You can create some incredibly interesting and complex shapes using origami. These posts feature various shapes, tessellations, kusudamas and more.
Kusudamas are always a great topic and some of the people I follow create a lot of these! A kusudama for those not familiar with the term is a modular papercraft model in the shape of a ball. The name kusudama translates to something like “Medicine Ball” in Japanese. These models typically use 30 individually…
It’s time to take another look at origami kusudamas. A kusudama is essentially a modular paper model made up of various units assembled into a ball-like shape. They’re often quite beautiful with very interesting shapes and amazing colour schemes. First up we have this beautiful flowery orange kusudama. It’s assembled from 30 units. Allegretto, Designed…
Origami Tessellations are a very interesting and unique use of paper. Especially if you appreciate the mathematics and design behind them. In a previous post we talked about the different kinds of tessellations and a bit of the history behind them. For this post we’re going to get right into the tessellations starting with this…
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…
Origami tessellations are essentially patterns, folded with origami, that repeat themselves as long as you want to continue folding. There are 2 major types of tessellations, the classic type and corrugations. Classic tessellations are usually based on either a square or hexagonal grid. The paper in these tessellations is folded into an odd number of layers…
I’ve been fascinated with the crazy interlocking shape models that Byriah Loper has been designing for years now. You may have heard of the Five Interlocking Tetrahedra model before. It’s pretty popular, here’s a video showing its assembly. I’ve tried a couple of times to put this together but I can never get the 5th…
A tessellation is a tiling repeating pattern using geometric shapes called tiles that repeat over and over with no gaps or overlaps. If you’re familiar with the work of M.C. Escher then you’ve probably seen this sort of art before. It’s possible to create tessellations out of origami as well by taking a large piece…