Origami Projects
You found one of the hidden pages on my website! While I enjoy working with electronics and such, another one of my avocations is modular origami! If you don't know what modular origami is, it is a paper folding technique that uses two or more sheets of paper to create a larger and more complex structure than would be possible using single-piece origami techniques.
As an elementary school student, I used to love single-piece origami. However, when middle school and the beginning of high school came around, I started to focus on my studies. When my high school Calculus teacher started to make her students build simple Sonobe Kusudamas, I tagged along, even though I was still in Algebra. This reignited my passion for origami and introduced me to the wonderful world of modular origami. When I realized that these Kusudamas followed the vertices and symmetry of Archimedean and Platonic Solids, my interest grew. I started discovering the wonderful works of Tomoko Fuse, Byriah Loper, Robert Lang, J.H. Chen, Xander Perrott, and Khin Hooi. I have made a significant number of their works, and below are just a few of the sculptures I am most proud of.
Origami Six Intersecting Pentagons
Twenty interlocking tetrahedra by @byriah_loper
-1:3 ratio paper
-120 units
This model started out as a Robert Lang polypolypolyhedra. When Byriah Loper made the model of twenty interlocking triangles, he thought to also add 3 extra units to each triangle, making them tetrahedra. The resulting polyhedra makes an illusionary FIT, which you can see by looking at the 4 tetrahedra with the same color. They form another tetrahedra. If you look at all of the imaginary tetrahedra, it forms another FIT with dodecahedral symmetry.
This model took me over a month. While the weave is pretty easy, the assembly is very difficult without help.
Origami Six Interlocking Parallel Rectangles
Origami Twenty Interlocking Triangles
K2 by Robert Lang. This is the fourth of his Himalayan Peaks.
It is based on the classic FIT.
-ratio:1:6
-60 units
Origami Spiral Cube 1
My variation of @origami0911 Spiral Cube 1.
I couldn't make the workshop so I wanted to reverse engineer the cp.
My variation is using the SEU(Simple Edge Unit) and the classic wrinkle and joint. 24 Units
Playing Card Dodecahedron
Dodecahedral model by @george.hart.sculptor . Not origami, but each card represents an edge of a dodecahedron. However, the stars formed make the model look more like the great inverted snub dodecahedron.
8w
Origami Five Intersecting Wrinkled Tetrahedra
Five Intersecting Wrinkled Tetrahedra by @origami0911
Instructions will be available in his upcoming book.
I love how the majority of his models use identical units.
Origami Six Intersecting Squares
Six intersecting squares.
This was designed by Jorge C Lucero. Each color represents an axis.
24 units with a 4.5:10 ratio paper
Origami Different Ratio Bascetta Unit
I played around with the ratios of the Bascetta star by @paolo.bascetta and got this.
90 units made out of copy paper.
Origami Four Intersecting Wrinkled Irregular Hexagon
Four intersecting wrinkled irregular hexagon by @origami0911 folded out of copy paper.
Origami Nested Bascetta Star Skella Gamma
Bascetta star nested in skella gamma icosahedron. I used scrap paper for the skella gamma and 2-inch square kami paper for the Bascetta star.
By @paolo.bascetta and @mariasinayskaya
Origami 120 Unit Curler Var2
120 unit curler variation by @kh.art.craft with dodecahedral symmetry.
Folded from square cut copy paper.
Origami 120 Unit Curler Var1
120 unit curler #Kusudama by @kh.art.craft with dodecahedral symmetry.
Folded out of square cut copy paper
5 Fold Symmetry
3 Fold Symmetry
5 Fold Symmetry
Origami Six Intersecting Pentagons
Makalu by Robert Lang. This is the second in his series of Himalayan peaks, being the second easiest after Gasherbrum. Its technical name is Six Intersecting Pentagons. 30 units of 1:2 ratio paper.
Instructions here.
4 Fold Symmetry
3 Fold Symmetry
4 Fold Symmetry
Origami Four Intersecting Triangles
Gasherbrum by Robert Lang. He named a few of his models after the Himalayan peaks, hence Gasherbrum. Easiest Himalayan peak to fold. Its technical name is Four Intersecting Triangles. I used Francis Ow's 60-degree unit with 1:2 ratio paper.
3 Fold Symmetry
5 Fold Symmetry
3 Fold Symmetry
Origami Six Intersecting Pentagrams
This has the same symmetry and weave of Makalu, but all angles are accentuated. This was designed by Francesco Mancini using his Star Holes Unit. Instructions here.
