So onto the web to look at origami. Its been about 25 years since I've done any of this, but I thought I could try and pick this up again - can't be too difficult can it? Well, I couldn't have been more wrong...
I love really different shapes and found a picture of a Kids Origami Christmas Leaf that I thought it might be nice to follow however, when I clicked onto the instructions it was a video which was so fast and contained no instructions so that quickly became mission implausible - memo to self - this is for Kids of brain surgeons and rocket scientists only I fear!
Then, I found a link to instructions for my all time favorite Ginko Leaf.
- How the devil do you get your square in picture 10 to look like picture 11!!! AAAAGGGGGHHHHH! So this one was my Mission impossible! Here's where I got to (using some of my old "leaflets" as paper, a slightly ironic twist I thought!)
So I thought I'd try something a little more complex - I found a 10 minute video on how to make a maple leaf - Well I made a windmill before I lost the plot, does that count? And it would have looked so good out of a remnant of Zoffany Mosaic Wallpaper in Bronze that I've used in my Lounge - a perfect dried out, textured leaf pattern!
Anyway - heres the wallpaper remnant so you can see the glorious texture (with lots of folds in it!) and my windmill!
At this point, after an hour and a half of playing (which I have thoroughly enjoyed, although it wasn't as successful as I'd hoped) I am going to call it a day on this project.
If any of you are more successful (even if you are kids!) please do share your results!
