Folding Diagrams for the Cherry Blossom
p. 2 of 4 (Steps 10-20)


Diagrams for steps 10-20.
  1. Open the model out to a pentagon, petal (white) side up.
  2. Collapse the model to a five-siced analog of the preliminary fold, white side out.
  3. Note that here are three flaps on the left, and two on the right.
    Bisect the tip of the (upper-most) left flap.
  4. Unfold.
  5. Reverse fold.
  6. Squash-fold.
  7. Bisect the sides.
  8. Unfold to step 14.
  9. Book-fold, front and rear.
  10. Repeat steps 12-18 on the other four flaps.
  11. Open out to a pentagon, green side up. Do not flatten completely, but do tug two adjacent corners of the pentagon apart to flatten that section.

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