COLOUR
SPLASHES
LANTERN
Esther,AKAOrigami
Est,livesin theheart
ofcentralEnglandwith
herhusbandandtwo
chatterboxchildren.
She’sallaboutpaper,
designingandcreating
contemporarypaper
folds,andis alsothe
authorofPaperHome.
FindEsther’slatest
makesonInstagram
@origami_estand
checkoutherwebsite
foronlineworkshops
andmore.
origamiest.co.uk(^01) TakeonesheetofA4paper
andfoldit into 16 equal
sectionsacrossthelength.
Unfold,thenfoldeachcrease
in theoppositedirection,
creatingconcertinafoldsacross
thelengthofthesheet.
(^02) Usinga ruler,drawtwo
horizontallinesonthebackof
thepaper,one9cm(3^5 / 8 ") down
fromthetoplongedge,and
one12cm(4 ") down.
(^03) Creasezig-zaggeddiagonals
betweeneachhorizontalfold,
insidethemarkedpencillines.
It can help to press the paper
againsttheedgeofa rulerto
geta moreaccuratefold.
(^04) Turnthepaperrightsideup,
thengatherthefoldstogether
asshown.Theconcertinawill
changedirectionwhenit meets
thediagonalfold,butasthe
foldswerepre-creasedin both
directionsthisshould happen
fairlyeasily.
(^05) RepeatSteps1-4withthe
secondA4sheet,thenjointhe
twosheetstogetheralonga
shortedge,usingwashitape
tohelptheconcertinafolds link
together smoothly.
(^06) Usetheholepunchtoadd
holes1cm(^3 / 8 ") downfromthe
toplongedgeofthelantern,
creatingonehole per section
ofconcertina.
(^07) Bringthetwoshortedges
ofthelanterntogether,
creatinga circle.Jointogether
withwashitape,asperStep5,
thenthreadtheribbonthrough
thepunchedholes.Pullthe
endstogethercarefully,
gatheringtheconcertinaat the
top,thenknottosecure.
(^08) Tofinish,placeanLED
tealight under the lantern.
make
it!
MEETTHEMAKER
ESTHER THORPE
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MATERIALS
TwosheetsofA4paper(weusedKittyMcCall
EncinitasGiftWrapcuttosize,availablefrom
http://www.kittymccall.com)) R i b b o n , 3 0 c m( 1 1^7 / 8 ")
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