Tomoko Fuse’s book ‘Unit Origami Fantasy’ is in Japanese, so I am not able to find the name of this model! Hence the generic title for the post As far as the model goes, this is a simple model, made from a windmill base. I used printer paper (80 gsm) for the units, which turned out pretty good for this model. I think if I had used regular 60 gsm origami paper, the model might not [Continued..]
With Christmas just round the corner, there is no better time to fold Santas, is there? I tried this Santa because of how natural he looks. I think all that this Santa is missing, is his big sack of toys! The model has been adapted by Steve and Megumi Biddle, from the original one created by Steve Casey, and can be found in the book ’Essential Origami‘. This book is a good place to start for beginners [Continued..]
The Origami Tornado Kusudama is a beautiful modular origami designed by Aldo Marcell, an amazing Nicaraguan origami artist. This model is assembled from 30 modules. It works best with duo-coloured paper. In recent days, I have developed a special fondness for purple/lavender colour combination (will post more models in the same combination soon) and I went for the same combination again. And am quite happy with the way it has turned out! The model reminds [Continued..]
The Igel Kusudama is a modular origami designed by the amazingly creative Lukasheva Ekaterina. The model is assembled from 30 units. The units are east to fold and easy to assemble. The model works best with duo-coloured paper, which I haven’t used! For a single-sided paper, darker colours would work great, which I discovered to my dismay, when I assembled the model! The shades of green that I have used, made the model a bit [Continued..]
After my last post on folding bucky ball from triangles, I got a couple of emails asking for a tutorial to fold and cut triangles from a square. There are quite a few methods of cutting out equilateral triangles from squares. The simplest way is to create a Word Doc with rows of equilateral triangles of required size and printing it out on an A4 and cutting along the lines. But for me, I had [Continued..]