Series : Cipher Series Parts : 60 Joint with glue This model is a law of a constant folding, and it doesn't depend on to be used paper's shape. So, the model accepts what is folded with paper of various form. For example, a circular form, a form of the flower, a form of the heart, a form of the spade...and so on. The model doesn't need to cut papers to make square. You can see these big photos in my gallery.
Even if you haven't seen a dinosaur so far, and have a chance to see kind of this work, maybe you won't think that a dinosaur is made from a origami paper. Because you know what the dinosaur is by TV, books, movies...etc...could be. A dinosaur is an ancient animal, and it is made with bones and blood and meat... etc (sorry, I don't know detail), so it's not a thing made from paper. Seismosaurus (C) Origami Club /Diagram ------------------
But if you see this work of photo, you may think a kusudama is made with (origami) papers. Because you don't know what kusudama is.
Origami is technique to express form of something (for example, animal and plant and accessory...and so on) with papers. Kusudama origami is a thing which express an kusudama with origami papers.
So, this is a point. ---What is the kusudama?
Kusudama is one of the ornament made with some harbs or flowers(iris, Japanese iris, Citrus tachibana...etc). It means to prays for longevity and prays for a good health and prays for good luck(fortune), also it means a blessing for every thing...
It is the manners and customs that came from China about 1200 years ago. You can see the detail in this page about what is kusudama. ---What is kusudama by Atelier Puupuu
And it is rare to be used with real herbs and flowers to make a work now, and artificial flowers (or something which resembles it) are used instead. Kusudama Origami is one of it.
---reference You can see kusudamas made with various materials. ------------------------------------------ 【匂袋】薬玉(くすだま) ------------------------------------------ see also,
------------------------------------------ p.s. If a Japanese heard a word of "kusudama", most people don't imagine work made with origami papers. They imagine it.
Tem tem temari of diagram is shown for my friends personally for celebrating the Boys' Festival of this year. The detail is this page. There is in folder of my album. The diagram is different from selling diagram of Tem tem temari a little.
If you haven't been my friend yet, please feel free to ask it. I hope all of you enjoy it!!
It's very few I fold the animals or something which made with one paper during one year. This is a squid Ms. Yamada created, and I made it in 15/Apr. It's so beautiful shape and folding is fun. There was opportunity I and he exhibit origami works in same place-Warabekan in last year. But unfortunately, I didn't have a enough time, and I couldn't see my works and his works. I saw some his works in his site, it's humorous and is easy to get close. I like them very much.
parts : Hexagon--20, base--80 paper size : Hexagon--7.5cm, base--3.75cm
joined with glue
GAINARE is the amateur soccer team in my hometown (Tottori). They aim at becoming the professional (J.League ) and fight now. I support it very much!!
This polyhedron is the totally same as the work of the last article, Truncated Icosahedron. But it's easier to understand what form is it, isn't it? I made the Truncated Icosahedron again (used same parts, also it's used for regular icosahedron), and just put and pasted the 20 hexagons which was made with one piece of paper on it with glue.