Weaved Ball

Name	Weaved Ball
Designer	Toshikazu Kawasaki   かわさき  としかず
Level of Difficulty (5x ☻= very difficult ) (Based on opinions of different artists)	☻☻☻
Type (According to Number of Sheets Used)	Multi-Piece, Modular
Number of Sheets / Units	12 Units
Type (According to Object being Presented)	Geometric
Diagrams	Book - Greatest Dream Origami (Kawasaki)
Video Tutorial	---

This is a wonderful design by Toshikazu Kawasaki. The 12 long units are arranged in a way that they form the edges of an octahedron (polyhedron with 8 (equilateral) triangular sides) with the "spirals" forming the vertices of the polyhedron.

When folding the units, be careful for there are some points that are very vulnerable to ripping.

Star Holes Kusudama

Name	Star Holes
Designer	Francesco Mancini
Level of Difficulty (5x ☻very difficult= ) (Based on opinions of different artists)	☻☻☻
Type (According to Number of Sheets Used)	Multi-Piece, Modular
Number of Sheets / Units	30 Units
Type (According to Object being Presented)	Geometric, Kusudama (Flower Ball)
Diagrams	---
Video Tutorial	Tutorial by Tadashi Mori

This is a lovely Kusudama design by Mancini from Italy. It got the rank "Intermediate" probably because of the great number of units to be used. What is just needed here is patience and eagerness to finish the model, since the units are very easy to create.
Unlike many Kusudamas I have attempted to fold, this one has a very good lock mechanism that does not need glue for the units to hold each other together.
There is also a similar model (also designed by Mancini) that looks very similar with this Kusudama. The Star Dodecahedron has thinner units and looks more like a wireframe. The video tutorial can be found here.

P.S. It is so good to be back! I know that this post, this post I wrote on April 28, 2015, is the very first blog post I have done for this year. The last few school weeks have been hectic, but I have finally graduated high school in March! In April, some weeks were also hectic due to some exhibits and issues with Heritage Conservation in my country (an unrelated topic. I might write it in Ligaya sa Lakbay). A few minutes earlier I was reading my earlier blog posts and I am honest to say I vomited on how corny my earlier posts are... Anyways, I will try to make up for lost time. It is good to be back. :)

Sonobe Unit Polyhedra

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These polyhedric models made of the unit are only four of the COUNTLESS ways on how you can make a model from this unit!

The Sonobe Unit, designed by Mitsunobu Sonobe, is so common that it doesn't have to be published in any book. You can find the diagrams scattered all over the Internet like how Jejemasters are scattered around my neighborhood. (I feel sorry for my neighbors). Permission from him is still required in order to post diagrams on public, though.

Now how is this related to Christmas and it is number 7 on our countdown? SO MANY reasons! Christmas Balls, decorations for your Christmas tree, and many more. You can even build a polyhedron shaped like a pine tree from this unit! (I just don't know how...but it's possible, right?) You can use large units made from wrapping paper and since the models are hollow, you can use the units to wrap a gift for your friends, family, and anyone who is not your enemy...

Happy Holidays!

-ABonymous-

Icosahedron

I have seen this model on a youtube video, but the guy who posted the video stated that he did not know or cannot find the name of the person who designed this model,.
So I had a feeling that this model is traditional.
Oh well, oh crap.
I initially thought it was Tomoko Fuse, since a photo in Go Origami! had a photo of an icosahedron with the same pattern, and Fuse’s name is stated as the designer.
http://goorigami.com/modular-origami/icosahedron-and-octahedron/1195
Then, I downloaded a copy of the book “Unit Origami Essence” a. b. Tomoko Fuse (Go Origami! stated that the diagrams of the icosahedron is in thie book) but when I saw the the module for the icosahedron in the book, it is COMPLETELY different from the module of the Icosahedron featured here today.
I was like, “whuuut?”
The model requires 30 pieces of rectangular paper. It’s really fun to make, though.

The link to the instructional video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7qE_Tc8e4g

UPDATE: Tomoko Fuse designed this model. Apparently, there are 2 icosahedra with the same pattern in the book. One from 10 units, the other from 30 (which is featured in this post). Apparently, I was too stupid enough to notice the second one in Fuse's book. 

Spiral-Faced Cubocta

This is designed by Mrs. Tomoko Fuse. The diagrams are in “Let’s Fold Spirals” a. b. Tomoko Fuse.
The units are really easy to make. The big problem you will face is the assembling part.
While I was making the model, almost everyone who passes by asks me “WHAT DA HELL IS DAT?” and I was like “CAN’T YOU WAIT?”
The results are very rewarding. You will get a cuboctahedron with inverted whirlpools on each side….
The cube-like version of this is easier than this one. I will feature the Spiral-Faced Cube (also by Fuse) soon.
The model also uses a freaking 24 units. But, just as I said, the results are very nice and sturdy. :)

Jitterbug

Wew, it looks like a cute cat’s plaything or something. Nice, overall.

Anyway, its supposed to twist into a nice octahedron.

I remember making the same model years before, but what I got after twisting, was some ripped-up paper from the rage I spilled when the “origami” (yeah with a big BIG quotation mark) thing just literally exploded into bits….
Thankfully, the one on the photo below did not. Wooh….
This is designed by Tung Ken Lam. There are diagrams in the internet, although when I visited the website of the diagrams I used before, it literally was destroyed in a way I literally cannot explain.
There are still video tutorials such as this one….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeHhd56c5YQ 


If this thing exploded too, then all you’d see in the picture are burned scraps of freaking paper, with the words “EPIC FAIL” written all over it.

Sixty-Four

This model, designed by Darren Scott, is called “Sixty Four.”
Well, it does not look like the number, doesn’t it?
You would possibly not care about why, but I’ll tell it anyway.
Well, Scott’s explanation is that the little wee triangles at the corners have 60-degree angles, and that there are 4 of them.
The model is pretty easy if you are skilled. It will be the cost of the book which will make you cry…..
The book? Well the instructions are published in and ONLY in the book “Everything Origami” by Matthew Gardiner. In the Philippines, it costs about AT LEAST PhP 400, so, yeah…..