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Dresden BowlDesigned by David MitchellThe Dresden Bowl, socalled because it was firsttaught at an OrigamiDeutschland convention inDresden, is one of myfavourite single-sheetorigami designs.It is made by pre-creasing asquare of paper thencollapsing it into shape. Theway the collapse happens isparticularly elegant. Oncethe collapse has been madethe tension created by thecurved corners then acts to hold the bowl firmly in shape.I designed the Dresden Bowl in 2004.You will need a square of mono, duo or irogami paper for the bowl and asecond square of the same size to use as a template. The template isused to help you fold the first square accurately into a 3x3 grid of smallersquares.121. Fold the template in half upwards,crease, then unfold.2. Fold both the top and bottom edges tothe middle, crease, then unfold.David Mitchell / Dresden Bowl1
343. The template is finished.54. Lay your paper in front of the templatelike this. Make sure the side you want toform the inside of the bowl is facingtowards you.65. Fold the right hand corner inwards asshown. Make sure the two squares don'tslip out of alignment as you make thisfold.76. Open out the fold made in step 5 andremove the square from the template.7. Fold the left hand edge onto the creasemade in step 5, crease, then unfold.2David Mitchell / Dresden Bowl
898. Your paper is now divided into thirds.To divide the paper into thirds in the otherdirection as well, rotate through ninetydegrees and repeat steps 4 through 7.9. This is the result. The paper is nowdivided into 9 smaller squares.101110. Fold in half sideways, crease, thenunfold.11. Fold in half upwards, crease, thenunfold.121312. Turn over sideways.13. Fold the top right hand corner inwardsas shown.David Mitchell / Dresden Bowl3
141514. Open out the fold made in step 13.15. Repeat folds 13 and 14 on the otherthree corners.161716. Make a diagonal crease across thecentral square. Be very careful to makesure the crease does not extend intoeither of the corner squares.17. Make a second diagonal creaseacross the central square in the oppositedirection. Be very careful to make sure thecrease does not extend into either of thecorner squares.181918. Pinch the middle of the right handedge so that the point marked with a circlerises up towards you.19. The point marked with a circle hereshould have become concave. Repeatstep 18 on the other three sides.4David Mitchell / Dresden Bowl
202120. This is the result. The central squareshould be flat but slightly raised. Note thatthe corner squares are beginning to curve.21. Pick the paper up then push all foursides of the central square inwards sothat the centre sinks. As you do this thepaper will collapse into the form shown inpicture 22.222322. This is the result. Turn over.23. The Dresden Bowl is finished.Copyright David Mitchell 2016www.origamiheaven.comDavid Mitchell / Dresden Bowl5
taught at an Origami Deutschland convention in Dresden, is one of my favourite single-sheet origami designs. It is made by pre-creasing a square of paper then collapsing it into shape. The way the collapse happens is particularly elegant. Once the collapse has been made the tension created by the curved corners then acts to hold the bowl firmly in shape. I designed the Dresden Bowl in 2004 .
