Kusudamas

30 Absolutely Beautiful Origami Kusudamas

Kusudamas are modular origami models where multiple units are fit together to form a ball-like shape. The word “kusudama” literally means “Medicine Ball” when translated from Japanese. They were originally used for incense and potpourri, which I guess is where the name comes from. If you’re an origami purist, then you make kusudamas without any…

Turtle

A Shellebration of Turtley Amazing Origami Turtles and Tortoises

Just as there’s a huge variety of different species of turtles and tortoises in real life there’s also a very diverse variety of origami ones too. First up is Satoshi Kamiya’s awesome loggerhead turtle. The pattern on the back of the shell is fantastic. Loggerhead Sea Turtle, Designed by Satoshi Kamiya and Folded by P. Colman…

Sailfish

Dolphinitely Some of the Best Origami Sea Creatures I’ve Seen!

We’ve covered origami fish as well as crabs before and in this post we’re going to be taking a look at all kinds of different sea creatures and animals found in the water. There’s a lot of cool stuff here starting with these awesome eels. This is one of the coolest looking designs I’ve seen….

Walking Stick Leaf

I (c)Ant Believe How Complex and Realistic these Origami Insects Look!

Origami insects continue to blow my mind every time I see them. There are tons of different animals and creatures that can be folded with paper but for whatever reason insects always look the most realistic and impressive. This post features another excellent collection of some of the best paper insects we’ve ever seen. Beetles…

Masks

I Can Hardly Mask My Excitement about this Origami

There are a lot of really cool-looking origami masks out there. Joel Cooper is undoubtedly the master when it comes to designing paper masks. He has a very distinct style, using tessellations and other techniques to create some amazing-looking masks that follow an ancient Greek or maybe Babylonian style. While most of the images in this post…