When I picked up the art of origami 12 years later, at the age of 22, it was Kawasaki's New Rose that was my inspiration. I have folded this model more times than any other, and the rose in this photograph is the result of several hundred attempts at folding this model.
Designed by Toshikazu Kawasaki.
Diagrams are available in his book Roses, Origami & Math.