#unit origami

[reikaniichan]

i was trying to upload the pics via (normal) app and it kept crashing when adding an additional picture..??? anyway, i made a shape (icosahedron)

[littlepandaart]

Origami Modular Icosahedron

Designed by Mitsunobu Sonobe 

Instructions

[beadmotion]

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.

[elephantorigami]

perspective. (curled sonobe designed by Meenakshi Mukerji)

[beadmotion]

I haven't made any for the last few months, but for about a year I was constantly making unit origami models (aka kusudamas, but technically they're not the same thing). This model I folded a long time ago is a design by Meenakshi Mukerji, which does not require any material besides paper.

[elephantorigami]

variations on a theme

(Dimpled models designed by Meenakshi Mukerji)

[elephantorigami]

Happy Valentine’s Day! 💕 (Origami my heart designed by Meenakshi Mukerji)

[elephantorigami]

(vortex dodecahedrons designed by Meenakshi Mukerji)