360 units hybrid Bucky ball
I made this 360 unit Bucky ball using two types of units.
Generally a kusudama is made out of one type of unit.
For the pentagons I've used penultimate units designed by Robert Neale... This requires 3:4 paper ratio...
http://web.eecs.utk.edu/~jplank/plank/origami/penultimate/pentagon.html
For the hexagons I've used phizz units by Tom Hull...
60 penultimate units
300 phizz units...
No glue used
Tom Hull demonstrated in his video how to build larger Bucky balls. I used that as a reference..
It demands lot of patience and is time consuming. It might have taken around 4-5 days to complete. While folding the units, i felt it was never ending... I felt like, why did I even take up this project... Nevertheless kept going. It was fun, tiresome, frustrating, interesting... I also felt like I shouldn't have taken penultimate units, rather i could have used phizz throughout.... Because penultimate units were little tricky to assemble, it got confusing too where to use penultimate units...
I used 5 cm square papers from Tuttle
In the photo you can see the pentagons using penultimate units are bumpy.
Until next time.... Happy folding 🌺🌺🌺🌺
Victoria Regia star designed by Inacio Muniz Franco Neto
I used harmony papers, this mandala looks best in harmony papers...
16 units, glue required for assembly
Very easy to fold yet i loved the design, it's so pretty....
Tutorial by Origamimaniacs 547
Six intersecting Pentagrams
Discovered independently by multiple authors Robert J. Lang @langorigami , Francesco Mancini @francescomanciniorigami , Jared Needle @oriholic and Leong Cheng Chit @leongchengchit
30 units
2 inch x 4 inch
No glue
Rainbow colour papers by @tuttleorigami
Instructions for this can be found in Meenakshi Mukerji's website origamee.net, under modular section.
Happy folding 😍
270 units Bucky ball using phizz units designed by Thomas Hull
5 cm squares used
Final model height : 19 cm diameter
No glue used
Started on: 2 April 2023
Completed on: 6 April 2023
Rainbow colours papers by Tuttle
For size reference i have placed 270 units and 120 units Bucky ball together. Both are folded using same size papers 5cm.
Tom Hull has made a video on how to fold large Bucky balls. He explains the 270 units and 360 units Bucky ball structure. I used that as reference to fold this polyhedron. I'm totally addicted to these Bucky balls. It's a lot of fun.
The assembly is extremely study. Doesn't require glue at all... It's a pleasure to assemble..
This is a test fold to prove the universality of the star flex unit designed by Khin Hooi
Polyhedron - Rombicuboctahedron... One of the archimedean solids
5 cm square papers used
48 units
The assembly is very sturdy and can be done without any glue.
Final model is very stable and sturdy
Tutorial for this is still private, not released by Khin. Hence not sharing.
