Little flowers kusudama

 

Designed by Mio Tsugawa 

30 units

7 cm square

Glue used to join units. 

Assembly was difficult,  no a strong hold.  Also it left gaps , so I covered it with pearls

Tutorial by Kawaii Pastime 

Mystic kusudama 90 units

 

Mystic kusudama 

Designed by Ekaterina Lukasheva 

90 units

Size : 7.5 cm × 7.5 cm

I used glue for assembly. 

My friend from Brazil shared the instructions. 

Until next time, 

Sayonara 

Mt. Fuji Kusudama

 

Mt. Fuji Kusudama Designed by Kankichi

3.75 cm × 7 cm (30 + 30) units

No glue used for assembly.  Easy Peasy as my students say 

Until next time, 

SAYONARA 

270 unit sonobe epcot ball

270 unit sonobe epcot ball folded by Deepika.

I started this model and i was like 10% into it and realised why I picked it.  And how I'm wondered how i am going to finish it with so many units.  It's difficult to make up your mind to pick something like this.  This is a mini project. 

I'm sharing some experiences and suggestions. 

Go piece by piece. One piece at a time. Understand the structure and make a mental map of it.

There's symmetry throughout the structure. Suppose you add 5 pentagons. It comes alternative.  

I was 75% through. I had agreed 6 pentagons. I was in the process of adding 5 more pentagons when things didn't add up. The symmetry was lost. I paused and started perspiring. Because at that stage with so many units assembled already it's hard to debug. I took a deep breath and took a look and realised in place of a hexagon, I had assembled a pentagon. I corrected it and things were fine. So remember symmetry. 

Also, this is not my first time assembling a 270 unit bucky ball. In 2023 I had built a 270 unit and 360 units bucky ball using phizz units. Compared to that, sonobe is tricky. It was really confusing. Also with phizz units, I color coded. This time I made it all different rainbow colors which added to the misery. It was hard to differentiate a pentagon from hexagon. 

Remember that there's gonna be only 12 pentagons what so ever. You take truncated icosahedron, 120 units, 270 units, 360 units bucky balls. It's gonna be only 12 pentagons.

Assembly with sonobe was stable. Nevertheless I suggest one to go with phizz units first, then build a 270 unit sonobe.

The structure is stable throughout. I hadn't used any glue for 120, 270, 360 units phizz unit. Even for this 270 unit sonobe epcot dome, I didn't use glue. 

It takes a lot of patience. I took 3 days. Serval hours to complete this project. 

Last time I took 5 cm for phizz units. However this time I used 7 cm square papers. 

There's are videos by Thomas Hull on how to build bigger bucky balls.  I suggest go through those videos to understand the structure first. 

Good luck with the bucky balls.  

Until next time, 

SAYONARA 

Disco sonobe

 

Name: Disco sonobe

Designer: Natalia Romanenko

Units: 30

Paper: 5*7.5 cm (2:3)

Final height: ~ 7 cm

Joint: no glue

Assembly is strong.  

Instructions:

https://kusudama.info/2013/07/disco-sonobe-tutorial/

Until next time, 

Sayonara 

Lamduan kusudama

 

Lamduan kusudama 

I used 3 inch sheets.  I bought new matrix patterned papers. I tried this using those papers

Designed by PrwOrigami 

30 units.  No Glue used for assembly. 

Dianthus kusudama

 

Dianthus Designed by PrwOrigami

Base 3.75cm × 7.5cm - 30 units

Pattern 3.75cm × 3.75cm - 60 units

I used glue for assembly. 

Tutorial 

Background is AI generated.

Tigra kusudama 90 units

 

Tigra or Tiger kusudama 90 units

Designed by Ekaterina Lukasheva 

I used duo papers. Glue used for assembly. 

I took 3 days to complete this model.  I totally fell in love with it as is kept building layers. It had been a long time since I folded any modulars. Felt happy and satisfied. 

Until next time, 

Sayonara 

Tigra kusudama

 

Tigra kusudama 

Designed by Ekaterina Lukasheva 

I used duo paper. 3 inch square.  I used glue for assembly. 

I had my eye on this kusudama from serval months.  I was not able to get the instructions.  Finally yesterday found it some where and Folded.  I love the design.

Until next time,

Sayonara 

Hatch kusudama

 

Hatch kusudama 

Designed by @prworigami2018 

I took 1.75: 3 inch papers (1:2 ratio)

I used glue for assembly. 

Tutorial 

Until next time, 

Sayonara