Origami Flowers: Marigold

This beautiful origami Marigold is a Toshikazu Kawasaki's design. I always enjoy folding flowers, and the folding sequence of this one is particularly pleasing, and not very difficult.

The diagrams can be found in the book, The Greatest Dream Origami,  ISBN 9784255005058 (in Japanese).

I folded the flower with and octagon cut from a 9" (225 mm) square of Pacon Paper, which is the same color on both sides. Each branch was folded with a 2 ¼" x 9" (56 mm x 225 mm) rectangle of the same paper.