces of 210-270gsm paper, 120 x 65mm
• Straight-sided glass vase with an inner diameter of 80mm
Scoring
Make a copy of the Triangles Vase template (see Templates) and fix it temporarily onto one of the 24 pieces of paper with masking tape. Trace the outline of the template and carefully cut out with a craft blade and a metal ruler.
Score vertical lines at 20mm, 60mm and 100mm from the left-hand edge of the piece (see Segment Diagram).
Score a diagonal line to join the tops of the second and third vertical lines to create a tab (see Segment Diagram). Apply 6mm double-sided tape above this line on the front of the paper (labelled B on the Segment Diagram).
Repeat with the remaining pieces of paper to create a total of 24 folded segments.
Folding
Valley fold the scored blue lines and mountain fold the scored orange line as shown on Segment Diagram.
Fold the two outer edges in towards each other, apply glue to the area where they overlap (labelled A1 and A2 on Segment Diagram) and secure.
Repeat for the remaining segments to create 24 identical triangular pieces (see Diagram 1), 12 to make the top part of the vase and 12 to make the bottom part.
Assembly
Remove the backing from the double-sided tape on one of the triangular pieces and attach the tab to the reverse of another triangular piece (labelled B and C on Segment Diagram).
Continue until you have created a closed circle made up of 12 triangular pieces (see Diagram 2). Then repeat the process to create another closed circle with the remaining 12 folded pieces.
These two circles are the two separate parts for the top and bottom of the vase, and one becomes the top of the vase when it is turned upside down.
Kaleidoscope Coaster
A small, square picture frame is the perfect container for this origami decoration, which doubles up as an eye-catching coaster. Place an attractive glass on its transparent surface to see the folds reflected and deflected, just like a real kaleidoscope. The frame's transparent layer will protect the origami from spillages. We chose blue paper for our coaster, but you could make a set in various colours.
YOU WILL NEED
• 1 piece of 150-190gsm paper, 160 x 152mm
• Picture frame with inner dimensions of 100 x 100mm
Scaling the pattern
Our instructions are for an origami model to fit inside a picture frame with inner dimensions of 100 x 100mm, but you can scale up the template to fit a larger frame using the following formulae.
Scaling factor = width of your picture frame / 100mm
For example, for a picture frame with inner dimensions of 200 x 200mm, the scaling factor is 200mm / 100mm, which is 2, so the template needs to be scaled to twice its size.
Distance between the parallel lines = scaling factor x 7mm
For example, for a picture frame with inner dimensions of 200 x 200mm, the distance between the parallel lines will be 2 x 7mm = 14mm.
Scoring
Make a copy of the template (see Templates) and fix it temporarily onto your paper with masking tape. Trace the outline of the template and carefully cut out with a craft blade and a metal ruler.
Score lines from point O to point B, C, D and E.
Score lines from point A to B, B to C, C to D and D to E.
Score the horizontal lines for surface OCD, measuring 7mm between the parallel lines see Overview Diagram). (Note: the distance between the parallel lines will depend on the size of your picture frame; see Scaling the Pattern.)
Rotate the paper clockwise by 72 degrees, so point D becomes point C, and score the horizontal lines for surface ODE as before. Continue to score the remaining horizontal lines, rotating the paper clockwise by 72 degrees each time.
At this stage your model has a pentagon shape, but once folded and assembled it will end up as a square shape. Apply 6mm double-sided tape to the assembly tab (see Overview Diagram).
Folding
Pre-fold the scored lines OB, OC, OD and OE in both directions, starting with a valley fold and finishing with a mountain fold.
Pre-fold the scored lines AB, BC, CD and DE in both directions as labelled s1 on Diagram 1 to run all the way around your model, including the assembly tab. Continue to pre-fold each of the parallel scored lines (s2, s3, s4, s5, s6 and s7) in turn, in both directions (see Diagrams 2-4).
Valley fold the scored line s1; note that the lines that run from point O to line s1 will become mountain folds (see Diagram 1).
Mountain fold the scored line s2; note that the lines that run from point O to line s2 will become valley folds (see Diagram 2).
Valley fold the scored line s3; note that the lines that run from point O to line s3 will become mountain folds (see Diagram 3).
Continue to fold the remaining scored parallel lines to this pattern as follows: s4 mountain fold; s5 valley fold; s6 mountain fold; s7 valley fold (see Diagram 4).
Assembly
Remove the backing from the double-sided tape and attach the ends of the model together to create a square shape, ensuring that the taped edge is on the reverse of the model, so that points A and E join to become point A/E (see Diagram 5).
Mountain fold lines BC, CD, DA/E and A/EB over an angle of 90 degrees (i.e., over the edge of the table), so that you can make the folds of your paper model sharper by squeezing at the points marked in Diagram 6. Then release to revert to the square shape seen in Diagram 5, and place the paper model in your picture frame, where it is displayed as a diamond shape.
Pencil Pot
This little pot is the perfect desktop accessory, giving you a place to keep all your favourite pens and pencils close to hand. It's a great example of modular origami, where two identically folded units are attached together with glue to form one structure. We've made both parts from pale pink paper, but you could make the top in one colour and the bottom in another, if you choose to.
