February 19, 2013

Unit origami ball

Origami that made of one sheet, is not all of origami.
Origami made of many sheets of paper, is fun too.
The relish of one sheet origami and the fun of many sheets origami is different.
How different? Try it and you can catch faster than I explane.

This origami ball is made of many same parts.
Such origami is called "Unit Origami". In this case, 30 parts.

Let's enjoy unit origami.

1. Fold.


2. Fold.


3. Fold.


4. Turn paper over.


5. Fold.


6. Fold.


7. Memorize the point A.


8. Turn paper over.


9. Fold.


10. Memorize the point B.


11. Turn paper over.


12. Fold the point A toward the point B.


13. Unfold.


14. Fold the corner toward the corner. This time, the point A and B open.


15. Fold.


16. Turn paper over.


17. Fold.


18. Fold.


19. Unfold.


20. 1 piece complete.


21. Make more 2 parts.


22. Insert into the middle layer.


23. Repeat 22.




24. Make more 5 blocks.


25. And repeat 22 and repeat 22 and repeat 22 and......

26. Then complete.


Unit origami is not easy. Especially makeup is difficult.
However, the folding is easy in many case.
Witch do you like better, one sheet origami or unit origami?

February 2, 2013

Peacock with NASA wing

Super zoom! What is this?

This is origami peacock's wing.
How beautiful this pattern is.

This pattern is "ミウラ折り(miura ori)". This pattern is very famous.
What are you think about how it store solar panel of satellite in a rocket? It has to fold efficiently, and must unfold it easily.
"Miura ori" is pattern that lay parallelograms on the paper. It can fold easily and it can unfold simply. "Miura ori" is best.
In fact, NASA use "miura ori".
However, the preparing is bother. I had to fold many times.
First, I folded vertical divide by 32. And, I folded lateral divide by 32.
And and, I folded all diagonal line.
I took 1 hour for just preparing.
When I finished fold all, I gave a deep sigh.


--- Peacock ---
The difficulty:****
Time to fold:3 hours
Paper info:25cm * 25cm (Not cut anywhere)
Reference book:Honkaku Origami (Genuine Origami)
(My book review)