Designed by : NiceNo1
Single sheet origami. I used regular kami colored on both sides. It's a very nice flower, can be used for any festive decorations.
The author has embellished the flower with tiny gold bearings. I so fell in love with this flower, that I ordered gold beads on amazon and glued the gold beads to the flowers. The lovely design looks darn pretty. It enhances the beauty of the flower.
Tutorial by NiceNo1 :
All single sheet origami. For Santa I took 20cm square sheet, for sleigh I took 15 cm square sheet and for the gifts, 10 cm square sheet.
Tutorials for all three can be found in Jo Nakashima's website. Below are the links:
For Santa Claus - designed by Jo Nakashima and Camila Zeymer
300 th post on my blog.
This is a very easy to fold model. Origami holy spirit.
I don't know the designer.
Tutorial by Isa Klein:
I used 6 inch kami paper and 3 inch kami and harmony paper.
For decoration I've used Christmas wreath by Lidiane Siqueira, origami Canopus star by Isa Klein and Stella Repetita by Andrey Hechuve.
Designed and demonstrated by Riccardo Foschi.
Tutorial here:
Single sheet origami. I took 9 inch square sheets.
This is an intermediate fold. I stumbled at a couple places but glad I could figure out. The final piece was satisfactory though not 💯 neat.
Folded 20 Dec 2021
Designed by - David Walker
Single Sheet Origami. I used A4 printer sheets to fold.
I had come across this Snowflake several times before but then hadn't ventured to fold. I don't know why I took so long to fold this one. It's not so difficult. Design looks awesome in Sunlight.
Tutorial by Sara Adams:
Designed by - Lidiane Siqueira
I took 8 sheets of 4 inch chiogami papers
The units are easy to fold and assemble. You get incredible design following easy steps.
I had decided to do fewer Christmas special models but turned out to fold more than I expected to.
This model was demonstrated by live IGTV series hosted by Mariela of origami maniacs. The recorded live video is available in her IG account.
The snowflakes are designed by NiceNo1, I have posted it already in the blog. I used it for simple decoration.
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Designed by - Nikhil S
Book - Stellar origami Nakshatras, Vol 1
I used 3 inch origami duo coloured sheets. Try with different colours to get beautiful patterns.
The book has many models starting from beginners to low intermediate. I just bought the book yesterday. Still have to go through completely.
These are derivation from Robert Neale's 8 point star.
Designed by : John Smith
2 - 6 inch square sheets, one for face and other for hat. Pretty simple to fold.
Tutorial by Evan Zodl - there are two parts:
Part1 :
Part 2 :
Designed by : NiceNo1
Single sheet origami. I used 6 inch kami for the larger snow flakes and 3 inch for the smaller ones.
Lovely to fold and lovely design.
Tutorial by NiceNo1:
This Hearty Santa is so damn cute that I couldn't help but fold 5 of them, one Santa and 4 elves for Santa's help 😀
Designed by : Beth Johnson
Single sheet origami. Duo paper is preferred so the heart stands out.
A lovely and fairly simple to fold. However I do not suggest it for beginners.
For the Santa Claus I took 9 inch square sheet and for the elves I took 6 inch square sheet.
Tutorial by Leyla Torres:
Designed by: NiceNo1
Single sheet origami. I used duo coloured paper.
Tutorial by NiceNo1 :
Designed by : Oriya Komachi
Single sheet origami. Very easy to fold. Better to take duo colored paper.
Tutorial by Origami Maniacs:
Designed by : David Martinez
Single sheet origami. I used printer papers, colored on both sides and cut pentagon from rectangle.
As suggested in the video by Leyla Torres I cut pentagon from 3 inch Origami paper and inserted in the middle, so we get a different color inside. It can be clearly seen in the yellow star with green color inside. Others are not prominent in photo, it looks plain black , actually they are dark magenta and dark bottle green.
As it's Christmas time, this is a nice model to fold to embellish Christmas tree.
Video tutorial by Leyla Torres:
How to cut Pentagon from rectangle:
Designed by: Seyed Masoud Hosseini
Single sheet origami.
I used colour printer paper/ regular color paper
This is easy to make and Very pretty star.
Video tutorial here:
This star is made from Pentagonal paper. I started from a rectangular paper, cut a Pentagon out of it. How to do that? Follow below tutorial.
Using 4 inch Japanese Washi paper
3 inch regular kami sheets
4 inch Japanese Washi paper
Designed by : Reiko Nikaido
No of Units : 8 squares
I used Origami kami paper, Harmony paper, Japanese Washi double sided.
I have to say that this mandala is quite simple to fold and assemble. But there's no way to tuck the flap, meaning to lock the flap into the pocket so the unit holds tight. Glue is necessary otherwise the mandala is not sturdy and keeps falling apart.
Tutorial here :
Using 3 inch square Harmony paper and Regular kami
Designed by - Francesco Guarnieri
No of units - 8 sheets required.
Paper used - Regular kami, harmony paper and washi paper
Paper size - 3 inch to 4 inch sheets ideal.
Difficulty - Very easy and lovely star in the end
Tutorial:
Learning Tanjore painting was in my To Do list from a very long time. When I lived in US, one of my beloved friends who was an art teacher would do Tanjore painting. That was when I came to know about this art form. I wanted to learn Tanjore painting since then. She invited me a couple of times but somehow stars were not aligned.
