The Snow-capped Sonobe is another variation on the Sonobe created by Mitsunobu Sonobe. This variation is created by Meenakshi Mukerji and is from her book 'Marvelous Origami'. Two-sided paper, coloured on one side works...
Christmas is almost here!! I love this time of the year. And this year, to add to the usual joy of Christmas, I will also try and add as many posts on Christmas origami as possible :) And to kickstart this season of love, here...
This is actually a very simple modular star, made from simple square bases. I had actually done this as a wealth-from-waste project, using some left over wedding invitations that my brother had given me. His invites were a gorgeous...
The Icosahedral Star is a modular origami from Miyuki Kawamura's book 'Polyhedron Origami'. The star is made from 30 Star Modules. The modules are quite simple to make and can be used to form quite a few other stars as well such...
Tomoko Fuse's book 'Origami Rings and Wreaths' is an absolute treasure trove if you are interested in making origami rings and wreaths. This model that I tried out, called the Ring 16, is made up of 12 modules. It works best...
Yet another ring from the book 'Origami Rings and Wreaths' by Tomoko Fuse. This one is just the perfect thickness that makes it a perfect addition to my Christmas wreath collection. I had used some Christmas wrapping paper and...
Tomoko Fuse's modular ring from her book 'Origami Rings and Wreaths'. This is among the first wreaths described in the book and is made from double sided paper. I used some lovely double-sided paper, with pastel shades on one...
I recently bought Tomoko Fuse's 'Unit Polyhedron Origami' and I was immediately tempted to try out one of the first models described in the book - the regular polyhedron. It is an interesting model to make and I must say I love...
Isn't this guy really, really cute! Especially that little tail! When I saw the tutorial on Youtube, I simply had to make one immediately. It is actually quite easy to make and resembles an elephant quite well :) This one that...
The Mette's rings were created by Mette Pederson. She has published 7 books based on the Mette Units. This is actually a 2D ring, made from 18 modules. But a slight variation in the last fold makes it a 3D variation and is made...
The Stellated Dodecahedron, commonly called the Bascetta Star is a very popular modular origami and was designed by Paolo Bascetta. This spiky star becomes especially famous during the Christmas season. Though there is still some...
While I really do not understand this passion that most origamists have for folding birds and animals, I did not want to be left behind when it came to folding them :) And since I love dogs very much, when I came across this...
The traditional origami butterflies are always great to make. They work with any kind of paper - origami paper, copy paper, gift wrapper and any other that we can lay our hands on. These butterflies are easy to make and would...
The butterfly for today is designed by Rikki Donachie. What I liked most about this butterfly is how beautiful and natural the wings came out. If you stick the body of the butterfly to a wall, the wings make it seem that the butterfly...
These simple butterflies were designed by Fatima Granadeiro, a Portuguese origamist. All kinds of paper works for this model. Smaller sized squares are better. 2-4 inches squares work well. Paper in contrasting colours on both...
The Kawasaki butterfly is yet another easy butterfly, made from half a square - economical and pretty! The creator is the amazing Toshikazu Kawasaki, better known for his origami rose. The butterfly can be found in his book 'Origami...
Akira Yoshizawa's butterfly is one of the prettiest butterflies I have folded. The butterfly starts from a waterbomb base. There are precisely 4 folds following the waterbomb base and voila! You have a beautiful butterfly. The...
We are already into the 7th month of the year! Amazing how time flies.. And to kickstart the second half of the year, here is Tomoko Fuse's Little Turtle kusudama. This is another favourite of kusudama folders since it is...
This heart bookmark, designed by the amazing Francesco Guarnieri, is an elegant yet simple bookmark. It would make a great Valentine day's gift I am sure :) The design includes a whole lot of pre-creasing followed...
The Sham, designed by Mio Tsugawa, is a ball-like modular origami made from 30 units. The modules aren't very complicated to make and the assembly is also fairly easy. The model does not require glue to hold it together, but...
A Decahedron is a solid polyhedron with ten plane surfaces. As per the wiki, there are 32300 topologically distinct decahedra! The decahedron is yet another design from John Montroll's 'A Plethora of Polyhedra in Origami'. The...
