Selecting Paper For an Origami Azalea

Series Summary

Origami, a form of visual art defined by the folding of paper, originated in Japan in the 1600s. Since then, this ancient art has become a popular hobby for many around the globe. Origami has been popular in the United States and England since the early 1900s. It has always been regarded as a complicated and delicate art form, but our expert will teach you step-by-step how to fold origami in such a way that it is easily accessible to beginners.

Looking for a cute, creative gift for Valentine's Day or an anniversary but don't have a lot of money to spend on expensive jewelry or flowers? Why not make origami flowers for your sweetheart instead! Everyone loves a creative, homemade gift especially if it doesn't cost a lot of money, and she'll be sure to love your new artistic endeavor. In this free video series, our expert will teach you how to make an origami azalea. You will get easy to follow step by step instructions for folding a beautiful origami azalea. Make one or make a dozen and give them out to friends, lovers or strangers on the street. Everyone could use a pick me up with this beautiful folded paper craft and art form.

Video Transcript

"Right now, I'm going to show you how to Azalea. What we're going to need is a 2x4 piece of paper. What that means is if you look down here at my table, you can see I have a square piece here. This is just a 1x1. A 2x1 is going to be if I fold it over this way and break it here. If we folded it over, it should be 2 pieces, so what I'm going to do is I'm going to go ahead and cut this piece off. I'm going to score it with my nails. Fold it over in half and score it once again. Then your paper should just rip rather easy. There we go. This is what we're going to start with. What we're going to do is we're going to take this piece and fold it over again like so. Then we have this line bisects it here. We're just going to take our corner and fold it back down to this line, making sure everything is straight and good. There we go. We're going to do the same on this side. That's the beginning. "