At 90 units, this is one of the largest modular pieces I've made. Truncated icosahedron (⚽ shape) made from Tom Hull's PHiZZ unit. No glue involved and yes, it's gay.
Mental health origami. This is a kusudama, or flower ball, made of 30 small-and-simple shapes called sonobe modules that can be inserted into each other to make large 3D shapes.
Sonobe variation designed by Andriy Hechuev. The normal sonobe is fairly plain-looking, but this one is really delightfully curved. And easier to assemble. Really, really like how this one came out, I'll need to hang it somewhere in the home.
We returned from England late Monday. The week since has been taken up with laundry, sorting through papers, taking my Lovely Assistant Kemuri for walks in an attempt to reduce her girth —she was fed a three month ration of kitty treats in three and a half weeks during our absence— and looking at multiple sets of instructions for a particular origami kusudama. (I had been collecting them on…
“Rose’s is most beautiful flower in the world” after the time and days but i don’t care if i fail to dare myself in time challenge but the result is almost beautiful and perfect i wanted to fold this model again but what color that suits may i need your recommendation
Origami Bouncy Unit Icosahedron (a.k.a. Bouncy Ball) designed by Tom Hull and folded by me. 🏐 Made with 30 5x5cm squares ⚾ #origami#kusudama#modularorigami#units#squares#bouncy#ball#icosahedron#geometry#paperfolding#origamiart#bouncyball#paper#turquoise#copper#shades#toy#origamitoy# (at Piombino, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtYvy-vhN8I/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=m6ryu7y25mqa
I used to be obsessed with folding unit origami balls (aka kusudamas, although technically that's not the same thing). Nearly all of these were put together from 30 folded units each, without glue. None of these are my designs; the origamists who designed these include Tomoko Fuse, Ekaterina Lukasheva, Valentina Minayeva, Uniya Filonova, Pope Eugene, etc... I don't know if I'll make any more of these any time soon, but it's a great, cheap hobby that I highly recommend.