When I first saw kusudamas this was the model that first draw my attention. A diagram for it it’s impossible to find online but yesterday, while Google-browsing I found out someone made a video for it (it is actually a series of 5 videos).

The name of the model is sakuradama and was made by Toshikazu KAWASAKI. This particular sakuradama was made with pieces measuring 3″ x 1,5″ from regular photocopy paper. The patten was downloaded from the CANON Papercraft site.

Somehow, my model ended up with only 22 units, instead of the 30 ones that the video shows. It seems I can’t make a model correctly, I always end up with silly mistakes, lol. But I learned and will be better next time :)

I like assembling kusudamas, but the first part of folding the individual pieces is really tedious, at least for me. I think next time I’ll fold the undividual pieces in series through several days, and not all at the time in one day like I’ve been doing. Maybe that way it won’t get so boring.

By the way, I don’t know if I’ll be able to post tomorrow, since I have to take a psychological test to apply for a job. This year will open the local casino of Antofagasta (which is also a hotel) and they are taking applications for *every* job. I hope you understand.

Oh yeah, and a little WIP pic of this ;)

Edited to change picture… so much better now :)

The first post on this blog (at Wordpress.com) was a kusudama. Since then, I’ve had 800 visitors, so exciting! I’ll try to see if I can make a fun giveaway for the 1k milestone :)

Well, today’s project is also a origami one. This one was made with 30 single sonobe modules jointed together into small “pyramids” that form a polyhedra.

I used two different papers for an added effect: plain pink photocopy paper (15 modules) and a deep pink wraping paper with golden accents (15 modules too). This model does not need glue to hold together the little pieces :)

I liked how the center of it looks like a star, but I couldn’t make it stand right. This one took 5hrs approx, counting the paper trimming and folding of the individual pieces. Actual assembly doesn’t take that much time, actually.

I have some origami papers that I bought more than a year ago thinking about using for cards, but never made it, so I’ll use them for their original purpose in the next weeks :)

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Hi! Welcome to my new blog :) (though it actually has the same name as the previous one, lol). Hope you enjoy the new projects and features of this one (easier commenting, yay!).

Well, onto today’s project <3 I present you… kusudama! “Kusudama” are a form of modular origami that I just discovered and wanted to try. Most kusudamas don’t require glue to hold together, but this one does :p Iused the directions from Mio Tsugawa’s webpage to make this traditional japanese kusudama.

For this particular model I folded 30 pieces of white photocopy paper and 30 pieces of blue photocopy paper. All 60 pieces make 12 flowers that assembled make a dodecahedron. When I was at the half of the finished project I glued a light blue fiber through the model, so it could be hanged somewhere and used as an ornament :)

I spent the whole saturday making this. From 8am to 5pm, seriously! But I think that’s because I am just a newbie and this paper is really stiff and doesn’t fold well. I also secrewed up when glueing the pieces together, but you can’t see that ;p However, I LOVED it, and I’m already looking for a book to buy and make more models (there aren’t a lot of diagrams online), so you can also expect to see some more in the near future.

Last, I’d like to apologize for the picture. 3D objects are harder to photograph than cards, bleh. I tried to edit as much as I could on Photoshop, but it ended way too bright and didn’t liked it =/ Oh well, I guess I can’t win them all.

(ironic that I made this project on Oct. 6th, aka World Card-making Day, LOL).