The Braided Paper, designed by J C Nolan, is a very beautiful origami to fold. It does require some practise to fold it and one that I had tried when I was just a beginner in origami and failed.. It was quite some time after...
There are quite a number of origami butterflies that have been designed. But there are relatively few origami butterfly bookmarks. And of those few, I think the most beautiful is Grzegorz Bubniak's bookmark. I have stagnated...
These baby booties, designed by Katsushi Nosho, are easy to make and look very pretty. They would look lovely as decorations or favours for a baby shower. The booties are held together by a bow, just like real booties! I made...
The XYZ Diamonds is another planar origami model, made from 3 intersecting diamonds. The design is by Francis Ow, the well known folder/creator of origami hearts. Though it looks like there are only 3 planes, joined in the middle...
I finally present the very famous Cherry Blossom Kusudama, designed by none other than Tomoko Fuse. Cherry blossoms are usually white or pink in colour but I decided that my kusudama need a bit more colour, so here is a vivid...
The Just Twist Twirls are these beautiful modular flowers created by Krystyna Burczyk. These twirly creations, when curled correctly and tightly, hold together very well and form quite sturdy structures. This flower is made...
The Blütenkreisel or the Floral Top, is designed by Carmen Sprung, the creator of the Kantenmodul. The origami starts from an octagon rather than a square. The flower is actually very realistic to look at (my photo does not do...
Did you know that the Platonic Solids were named after the Greek philosopher Plato? He believed that these were the fundamental components of nature and associated fire to the tetrahedron, earth to the cube, air to the octahedron,...
The Rose Brooch designed by Sy Chen, is a modification of Toshie Takahama's Rose Brooch. It looks best when folded in a dual coloured paper, one side green and the other, possibly red. The rose isn't very difficult to fold as...
I have been trying out one of Tomoko Fuse's designs from her book, 'Floral Origami Globes'. And it has taken me quite some time to complete it, five days to be precise! Not something that should be attempted if you wish to complete...
The WXYZ, created by Tung Ken Lam, had set in motion the creation a series of planar models by various origamists including Francis Ow, David Petty, Satoshi Kamiya and Meenakshi Mukerji. The WXYZ is among the simplest of the...
The Congratulations Crane or the Kotobukizuru is a variation of the traditional crane and is also a traditional design. It is a Japan custom to fold these cranes when congratulations are in order, such as a wedding. It isn't...
This Cherry Blossom dish is made from 5 squares and includes glueing. It is quick to make and comes out looking really good. I didn't really like the choice of paper I had used but I did manage to make it. There is a kusudama,...
As kusudamas go, this is an easy kusudama, in the sense that, instead of folding 20 to 30 units, this origami needs only 6 units per kusudama. So the time spent on each of these modulars is much lesser. That said, each module...
The Scaled Octahedron is yet another modular origami that I have had the pleasure to work on, in recent days. It is not the easiest piece that I have made, mainly because of all the different size square that are needed. The...
Philip Chapman-Bell's origami creations on Flickr has got such beautifully flowing and aesthetically pleasing lines that, when I came across the instructions for making the Zhoubi bowl, I didn't hesitate to try it out. He notes...
Today is Good Friday, the day when Christ's crucifixion and death on the cross is remembered by Christians world over. On this day of sacrifice, I folded this traditional cross from a strip of paper in the ratio 1:30. We usually...
These earrings are made from a variation of the sonobe units, created by Mitsonobu Sonobe. They are easy to make and look very elegant. They actually look much prettier that this :) My photographic skills at fault here. They...
The spiral star is very elegant, intricate-looking origami which is surprisingly easy to make. Assembling the piece is quite easy if you use a cheat's way out.. some paper clips to hold the sides together :D The modules start...
There are plenty of origami vases, ranging from the ultra simple to the super complex. This vase is a simple one and shouldn't take a few minutes to complete. As with a lot of my origami, I folded this from wrapper paper. I...
So, remember the kiddie bracelets that I had made about a month back? For my daughter and her friends? And remember I promised a tutorial for that?? So here is my promised tutorial. It is quite simple to make, so have a go.. What...
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