Art For Fun

26 September 2026

Estrellas de origami 2 - part 2

Bruno, Alejandra and Joaquin

1:3 papers. I started from 4 inch square to get 1:3 ratio.

From his book Estrellas de origami 2

Until next time,

Sayonara

25 September 2026

Disco sonobe variation 2

Disco sonobe

Paper ratio 2:3

I took 5*7.5 cm paper. 30 units

No glue used for assembling. But it was really hard. It's a regular sonobe steps, but i was getting lost every now and then. Assembling the last 5 units would've taken me at least an hour. No exaggerating.

Until next time,

Sayonara

Juhi Sonobe

I used 4 inch harmony paper. Glue used for assembly

From her book Exquisite modular origami 2

18 September 2026

Strip butterfly kusudama

3.75 cm × 7.5cm - 30 units

5 cm × 7.5cm - 30 units

Glue used for assembly. Glue also used for the fans to stick together.

Tutorial by PrwOrigami

I'm a big fan of Tomoko Fuse. I really want to visit Japan sometime at any cost someday may be.

Until next time,

Sayonara

17 September 2026

Little flowers kusudama

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

16 September 2026

Mystic kusudama 90 units

Mystic kusudama

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

14 September 2026

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

10 September 2026

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.