This
page is for those who want the instructions to fold a Seashell Calyx. This is a base with a flat surface to put a rose on.
You may use any kind of paper to fold this base (*it is easier if the front and the back side of the paper are
slightly different whether it be in texture or color).
Make sure the paper
that you use is a square(all sides are equal and all the angles
equal 90 degrees). The paper I am using here is 10cm x 10cm square one.
The paper size of the base should be 1/4 of the rose paper.
However, if your rose is any of "Easy Origami Rose", then your paper for the calyx should be 3/4 of height and width of the paper of your rose.
<what the front side of the paper we will be using in these instructions
looks like>
<what the back side of the paper we will be using in
these instructions looks like>
The Bat, the Birds, and the Beasts Fable
A great conflict was about to come off between the Birds and the Beasts. When the two armies were collected together the Bat hesitated which to join. The Birds that passed his perch said:
"Come with us"; but he said: "I am a Beast."
Later on, some Beasts who were passing underneath him looked up and said:
"Come with us"; but he said: "I am a Bird."
Luckily at the last moment peace was made, and no battle took place, so the Bat came to the Birds and wished to join in the rejoicings, but they all turned
against him and he had to fly away. He then went to the Beasts, but soon had to beat a retreat, or else they would have torn him to pieces.
"Ah," said the Bat, "I see now,
"He that is neither one thing nor the other has no friends."
He that is neither one thing nor the other has no friends.