This Week in Origami, Autumn Leaves Edition

Last Updated: September 1, 2016

Welcome to another week of This Week in Origami where we feature the most awesome new origami uploaded to the Internet during the past week.  There’s lots of interesting stuff this week so lets get started.

First up is this excellent tessellation by Peter Keller.

Espresso Mortale, Designed and Folded by Peter Keller

Instructions not available

Jack Dreyil folded this fantastic looking Brachiosaurus.

Brachiosaurus, Designed by Shuki Kato and Folded by Jack Dreyil

Diagrams available in Origami Tanteidan Magazine #151

James Lucas designed this amazing Kaonashi from the animated movie Spirited Away.

Kaonashi, Designed and Folded by James Lucas

Instructions not available

Gonzalo Benavente folded this incredible tessellation mask.

Faccia Tosta, Designed and Folded by Gonzalo Benavente

Instructions not available

Eric Vigier folded this excellent turtle which is a very different style from what I’ve usually seen with origami turtles.

Turtle, Designed by Eric Joisel and Folded by Eric Vigier

Diagrams available in Origami Olympiad 2015

Elephant, Designed by Shuki Kato and Folded by Eyal R

Instructions not available

Xu Daniel somehow folded this very complex and tiny origami tractor.

Tractor, Designed by Jang Yangik and Folded by Xu Daniel

Instructions not available

Rui Roda folded this great angelfish.

Angelfish, Designed by Quentin Trollip and Folded by Rui Roda

Diagrams available in Origami Tanteidan 21st Convention

Ekaterina Lukasheva folded a couple of great kusudamas with some really great paper choices.

Cloud, Designed and Folded by Ekaterina Lukasheva

Instructions not available

Twister, Designed and Folded by Ekaterina Lukasheva

Instructions not available

Tran Trung Hieu, an expert in origami dinosaurs folded an awesome Nothronychus mckinleyi and a hermit crab.

Nothronychus mckinleyi, Designed and Folded by Tran Trung Hieu

Instructions not available

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Hermit Crab, Designed and Folded by Tran Trung Hieu

Instructions not available

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Adriano Davanzo took this beautiful photo of an origami horse.

Horse, Designed by Hideo Komatsu and Folded by Adriano Davanzo

Diagrams available in Works of Hideo Komatsu

P. Colman also folded Shuki Kato’s fantastic Brachiosaurus this week using some really great paper.

Brachiosaurus, Designed by Shuki Kato and Folded by P. Colman

Diagrams available in Origami Tanteidan Magazine #151

Hiroaki Kobayashi folded two excellent Styracosaurai for World Origami Days.

Styracosaurus, Designed by Satoshi Kamiya and Folded by Hiroaki Kobayashi

Diagrams available in World of Super Complex Origami

Sérgio Queiroz folded this great collection of fall leaves.

Leaves, Designed by Kasumi Seishi, Kyu-seok, Hidehisa Inayoshu and Satoshi Kamiya and Folded by Sérgio Queiroz

Diagrams for Kasumi Seishi’s maple leaf available in Origami Tanteidan 15th Convention

Diagrams for Kyu-seok’s maple leaf available in Korean Convention 2006

Instructions for Hidehisa Inayoshu’s leaf not available

Diagrams for Satoshi Kamiya’s maple leaf available in Works of Satoshi Kamiya 2, 2002 – 2009

Ivan Svatko folded these two great origami masks this week.

Mask, Designed and Folded by Ivan Svatko

Instructions not available

Mask, Designed and Folded by Ivan Svatko

Instructions not available

Magali also folded some beautiful autumn leaves.

Japanese Maple Leaves, Designed by Hidehisa Inayoshi and Folded by Magali

Instructions not available

Finally we have what’s easily the most awesome thing I’ve seen in a long time, this incredible origami Kirin by Nguyen Nam Son.  This entire model is folded from one sheet of square paper!

Kirin, Designed and Folded by Nguyen Nam Son

Crease pattern coming soon.

That’s it for another week!  Be sure to check back again next week and be sure to visit and follow all of these incredibly talented origami artists.