The origami heart box is a very elegant origami created by Robin Glynn. I just love this box! It isn’t very difficult, it is amazingly economical (it is made from just 1 A4 sheet of paper, one half for the lid and the other for the base) and it is the perfect size to hold jewellery. Most origami boxes are modular pieces and to get a box this size, you would need really small modular [Continued..]
I seem to have caught a tato fever!! Here is the third tato that I tried out The Four Leaves Tato is designed by Christiane Bettens, better known in the origami world as Mélisande. The paper should be at least a 7 inch square to give a usable tato. The first I had done was using regular copy paper. The tato that I completed was immediately picked up by my daughter to store her jewelry [Continued..]
If you have tried out the traditional tato and would like to try more of them, you should give this butterfly tato a go. This is an extension of the traditional tato and is designed by Marcela Brina. I liked using paper with print on one side and a solid colour on the other. Single sided or dual coloured paper also works fine. Model Details: Model: Butterfly Tato Creator: Marcela Brina Creator’s Website: Artis Bellus Classification: Origami | Holder Difficulty Level: High [Continued..]
A Tato is a Japanese flat container and Tatogami is one of the oldest form of paper folding. Tatos can hold small flat objects like needles and buttons and postage stamps. The one I have done today is the traditional tato. This is quite simple to make and the final tato has alternate colours displayed at the top. The tiny diamond is used to pull the tato open. Model Details: Model: Tato Origin: Traditional Book: Complete Origami Author: Eric [Continued..]
After a long, long time, I tried out another of Tomoko Fuse’s designs. This is one of her square boxes from her fabulous book, ‘Fabulous Origami Boxes‘. All the boxes are made up of multiple modules, this one requires 4 for the lid and another 4 for the base. I used regular wrapper paper, patterned on one side and plain on the other, but the model looks best with double sided paper or preferrably, washi [Continued..]