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and the Star of the Show isby ~Osa-Art-Farm

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Set of seven folded stars for Amy Hooten's contest [link]
I chose snippets of her various deviations, laid out identical patterned sqaures on a Photoshop grid and printed them. I cut them, in precise squares, and folded them into these star shapes. The technique is called "Tea Bag Folding a.k.a 'Miniature Kaleidoscopic Origami'. The make a beautiful decorations for note cards , scrapbooks, and many other projects including hanging ornemants for your yard.

In total, I used 144 two inch sqaures and 88 one inch (!)squares. Some that were made with an open frame style contain a focal picture revealing something else about Amy.
For two days, I think I searched, printed, cut and folded, did many trial combinations before deciding on these, then had to use PhotoShop to present them all together. Still it does not show well and is better in person.

This stye of folding has strayed from tradiditonal origami even though it uses the same basic folding. It became popular the U.K. and U.S. about 7 years ago.
And ok, maybe I was just a "wee bit' obsessive/compulsive to do this. I did thoughly enjoy examining Amy's works for interesting combinations of shapes and colour. It took a huge amount of time, but the hardest part was deciding what parts to use and what I had to leave behind.
Think you are a true Amy fan? Can you figure out which deviaton each unit came from?

Lastly, even tho I did the craft, all images used to make these are the sole property of Amy Hooten and may not be taken for your use without her permission.

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~vincentxlion Mar 4, 2008

They look wonderful!

*Tired-Al Jan 13, 2008

amazing and beautiful. I especially like the first one

great work.

~Osa-Art-Farm Jan 13, 2008

Hello fellow folder! Thank you for the fave on this.

Just to be clear, each star is not made of only one piece of paper. They are 8 kite type folds that have been assembled in a pattern with 8 more added around the inside or outside or both. They are quite easy, not as difficult as real origami folding.
I love kaleidscope designs and making these to dress up notecards are a favorite of mine. Depending on the colors and pattern on your squares they can be very interesting. I also think the one you like best is quite dramatic.
You should try some!

*Tired-Al Jan 13, 2008

yarr. just gotta find how to make one now. xD Thanks for the info

And keep up the good work!

~Osa-Art-Farm Jan 13, 2008

If you have no luck finding directions searching for TEA BAG FOLDING, I will copy some directions for you to start with. You have made up your own folds so you probably have the ability to really run with it.

*Tired-Al Jan 13, 2008

are they connected by interlocking folds? and thanks for the info

~Osa-Art-Farm Jan 13, 2008

Some are sort of inserted into another kite. Mine mostly are not.

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and iris folding is pretty too [link]

*Tired-Al Jan 13, 2008

ohh.

alrighty thanks again for all the info x3

~Osa-Art-Farm Mar 14, 2008

It's EASY! See? [link] Did you try it yet?

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