YOU WILL NEED
• 2 pieces of 210-270gsm paper, 208 x 180mm
Scoring
Make a copy of the template (see Templates) and fix it temporarily onto each piece of paper with masking tape. Trace the outline of the template onto the paper and carefully cut out with a craft blade and a metal ruler.
Take one piece of paper for the top part of the pot and referring to the measurements on the Overview Diagram: Top, score the horizontal lines, using the cut out corners of your cut out shape to help guide you.
Rotate the paper clockwise by 60 degrees, so triangle A is now at the bottom left-hand corner and score the horizontal lines as before.
Rotate the paper clockwise by 60 degrees one last time and score the remaining horizontal lines.
Take your remaining piece of paper and repeat to score the fold lines for the bottom part of the pot, but do not score lines across the centre hexagon shape (see Overview Diagram: Bottom), which is the pot base.
Returning to the scored paper for the top part of the pot, use a craft blade and a metal ruler to cut the black lines in the centre hexagon shape (see Overview Diagram: Top); this creates the assembly tabs to attach the top part to the bottom part after folding.
Folding
For the bottom part of the model:
* Fold all the scored lines in the direction as indicated in the Overview Diagram.
* Glue triangle surface A to the reverse side of surface A*, and repeat to glue B to B*, C to C*, D to D*, E to E*, and F to F* (see Diagram 1).
For the top part of the model:
* Referring to Diagram 2, first repeat steps as for the bottom part of the model.
* Then fold the triangle surfaces marked G, H, I, J, K and L as indicated in the Overview Diagram: Top, so they point downwards to give you the assembly tabs to attach the top part of the model to the bottom part.
Assembly
To attach the top part of the model to the bottom part, put a little glue on the outside of triangles G, H, I, J, K and L on the top part of the model and attach these to the reverse of triangle surfaces G*, H*, I*, J*, K* and L* on the bottom part of the model (see Diagram 3). Your pencil pot is now ready to be filled with pencils.
Mini Plant Pot
One day, when we have more time, we'd like to try our hand at pottery, but till then we'll have to satisfy ourselves with this faux ceramic plant pot duo. The cup is a great way to disguise a plastic pot and it sits neatly inside a specially designed saucer. We chose a soft blue paper to emphasize the distinctive folds, but any pastel colour would work just as well. You could make these items separately.
YOU WILL NEED
• 1 piece of 210-270gsm paper, 330 x 105mm for the cup
• 1 piece of 210-270gsm paper, 530 x 105mm for the saucer
• Small plant pot without draining holes, max. 60mm high, 70mm diameter at top, 45mm diameter at base
Cup
Scoring
Score vertical lines at intervals of 20mm along the length of the paper (see Overview Diagram). There will be a 10mm section remaining on the right-hand edge, which will become an assembly tab. Each set of two 20mm scored sections forms a segment (see Segment Diagram).
Starting with the first segment, referring to the measurements given in the Segment Diagram, mark points A, B, C and D, then score diagonal lines between the marked points as shown (see Segment Diagram).
Repeat this process for each segment and continue to partially mark and score lines across the assembly tab section (see Overview Diagram).
Apply double-sided tape to the 10mm section on the right-hand edge of the scored piece (see Overview Diagram). Cut the corners of the assembly tab at a 45 degree angle.
Use a 2mm hole punch to punch holes 10mm in from the side and bottom edges in each 20mm scored section (see Overview Diagram and Segment Diagram).
Folding
Pre-fold each of the scored vertical lines in both directions.
Fold the paper vertically along the central scored line of the first segment. Pre-fold all the diagonal scored lines of the segment in both directions. Repeat this process for the remaining segments.
Next pleat the paper along the scored vertical lines of each segment as indicated on the Pleating Diagram (see Techniques: Folding, Pleating).
Starting with the first segment and referring to Techniques: Folding, Changing Direction, valley fold the top two scored diagonal lines (labelled d1 on Diagram 1). Repeat for remaining segments.
Starting with the first segment, mountain fold the bottom two scored diagonal lines (labelled d2 on Diagram 2). Repeat for remaining segments
Assembly
Remove the backing from the double-sided tape at the end of the folded piece and attach the ends of the model together to create the cup shape, ensuring that the taped edge is on the reverse of the cup.
Thread a 1 metre length of cord through the holes along the bottom edge of the cup. Gently pull the cord to close the gap at the base of the cup and secure by tying a sliding knot (see Techniques: Sliding Knot). To keep the cup shape secured, make a third knot close to knot 2, then trim off the remaining cord length. Place your plant pot inside the cup (see Diagram 3).
Saucer
Scoring
Score vertical lines at intervals of 10mm along the length of the paper (see Overview Diagram). There will be a 10mm section remaining on the right-hand edge, which will become an assembly tab. Each set of two 10mm scored sections forms a segment (see Segment Diagram).
Starting with the first segment, referring to the measurements given in the Segment Diagram, mark points A, B, C, D and E, then score diagonal lines between the marked points as shown (see Segment Diagram).
