Re: help with a hand held bouquet

Joseph Power wrote:

> On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 10:52:58 +0100 in rec.arts.origami, Simon Scarle
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> > Hello folks,
> >
> >      I'm getting married next month and my bride, knowing of
> > my love of origami as well as her, has asked me to save us a lot
> > of money and make the flowers from origami, this is to include
> > her bouquet to walk donw the aisle with :-D
> >
> >      I've got the diagrams for the flowers I want to use ( an
> > ornate orchid with some simple four petal things and leaves) but I'm
> > totally stumped by how to put them all together in a bouquet.
> >
> >      I'd prefer an origami suggest, but if not a flowerist suggest
> > would do fine.
>
> The recent book by James Sakoda, "Origami Flowers", shows how to make flowers with stems &
> leaves. You might check that one out. He does show how to do some ikebana-style floral
> arrangements, but these are too sparse to qualify as a bouquet. Personally, I'd have stems
> with pipe-cleaners at the core and then just tie a bunch together with a small ribbon of
> the same material as the bride's dress. 
>
> I would suggest folding the flowers from slightly different sizes of paper. That should
> produce a more natural looking result. You might also want to visit your local arts&crafts
> store to look at their entire paper selection (not just origami paper). Also, consider
> using a 'sandwich' of foil & paper or even foil & paper & thin translucent plastic sheet
> glued together. I'm not an orchid person but some of the examples I've seen have a
> pearlescent quality to the flower that could be brought out by the 3-layer version. Others
> have a fuzzier surface that the 2-layer version could emulate nicely. 
>
> Other books you might want to look at include Francis Ow's "Origami Hearts", Robert
> Harbin's "New Adventures in Origami" (for the Wedding Bells & Double Dutch models), and
> any book with a good dove or swan model (both birds mate for life and are symbols of
> marital fidelity.)
>
> An origamian in the San Francisco Bay area got married last week (so I guess we'll 
> forgive
> Charles & Adrian for missing both the BARF and LIPS meetings!) and, as you might 
> expect,
> there was a fair amount of origami present.
>
> By far the most impressive was a 3-cord celtic knot mural made from a thousand small 
> foil
> cranes. It was about 3'x2' in size and impressive enough that the couple were married
> under it.
>
> At each of the reception dinner tables there were alternating red & sterling roses
> (apparently the groom's own design) in small display boxes at each setting for each of the
> guests to take home. 
>
> The couple requested no gifts, but I folded and gave them the bride & groom from
> Kasahara's "Origami Made Easy" which both they and the wedding photographer got a big kick
> out of. 
>
> Several of Charles' other folder friends and I then folded two butterfly balls and 
> after
> the wedding ceremony we tossed them up and exploded them over the pair so they were
> showered in paper.
>
> Of course, for TRUE origamians the wedding isn't nearly as important as the 1st Wedding
> Anniversary - the PAPER anniversary! 
>
> Good luck and congratulations.
>
> Joe Power

Thanks to you and John for your help, both look like very useful ideas.

Any more suggestionss gratefully received :-D

  THANKS AGAIN

              SIMON