This modular origami by Tomoko Fusè can be found in “Origami modulaires d’exception” (nuinui, ISBN 9782889355815, page 106).
It is folded from 6 sheets of 15cm kraft paper from Daiso. I like the double-sided effect, but it’s pretty with one-sided paper too.
3 modules are folded and assembled, then 3 more are made in mirror direction, then all are put together. You can also make a pyramid using only 3 modules.
The small one is made with 7.5 cm paper “Dot mini origami – star” by Showa Grimm.
Paperkawaii published the video tutorial for this box a while ago. She has other cute models, but isn’t afraid of cutting and gluing – not my thing. This model is pure origami though. Beware, the music she puts on the videos is really irritating, but you can just shut it off, since she doesn’t talk.
It is folded from 2 sheets of 20cm paper (from a nuinui kit).
It is really sturdy, closes and opens well. I’ll probably fold it again :)
This elegant falcon by Luca Vitagliano can be found in “Origami – la touche italienne”, ISBN 9782889355495, page 114 (it exists in other languages too, nuinui is an multi-languages editing house).
It is folded from one sheet of 24 cm kami.
I really like that it holds well on something (here a vase). It’s not too hard to fold, and it has some details that make it recognizable as a falcon.
This was my first attempt to fold it, but I’ll probably fold it again with different papers.
I really, really like this book by Tomoko Fusè. As far as I know, it hasn’t been translated. The ISBN is 9784416307052. Square boxes page 84, rectangular page 88.
The box on the left is folded from 2 sheets of “back to basics” paper by Dovecraft, theme “baby steps”, 20cm (the paper is 150 gsm cardstock, thin enough to fold but makes strong boxes!). The middle is chiyogami 14cm, the rightmost is “Die Sachenmacher” 20cm. Step 6 of the box, I recommend leaving a 1-2 mm gap to make step 19 easier and cleaner.
The box on the left is folded from the same Dovecraft paper as the one on the above photo. The one on the right is japanese yuzen chiyogami 15cm.
The cute gorilla is by Lionel Albertino, you can find it in “Safari Origami”, ISBN 2844240062. You can download the book because the author re-published it for free, thanks to him! It’s in French, but folding conventions are international :)The book has plenty of other models.
It’s folded from one sheet of square 20cm paper. I really like the mouth :)
The leaves are by Jeremy Shafer. They’re folded from one square sheet of 20cm paper. Here’s the video tutorial.
I really like these traditional japanese tato. The word Tato is used to describe envelopes, or flat containers, that are folded symetrically. Some of them are square, but most of those I’ve seen are octogonal – and they are my favorite, too :) This specific model can be found in Calming Origami (ISBN 9781488908088), but there are many, many variations (more in a later post). The book is not very interesting, there are only 10 traditional models, but I have no other diagram for this specific tato, and the papers to cut out are gorgeous.
Each tato is folded from one sheet of square paper, but the corners are folded in – you can also cut an octogon. The gorgeous gold/red paper is 24cm Toyo paper. The small flower is 7.5 cm double-sided Toyo paper.
The patterned / purple paper is 21cm, from the giant nuinui kit.
The left tato is made from 20cm double-sided paper by “Die Sachenmacher”, in a package of 120 sheets. The right-hand one is 35cm Tant paper, and the tiny crane is 7.5 cm Tant paper :)
All of those papers are available from origamishop, except the Sachenmacher, that I got from Amazon.
It’s a beautiful envelope for a little note to loved ones, and it’s magical how it wants to go back in place once opened, because of the paper memory.
These models are both by Tomoko Fusè. The star on the left can be found in “Origami you can play with” (japanese), ISBN 4416300123, page 50. The pyramid (“modular ditetrahedron”) is in “Origami from around the world” by Vicente Palacios, ISBN 978048422220, page 74.
The pyramid is folded of 6 sheets of 15 cm kraft paper from schoenepapiere.de (the website is down, not sure if the shop will ever open again).
The star is folded of 6 sheets of 5 cm pearl paper from Jong le Nara + 6 sheets of 2,5 cm (I cut two sheets in 4) for the black points.
These cute dragons by Edwin Corrie can be found in “Origami Animals” (ISBN 9780486478746), by Vicente Palacios, page 34.
Each of them is folded from one square sheet of paper, 15cm and 20cm depending on the model. I also folded it from 30cm scrapbooking paper and it looked good, but I gave those away :)
Step 8 of the diagram is wrong, there’s one fold on the right that is marked valley and is in fact a mountain. I also added the small fold on the wings tips, to give them some volume. Otherwise, the model is quite easy to follow – and if you have children around you, beware that you’ll have to fold one for each of them!
This funny envelope is found in Home Decorating With Origami, Japan Publications (ISBN 4889960597), page 34.
The model in the book is square when closed, I added a few folds to make it a cuter geometric form. Plenty of other variations are possible!
It is folded from one sheet of A4 printer paper. Opening the envelope is really satisfying, it resists then suddently bursts open in your hands!
This is a gif, if you click you’ll see the opening sequence :)
Kalami (Christine Pape? or Blasek?) published this Sonobe variation. You can find it in the Christmas Origami Book 2009 (as well as many, many other diagrams and crease patterns! Enjoy :)) or on her website (some other diagrams too, all very precise, beautiful and clear).
It doesn’t seem to have a specific name, but I always refer to it in my head as the “razor kusudama”, because the flaps that go up between the montains look so sharp.
It is folded from 30 sheets of 7.5 cm paper “black and white” from Aitoh. I used 5 different patterns, there are 16 in the pack – I think they make most models look classy, I love it.