Repeat this process for each segment and continue to partially mark and score lines across the assembly tab section (see Overview Diagram).
Apply double-sided tape to the 10mm section on the right-hand edge of the scored piece (see Overview Diagram).
Cut the corners of the assembly tab at a 45 degree angle.
Use a 2mm hole punch to punch holes 5mm in from the side and bottom edges in each 10mm scored section (see Overview Diagram and Segment Diagram).
Folding
Pre-fold each of the scored vertical lines in both directions.
Fold the paper vertically along the central scored line of the first segment. Then pre-fold all the diagonal scored lines of the segment in both directions. Repeat for remaining segments.
Pleat paper along scored vertical lines of each segment as indicated on the Pleating Diagram (see Techniques: Folding, Pleating).
Starting with the first segment and referring to Techniques: Folding, Changing Direction, valley fold the top two scored diagonal lines (labelled d1 on Diagram 1). Repeat for remaining segments.
Starting with the first segment, mountain fold the middle two scored diagonal lines (labelled d2 on Diagram 2). Repeat for remaining segments.
Starting with the first segment, mountain fold the bottom two scored diagonal lines (labelled d3 on Diagram 3). Repeat for remaining segments.
Assembly
Remove the backing from the double-sided tape at the end of the folded piece and attach the ends of the model together to create the saucer shape, ensuring that the taped edge is on the reverse of the saucer.
Thread a 1 metre length of cord through the holes and gently pull the cord to close the gap at the base of the saucer and secure by tying a sliding knot (see Techniques: Sliding Knot). To keep the saucer shape secured, make a third knot close to knot 2, then trim off the remaining cord length. Place cup inside the saucer: the weight of the cup will keep the saucer in the right shape.
Standing Clock
This small clock has been specially designed for a bedside table. The front has a folded star design, where each ray represents one of the numbers on a clock face, and the model stands securely on the folded back structure. While some of the folds are sharply defined, others are only slightly visible, and it is this, together with our choice of a lilac paper, that gives the clock its subtle folded effect.
YOU WILL NEED
• 1 piece of 210-270gsm paper, 490 x 208mm
• An analogue clock mechanism with a spindle length of 31mm (see Suppliers)
• A minute hand around 47mm and an hour hand around 36mm (see Suppliers)
Scoring
Score vertical lines at intervals of 20mm along the length of the paper (see Overview Diagram). There will be a 10mm section remaining on the right-hand edge, which will become an assembly tab. Each set of two 20mm scored sections forms a segment (see Segment Diagram).
Score the horizontal line that runs across the width of the paper (see Overview Diagram), referring to the measurements given on the Segment Diagram.
Starting with the first segment, referring to the measurements given in the Segment Diagram, mark points A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K and L, then score diagonal lines between the marked points as shown (see Segment Diagram). Repeat for each segment and continue to partially mark and score lines across the assembly tab section (see Overview Diagram).
Apply double-sided tape to the 10mm section on the right-hand edge of the scored piece (see Overview Diagram). Cut the corners of the assembly tab at a 45 degree angle.
Use a 2mm hole punch to punch holes that are 10mm in from the side and bottom edges in each 20mm scored section (see Overview Diagram and Segment Diagram). Repeat this process to punch the holes along the top edge of the paper.
Folding
Pre-fold each of the scored vertical lines in both directions, then pre-fold the scored horizontal line in both directions.
Fold the paper vertically along the central scored line of the first segment. Pre-fold all the diagonal scored lines of the segment in both directions. Repeat this process for the remaining segments.
Pleat paper along scored vertical lines of each segment as indicated on the Pleating Diagram (see Techniques: Folding, Pleating).
Mountain fold the scored horizontal line (labelled h1 on Diagram 1) across the full width of the paper and fold over an angle of 90 degrees (i.e., over the edge of the table).
Starting with the first segment and referring to Techniques: Folding, Changing Direction, valley fold the two scored diagonal lines labelled d1 on Diagram 1. Repeat for remaining segments.
Starting with the first segment, valley fold the two scored diagonal lines labelled d2 on Diagram 2. Repeat for remaining segments.
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Table of Contents
Introduction, 4,
How to Use This Book, 6,
For the Table, 12,
Triangles Vase, 14,
Kaleidoscope Coaster, 18,
Pencil Pot, 22,
Mini Plant Pot, 26,
Standing Clock, 32,
Thistle Lamp, 36,
For the Wall, 42,
Picture Frame, 44,
Window Decoration, 50,
String of Stars, 54,
Faux Ceramic Clock, 58,
Modular Wall Art, 62,
Waves Picture, 66,
Decorative Mirror, 70,
For the Ceiling, 76,
Leaf Mobile, 78,
Ceiling Rose, 82,
Pendant Lamp, 86,
Lampshade Diffuser, 90,
Wave Lampshade, 94,
Contemporary Lampshade, 98,
Moth Lampshade, 104,
Techniques, 110,
Lamp Safety, 110,
Folding, 111,
Sliding Knot, 117,
Templates, 118,
About the Authors, 126,
Thanks, 126,
Suppliers, 127,
Index, 127,