The decoration and modular boxes from the book '
Modular Origami Polyhedra' are beautiful and very tempting! The boxes are all cubes made from 12 modular units. They are quite easy to make as well. And I love the little windows in the cubes.
I had previously tried out the
original decoration box and was quite pleased with the results. This time, I tried out the first of the modular cubes, which is actually a variation of Lewis Simon's decoration box.
This turns out to be much more economical than the decoration box too, since it is made from 12 rectangles in 1:2 ratio (a square cut in two). The decoration box, on the other hand, is made from squares. So you can make 2 of these modular cubes for each of the decoration boxes :) Naturally, the size of the cube is also smaller than the decoration box.
While folding the cubes, the one issue I faced was that, the backside of the paper (white in my case), can be seen peeking out in quite a few places! No matter how I folded it, the white was visible :( I guess paper coloured the same on both sides would have been better.
Well, I will be folding a few more of these cubes. The next variation of the decoration box is the next on my list, followed probably by the Ninja Star cube.
Model Details:
Model: Modular Box
Creator: Bennett Arnstein
Book: Modular Origami Polyhedra
Author: Lewis Simon, Bennett Arnstein, Rona Gurkewitz
Difficulty Level: Low Intermediate
Paper Ratio: Rectangle in ratio 1:2
Paper Size: 1.25 by 3.5 inches
Model Size: Square cube with approximate side of 1.25 inches
Modules: 12