Recently my brother's sister-in-law took up a 6 month course in Mysore painting in Chitrakala Parishat. That inspired me and I instantly developed an urge to learn. I inquired at Chitrakala Parishat but they asked me to contact after 3-4 months. Also considering that Chitrakala Parishat is very far from where I live, commuting everyday for 6 months became a challenge. So I googled other art classes nearby. That's when I discovered Kalavismaya Art classes by Smt. Vijayalakshmi near Hanumanthnagar, Bangalore. It was not very nearby but compared to all the art classes that showed up in Google this had a good review and was relatively nearer.
The art teacher offered painting for different sizes with different pricing. She said size doesn't matter to learn even if it's beginning. I chose a medium size. Since it was my first time, I chose to paint Ganapati, the lord of knowledge and remover of obstacles. It is a common practice in Hindus to pray Ganapati before starting any work. Hence I chose to paint Ganesha.
The first step is to select an image of Ganesha. Then go to Jumbo xerox to get a printout of the image for the required size. Then prepare a wooden board, paste Fabriana paper onto the board. My art teacher got it done by a framework shop.
Once the board is ready, trace the deity and the designs using a Carbon paper. According to my art teacher, using a regular carbon paper does not allow to erase any mistakes during tracing. So she takes a plain paper, rubs it with red oxide powder. By using red oxide, it allows us to erase any mistakes in tracing.
Above Picture : Muck work in process
To prepare muck we need chalk powder and arabic gum. To prepare arabic gum, we get granules, need to soak it in water. To this arabic gum mix chalk powder and mix well to get a proper consistency. We used paint brush to do the muck work. We painted yellow paint on the parts where we decided to put gold foil. Only on those parts the muck work is done.
Above Picture : Applying gold foil
Next process is to apply gold foil. Place the gold foil on the muck work, get an impression and cut the gold foil only so much. Using arabic gum paste it on the parts.
Above Picture : Putting Stones
Once gold foil is complete, apply stones on the areas.
Above Picture : Painting in process
Next step is to start the painting process. I did not do the painting completely. My art teacher helped me in painting the deity's part. It is better one has painting knowledge to mix colors to get appropriate shades like for example skin color.
Thus the painting is done.
Origami Love Birds
Happy Valentine's Day!! Usually I am not the kind of person who believes or celebrates Valentine's Day. But I just happened to fold this model around this time, I thought I will post it on this day.
Designed By - Francis Ow
8 inch square Origami paper used.
Single sheet Origami
Video Tutorial by Sara Adams:
Hydrangea Boxes
Hydrangea Boxes
Hydrangea Lids
I am not so happy with my folding. The finishing is not perfect and also I could not take a better photo with a nice view. I might revisit at a later point of time.
With 8 inch square sheet I was able to fold up to 6 layers. I tried folding with Origami kami paper but somehow I tend to tear it every time. Printer papers are relatively thicker but don't use extra thick.
Designed by : Shuzo Fujimoto
8 inch square Printer Paper used.
Video tutorial by Sara Adams:
Above Pic: Sakura star and Cherry blossom flower from different size papers. Made from Pentagon and Hexagon.
Sakura Star designed by Ali Bahmani
6 inch Origami paper and 8 inch printer paper used
Single Sheet Origami
Video Tutorial by Sara Adams:
Hydrangea with flowers
Happy Sankranti!!
After braided paper and Anrea's rose I folded Hydrangea flower. The last I folded this was in 2013. I was kind of skeptical whether I will be able to figure out or not. Initially I struggled, I tore paper or could not get more than 3 layers. After several attempts I was able to succeed.
The folding came out better than before. May be I am more experienced now, so the folding came out pretty neat. Then I went gung ho about Hydrangea and I could not stop myself with one or two. I ended up folding several. I posted some photos in my blog - Hydrangea by Shuzo Fujimoto.
Once I got a hang of Hydrangea, I tried Hydrangea with leaves.
Designed by - Shuzo Fujimoto and Meenakshi Mukerji
Paper size used - 6 inch and 8 inch papers
Video Tutorial by Sara Adams:
Braided Paper by J.C. Nolan
Braided Paper designed by J.C. Nolan - folded by me
Single sheet Origami
For the model in above picture I used color printer paper of 8 inch square. Fairly thin sheet is used. It's a pleasure to fold this model. Difficulty level is intermediate.
I also folded J.C. Nolan's Andrea's rose. Last time I folded was 8 years back. It's pretty similar to this model. I thoroughly enjoyed folding both of them. The updated photos can be seen in this link - Andrea's rose
Video Tutorial by Sara Adams:
I was making a kusudama after a very long gap. I didn't have hard time making the units. I took printer sheets for this. I prefer the thickness of printer sheets for a lot of models because the end product is sturdier compared to when done using kami. The third unit is a little hard to assemble. After assembling a couple of units I got the hang of it. When I was half way through, there were just six units left and the model was not converging. I realized I had assembled a hexagon at one place. I removed the pieces and corrected it. The end model is very stable and sturdy.
Star Holes
Designed by : Francesco Mancini
No of units : 30
3.5 inch printer paper used
No glue used for assembly.
Video Tutorial by Tadashi Mori:
