Rafaelita kusudama

 

Rafaelita kusudama designed by Ekaterina Lukasheva

30 units, 3 inch square sheets, no glue used

I've used Milky way papers from Tuttle

Tutorial here:

Origami sailing heart

 

Origami sailing boat 🚢🚢🚢

Designed by Lao Zhu Yao

Single sheet origami

I used Hokusai print paper from Tuttle

Tutorial by Mariano Zavala origami

It's fairly simple model to fold.

Until next time Sayonara 👋

Celestial kusudama

 

Celestial kusudama designed by Joseph Hwang

30 units 1:1 ratio. No glue used. I used 3 inch floral pattern papers from Tuttle.

This modular was in my to-do list from Long time... Finally found time to make it.

Can be easily assembled without glue. So I loved it... Only thing is is the paper has patterns, the creases won't be clearly visible. Have to look hard for it... 

Enjoyed making this modular...

I'm feeling really low at the moment... Sometimes there's no inspiration to do origami. I literally had to mentally push myself to fold this one... I completed in one sit... Would've taken 4 hours may be...

There's a tutorial by Evan Zodl @ezorigami

Until next time Sayonara 👋🙋

Queen's crown kusudama

 

Queen's crown kusudama

Designed by Natalia Romanenko

30 units. 1:1 ratio. No glue. Easy to assemble without glue. Pretty tight locks. Go by assembling in groups of 3.

Instructions: http://kusudama.info/2012/07/queen-s-crown-tutorial/

Video tutorial:

Today Nov 11 is recognised as world origami day in Japan. First observed in Japan, the unofficial holiday honors the ancient Japanese art of origami. I wish everybody peace 🕊️✌️ and happy origami.

In the second pic kusudamas designed by Valentina Minayeva, Masha Athanasiadi and Natalia Romanenko. Folded by me.

Until next time Sayonara 

Poison Ivy kusudama

Poison Ivy kusudama

Designed by Valentina Minayeva

Requires (2:sqrt3) paper. 30 units

 I started with 3 inch square papers from Tuttle

Instructions: https://stranamasterov.ru/node/988051

Can be easily assembled without glue

Happy world origami days

Until next time Sayonara 

Argyle kusudama

 

Argyle kusudama 

Designed by Masha Athanasiadi

Folded for British origami society. They are running modulars for world origami days.

30 units. 3 square sheets. I used glue for assembly.

Paper used: circle and square origami papers from Tuttle.

Tutorial by origami folding

Unity next time Sayonara 

Crane with beautiful wings

 

A variation of fan crane designed by master Tomoko Fuse.

I used one sheet of origami paper.

Tutorial by origami maniacs 554

Until next time Sayonara

Taj Mahal kusudama

 

Taj Mahal kusudama

Designed by Valentina Minayeva

I decided to fold this modular to celebrate the world origami days which is celebrated from 24 Oct to 12 Nov.

I used 7 cm square papers. I tried to assemble without glue, but it was hard and  challenging. I tried for few hours and then gave up. Glue used to assemble.

Tutorial:

Happy world origami days. Until next time Sayonara 

Origami kusudama braided

 

Origami kusudama braided

Designed by Brian Beitel 

30 units. I used recommended 7.5 cm square papers from Tuttle.

At first I thought the assembly will be challenging as the lock is not so strong. But I was wrong. As I started assembling, I realised how strong the lock is. I took 3hours to slowly fold 30 units but 20 min to assemble. I was glad I didn't have to use glue. Because I hate using glue.

I took to this small project after a long time. In nearly two months I hadn't folded anything. I wanted to get back. Finally yesterday I decided to dedicate sometime and sat for few hours to make this kusudama. 

Tutorial by Brian Beitel

Rose unit - Rhombicosidodecahedron

 

120 unit rose units.

Designed by Tomoko Fuse

Polyhedron - Rhombicosidodecahedron

I used 1.5 x 3 inch sheets by Tuttle

Used glue for assembly

Until next time Sayonara 

Star icosahedron

 

Star icosahedron 

Designed by Evan Zodl

Tutorial by Judith Magen from origami folding

I used 4 inch colour burst papers (harmony papers) from Tuttle.... Harmony papers are best suited for this design and looks spectacular... We need to first cut hexagon from square. 

20 units required. I used glue for assembly because I didn't have enough patience.

These days it's hard to find motivation to do origami. I folded this after a long time. I literally forced myself to do some art work because it was long time since I folded anything. I find joy in folding modulars. This start icosahedron was in my to-do list from a long time. Finally did it.

Until next time Sayonara 😎

Love star

 

Origami love star designed by Francis Ow and Andrey Lukyanov

It's actually 16 units but I made 12 unit mandala. While assembling, I couldn't place the two units without the hearts overlapping. I tried for sometime but in vain. So I did my own assembly.

I took 3 inch X 6 inch rectangle patterned papers 

Tutorial by origami maniacs 552

Chrysanthemum II

 

Chrysanthemum II

Designed by Tomoko Fuse

I used 1.75 x 3 inch papers from Tuttle

I first folded Sonobe icosahedron. I didn't want to post just the sonobe. I decided to fold 90 unit sonobe. Then realised it'll take time and the model will be very big. One unit requires two papers. So a 90 unit sonobe would've taken 180 units.

I then decided to do spiked pentakis dodecahedron with 60 units. Somehow i got lazy during the process. After nearly a month, last two days i made up my mind rigid and day for 3 hours each day to finish off.

When i took the photo, i was not happy how the spiked pentakis dodecahedron looked. The designs don't stand out due to patterns in the paper. The photo doesn't do justice you see. Anyhow, i finished this project.

Instructions are in Tomoko Fuse's book. 

Until next time Sayonara 🐿️🐦🐇

Pentas kusudama

 

Kusudama pentas designed by Meenakshi Mukerji

Tutorial is available on her website.

I took 3 inch duo papers...

Until next time, Sayonara 🐿️🐿️🐿️

Kusudama spiral

 

Kusudama spiral designed by Irina Krivyakina

I took 4 inch papers...

My first video tutorial

 

With kind permission of Meenakshi Mukerji I made a video of her design striped sonobe from the book Marvelous Modular Origami.

It's my first video, so it might seem amateurish. In the video i have demonstrated a sonobe icosahedron.

In the photo:

30 units sonobe icosahedron 

24 unit sonobe cube

12 unit sonobe cube

Link to the video:

I recently folded a family of striped sonobe which include spiked pentakis dodecahedron, 90 unit sonobe along with these three models.

Many thanks to Meenakshi. 

Until next time, Sayonara 🌺

Origami workshop

 

I conducted a corporate origami workshop for the kids of employees of Salesforce today. 

For age group 5-9 years. 

Until next time Sayonara 🦋🌺💗

José meeusen's stars

 

Iris ring

May lief 

Spring awakening

Josepha star

Icosa wheel

Designed by José meeusen @xephirart 

Icosa wheel tutorial by @ez_origami 

Rest of the diagrams available @xephiroridiags 

Circles and squares papers by @tuttleorigami

Until next time, Sayonara 🐿️🐦🐇🐦🐇

Striped sonobe family

 

12 units cube, 

30 units sonobe

60 units spiked pentakis dodecahedron and

90 units sonobe

Using Striped sonobe unit designed by Meenakshi Mukerji @origamee , instructions available in her book Marvelous Modular Origami.

It was a real pleasure folding these geometric models. For 60 units pentakis and 90 units sonobe , i had to use glue... I assembled both of them and when i was half way through, i decided it's getting unstable. So i ripped them apart and started using glue.

But it was a good experience.

For 12 units and 90 units sonobe I've used 5 cm square papers.

For 60 units pentakis I've used 7 cm paper.

For 30 unit sonobe, I've used 7.5 cm.

Papers used: I've used harmony, duo and kami papers.

Until next time, Sayonara 🐿️🐿️🐿️

Spiked pentakis dodecahedron

 

Spiked pentakis dodecahedron

I had to scratch my head a little bit to understand this polyhedron. I'm glad i could figure out in the end... 

I used basic sonobe unit to construct this.

