Origami Creatons - When you wish upon a Star

Since my last modular fold of Gary's Star, my interest on modular stars began to increase.  Frankly, they are simple to fold and assemble but they guarantee to bring joy in my heart.

Here is the Tico Star designed by Maria Sinayskaya.

Lovely symmetry

It's unmistakably beautiful on both sides.  It is another simple model yet magical indeed!

Here is the tutorial for this model.

Enjoy!

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International Origami Winter Gift Exchange 2015

I participated again in the last Origami Winter Gift Exchange and I am very proud to display what I have received from Mr. Lawrence Zhang from the US.

Modular in different sizes and colors

Wonderful modulars including my favourite simple Greek Soccer Ball .  It's quite easy to make but brings a classic and elegant vibe.  I made lots of these units for decoration and did a short video too for family and friends.

For my part, I sent out my package to New York and was fortunately received on Christmas Day.  The pack includes an Adult Coloring Book, special Origami Paper, Christmas Flower by David Martinez, Santa Star by Katsuhisa Yamada and my Christmas is a Time for Love design and diagram.

Things I sent out.

I enjoy surprises so surely I will be signing up again for this years Christmas gift exchange.  You should too!

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Origami Creations - Pentagonal Dodecahedron

As I was checking my own flickr account, I was able to scan through a modular origami expert from Germany by the name of Dirk Eisner.  He makes a lot of cool geometric modular shapes.  Look at his account here and be mesmerized.

I sent him a message and he was kind enough to respond and give me his diagram to make the Pentagonal Dodecahedron.

Great shaping and symmetry

I thoroughly enjoyed making this piece.  But the bigger challenge is yet to come ... to make the four (4) interlocking dodecahedron.  Yes, four (4) of these and interconnected.

Hope I am able to succeed in my challenge ... till the next blog ...

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Origami Creations - Colorful Modular Icosahedron

Geometrical shapes are so pleasing and appealing that I just have to look for another simple yet beautiful modular to fold.

I have chosen this colorful regular Icosahedron with the use of Triangle Edge Modules by Lewis Simon and Bennett Arnstein.

Cool decorative beauties

Isn't she lovely?  It uses 30 units with no gluing required.  This will surely be one of my all time favorite modular :-).

Here is the video tutorial for you to try.

Enjoy!

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Origami Creations - Bucky Ball Kusudama

Another cool and easy modular is the Bucky Ball using PHiZZ units.  

PHiZZ stands for pentagon-hexagon zig-zag unit and was created by the famous american math professor and origamist Thomas Hull.

Simple yet beautiful

With the PHiZZ units, you can actually create different geometrical shapes and sizes.  A lot of information is available on the web ... check them out.

And for those who are so anxious to try this modular, here is the video tutorial.  

Happy folding!

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Origami Creations - Adorable Geometric Shape Modulars

I haven' done any modular origami for a long while now.  

The completed geometrical shape figure fascinates me a lot as it has a classic vibe that will stand the test of time. 

Here is one.  This is called the Penultimate Dodecahedron (12 equal pentagonal faces) by the pre-eminent american origamist Robert E Neale and requires 30 basic units.

Adorable

Impressive, huh?  No glue is required for this model so I love this design very much.

It is really easy and below is the tutorial:

Enjoy and have a great week!

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Origami Creations - Multi-color Stripe Cubes

Another awesome cube I found in the web is the Multi-color cube (Cubo Multi-cor) by Rita Foelker and the Line Cube by Fumiaki Shingu.

Again, its a model which I cannot be bored looking at especially when you used 6 different colored square kami to make it.  As usual, this model does not require cutting or gluing.

A gem of a beauty

What do you think?  

I believe you are getting excited to make this too so I am enclosing the link of the diagram here.  For Mr. Shingu's model, the diagram is here.

Enjoy!

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Origami Creations - Kusudama Taj Mahal

I came upon an impressive kusudama called the Taj Mahal by Valentina Minayeva.  At first glance it looks like a soccer ball but when you look closely, you can see its beautiful criss-cross starry design.

Here is my fold.  

Looks like a cool soccer ball

It uses 30 units but really worth the folding!  On the assembly, my tip is to tape every 5 units joined on the inside of the ball to hold the form.  For the last 3 units, use utmost patience to complete it.   The diagram link is here.  And the youtube video is linked below.

Enjoy and have a wonderful week!

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Origami Creations - Modular and Kusudama

Another fun and enjoyable past time for me is to create modular or kusudama origami. 

The unifying definition for these terms is that they are made of two (2) or more repetitive paper folds and connected together either with or without glue.  What differs though is that, a kusudama (a Japanese term), is spherical like in shape while modular origami does not need to be one.

For me, the joy of making these origami art pieces is when joining the parts together.  It is sort of a puzzle in itself and makes a good gift for family and friends. 

Here are some of the ones that I have made all of which does not require gluing (I find it too tedious and troublesome to work with glue).

Mostly using recycled computer paper.

The most number of pieces that I have to make was making and connecting 120 pieces. But my most favorite of all is making and connecting 12 pieces only such as the ones below:

Origami Cube

Origami Mette Rings - Creator Mette Pederson

There are many tutorials in the internet on creating modular origami.  I would recommend for you to try Origami Nut (http://www.origaminut.com/) as a start.

Happy Folding!!!

More info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kusudama
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modular_origami