Banana for scale
Banana for scale
Origami Five Intersecting Tetrahedra
5 Intersecting Tetrahedra or FIT. Designed by Thomas Hull. I made this over the course of 4 days. Each unit of the 30 used has an edge length of 90 cm. Really fun project to accomplish. I think I now have the biggest FIT made to date! Another good example of polypolyhedra. Instructions here.
Folded from 30:90 cm paper.
First Four
Origami Sixteen Intersecting triangles
16 interlocking triangles designed by Byriah Loper. A good example of polypolyhedra.
This was a tough one, but once I understood the weave, it was pretty intuitive. Folded out of 1:4 in kami paper. I used Francis Ow's 60-degree unit and reverse-engineered the weave.
pretty self explanatory...
pretty self explanatory...
Origami Cumulated Octahedron
This is my Cumulated Octahedron.
Designed by me
Folded out of 30 6-in square kami paper
Too big...
Too big...
Origami Pentakis Dodecahedron
This is my Pentakis Dodecahedron, made using Lewis Simon's triangle edge unit. 90 units of 6 in square paper. This may have been my first modular origami piece!
Too big...
Origami Wrinkled Rhombic Tricontahedron
This is my Wrinkled Rhombic Tricontahedron by @origami0911.
Folded from cardstock. My first of many wireframe models! Instructions here.
The inside shows the complexity of the Little Turtle Unit.
Origami Rhomicosidodecahedron
120 Unit Rhombicosidodecahedron(impossible to spell correctly) made from Tomoko Fuse's Little Turtle units. This Archamedian solid has triangles, pentagons, and squares... all the shapes found in the Platonic solids!
I especially like the inside view, because it is an insight into how complex the units are. The units are a bit flimsy when this many are used. I ended up using a bit of glue on each joint for reinforcement. Instructions for the unit are here.
Origami 2V Geodesic Sphere
90 Units Skella Alpha truncated icosahedron by @mariasinayskaya
I love these units! They are very versatile for any type of geodesic sphere. While this can be called a truncated icosahedfdron, it can also be called by its geodesic classification: which is 2v
Origami Four Intersecting Wrinkled Triangular Prisms
4 interlocking wrinkled triangular prisms by @origami0911 . Folded from cardstock. This is probably one of my favorite intersecting models because of its compactness, and its simplicity, needing only one type of unit for the whole model.
Origami Curler
This was an experiment of mine. I wanted to see if I could make archimedean solids from a simple type of unit. I ended up using 90 units to make this compact sphere. Very fun!
Origami 120 Unit No-Fold Curler
This model was designed by @kh.art.craft. Requiring no folds, and only curls, this model is surprisingly sturdy. The tension of the combined paper holds this piece together. Very interesting!
Curled out of 1:1.75 in cardstock
Origami Fish Curler
This model was designed by @ekaterina.lukasheva where it uses a fish base to form the curls. This was made up of 30 units, each requiring precision curling due to the small size.
Folded from 2 in square kami paper. Banana for scale.
Origami Rose Unit Embedded in PhiZZ Bucky Ball
The Rose unit was designed by Tomoko Fuse. 1:2 in kami paper. The Phizz unit was designed by Thomas Hull. 2 in square kami paper. The interesting thing about this piece is that each rose unit has a corresponding phizz unit trapping it in. Therefore this model needed 60 units to complete.
Miniature Origami
These are my Miniature Origami Kusudamas. Banana for scale.
30 Unit sonobe folded from 1 in square paper.
Omega star designed by Philip Shen and folded from 2 in square copy paper.
Simplified Bird tetrahedron by Tomoko Fuse folded from 2 in square copy paper.
3 Fold Symmetry
3 Fold Symmetry
Origami Bascetta Star
Bascetta Star by @paolo.bascetta . Folded out of 2 in square Kami paper. 30 Units. What is interesting about this kusudama, is that if you hold two opposing peaks with two fingers, you can blow and spin the model in your hand!
5 Fold Symmetry
3 Fold Symmetry
5 Fold Symmetry
Origami 30 Unit Classic Curler
This is my Origami Kusudama Curler.
It was designed by Herman Van Goubergen. I folded it out of 2 in square cardstock with 2 colors.
Origami 30 Unit Classic Curler
This is my Origami Kusudama Curler.
It was designed by Herman Van Goubergen. I folded it out of 3 in square kami with 3 colors.
Origami Sonobe Truncated Icosahedron
This is where my origami journey started! I made 90 units of 2-inch paper from all of my failed Latin grades to form something beautiful! There is no hiding the fact that I failed 6 quizzes, but at least I can show them off in a nice way.