60 units and 7 cm papers used

I tried to assemble as is but the units kept falling out. I went on for sometime and gave up and used glue. 

Step by step instructions available in this website

https://mathcraft.wonderhowto.com/how-to/fold-pentakis-dodecahedron-0132015/

Unity next time, Sayonara 🦋🌺🌸🌹

Bucky balls based on phizz units

 

In the photo, 360 units origami torus wreath, 360 units hybrid Bucky ball, 270 unit Bucky ball, 120 unit Bucky ball.

Totally 1110 units all together....

Phizz unit designed by Tom Hull.

For hybrid ball, the other unit used is penultimate units by Robert Neale...

Until next time.... 

Sayonara 🦋🌺🌸🌹

Jaciara kusudama

 

Jaciara kusudama designed by Ekaterina Lukasheva

30 units. I took 3 inch square papers. It's a little difficult to assemble as the locks are not tight. So i used glue. 

I used papers from Tuttle....

Tutorial by Jo Nakashima

Origami torus

 

360 units origami Torus using Phizz units designed by @tomstermath Thomas Hull

5 cm square papers used

No glue

Took nearly 5-6 days.... 

It took me sometime to analyse the structure.... On YouTube there's a video by @origamitor_ ..He explains beautifully how to assemble, and even has provided the pattern... It helped me a great deal.... 

I felt like I should've selected just 3 colours... That's 120 each.. because with colour change the assembly is a little confusing. It took me a while to get a hang of it...

However while connecting, i would get so frustrated that i felt like just throwing away and quitting.... 🤣🤣 But i held myself together....

Connecting last molecule was a little tricky... But it's worth all the effort and sweat 💦💦💦 looks incredibly beautiful...

I selected 12 colour scheme. I didn't have enough papers.... So mix and matched whatever i was left with... Papers are from @tuttleorigami

Here's the video tutorial

I took a snapshot of the video and made a collage with the structure design. This helped me throughout to get overall picture.

Picture courtesy: The above picture is taken from Origamitor. I took it to help me get clear picture. Origamitor holds the copyright. I'm sharing because it might help some of you aspiring to fold this fantastic wreath.... It'll be removed in case of any violation. Please leave a comment.

Until next time, happy origami.... Sayonara 🦋🦋🦋🦋 

Spiked Rhombicosidodecahedron and lesser stellated dodecahedron

 

Spiked Rhombicosidodecahedron and lesser stellated dodecahedron

Designed independently by Meenakshi Mukerji and Jeannine Mosely

Spiked rhombicosidodecahedron

120 units

5 cm square papers

Lesser stellated dodecahedron

30 units

7.5 cm square papers 

For the 30 unit making and assembly is available at Ezorigami by Evan Zodl

I first folded stellated dodecahedron. It's very easy to make single units. When it comes to assembly, i started without glue. But as i went on building, the model became unstable. The units would come apart. I had tough time keeping everything together. I tried a lot to achieve assembly without glue for quite sometime. Then i gave up. I used glue. 

I then took up, 120 units polyhedron. I folded few units and tried assembly as a trial fold. It seemed stabler than 30 units. But when i actually started, this assembly also became a challenge. I almost lost my patience and threw the incomplete model in bin. After sometime i regained my cool 😎 and took the half completed model from bin(which had dry waste, so model was intact and not dirty). I already had folded quite a lot of units, so I wanted to finish it somehow. So i went for glue and completed.

I personally dislike using glue, because it sticks to my hands and paper gets kind of wet, loses its crisp. It's a hassle to assemble. But when i have no other go, i use it.

That's the story behind these two models. Until next time , happy folding, Sayonara 🙋🙋🙋🙋😁

90 unit stellated dodecahedron

 

90 units stellated dodecahedron using Bascetta units designed by Paolo Bascetta

I used 5 cm square papers from Tuttle publising....

I actually wanted to fold rhombicosidodecahedron.... But when i started assembling the pentagons were very unstable... They kept falling out... I didn't want to use glue, hence decided to assemble stellated dodecahedron.... 3 unit assemble is very stable unlike 5 units...

No glue used....

Until next time..Sayonara... 🙋🙋🙋