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How To: Origami six intersecting squares
This is an advanced modular origami design and an amazing looking paper design! The video demonstrates how to fold the six intersecting squares of origami made of modules.
How To: Fold a soma cube
A puzzle origami invented by Piet Hein and diagrammed by Sebastian M. Kirsch. It’s a fun toy to kill time, and takes about 10 minutes to assemble. It’s composed of 7 different pieces made out of strips that look like those in Tetris. You can also make 6 pieces which would make it easier to assemble.
How To: Fold an origami sprinkler
The sprinkler origami is a simple modular paper design, which definitely suits the beginners! Made by Paula Versnick. The modules only need 8 creases and the assembly is really straight forward. You can do as many modules as you want and assemble them differently, the video shows how to fold a module, how to connect it to another one and some examples. The modules can also be sinked, it’s a really good model for practicing that move.
How To: Origami a squishy ball
Learn how to fold a trampoline origami design. This squishy paper object is somewhat advanced, but makes a great ornament or desk accessory!
How To: Origami the Jackson Cube
Paul Jackson demonstrates how to make the Jackson cube. You will have two lines on the paper, but you should only use one as a reference. You must remember symmetry.
How To: Origami an abstract flexible shape
Paul Jackson demonstrates how to fold an abstract flexible shape through origami. This shape can expand, compress, and it looks beautiful in the light. You need to help the paper by working between your two hands.
How To: Origami a Star of David
Mirig Golan demonstrates how to create a Star of David through origami. You take one corner of the piece of paper and place it on the middle line to start. At the end, the triangles should make a lock.
How To: Origami a box and lid to match
Mirig Golan demonstrates how to make a box in origami. To start, you take a piece of paper and fold it, so that it is in the shape of a triangle. When your box is in the shape of a hexagon, you fold the triangles in.
How To: Origami a barking dog
Paul Jackson demonstrates how to make an origami barking dog. You do this by folding a square piece of paper. To finish the face, you need to fold the paper back.
How To: Origami a paper airplane glider
This is a step by step guide on folding the best origami paper plane in the world. I was taught how to fold this many years
How To: Origami a floating waterlily
Learn how to origami a neat floating waterlily by watching this video!
How To: Origami a sham ball
A nice complicated modular origami by Mio Tsugawa ( http://puupuu.ojaru.jp). Made from 30 modular origami units, I made 10 green and 20 yellow to make a "stripe" on the ball.
How To: Origami a classical kusudama
This model is a modular origami 6 unit ball. Diagrams on Yurii and Katrin Shumakov's website: http://library.thinkquest.org/27152/towns/oriville/oriver/practice/05.htm
How To: Origami XYZ-Diamonds
This 6 unit modular origami design should look like 3 intersecting diamonds. Fold each piece and then assemble as shown.
How To: Origami a lesser stellated dodecahedron
This modular origami ball requires thirty (30) units. After folding all the pieces, assemble them as shown to make a spiked ball.
How To: Origami a mennorode star
Check out this video to learn how to origami an easy mennorode star.
How To: Origami a modular ball assembly
Check out this video to learn how to assemble the modular ball.
How To: Origami a 3d star
Origami a 3d star, or a star folded with only one square paper.
How To: Origami an octahedral cross
Check out this video to learn how to origami an octahedral cross.
How To: Origami a modular ball
Here's an easy modular ball to fold and assemble with an origami technique.
How To: Origami a truncated tetrahedron
Check out this easy modular origami. You can assemble 18 for a truncated tetrahedron like this, 24 for a cuboctahedron, 30 for a dodecahedron, 48 for a rhombicuboctahedron and so on.
How To: Origami a box skeleton
Learn how to make a modular origami box that has a lot of holes in it.
How To: Origami a box in a box
Check out this video to learn how to origami a box in a box.
How To: Origami a gyroscope
Watch this video to learn how to fold an origami gyroscope.
How To: Origami a box with a lid
Learn how to make a modular origami square box with its lid.
How To: Make an origami shuriken throwing star
Check out this video to learn how to make an origami shrunken throwing star with two pieces of paper.
How To: Origami a football
Origami a football.
How To: Origami a nine sided box (nonagon)
Origami this nonagon origami box. It's also called an enneagonal box.
How To: Origami magic rings
These origami rings are made from 6 pieces with half of an A4 paper.
How To: Origami a 3d strip star
Origami a 3d star. This is called strip origami since it uses strips of paper instead of one single piece of paper. AKA modular origami.
How To: Origami an eight point star
Here's an easy modular 8 point star made with 8 square papers. Once folded, it slides into place.
How To: Origami sphere 94
Origami sphere 94. It looks awesome!
How To: Origami a pine cone
Origami a pine cone. First, fold the paper in 16ths both ways. Make a specific zig-zag pattern. Watch to learn more!
How To: Origami a spiked icosahedron
Check out this video to learn how to fold this modular origami model made of 30 Nick Robinson's trimodule modules.
How To: Origami a cuboctahedron
Learn how to origami this action model made with 8 Tung Ken Lam's jitterbug module. When twisted, it collapses into a little diamond!
How To: Origami a flasher
Here's a flasher to origami, when the thing is opened it should close automatically. It's really awesome looking.
How To: Origami an awesome omega star
Here's a slower version of how to origami the omega star.
How To: Origami a bonsai box
Here's a somewhat difficult origami project invented by Katrin Shumakov, knock yourself out by making this box for your bonsai.
How To: Create your own original pop-up origami
This video will guide you toward creating a pop-up bird. You will be shown how to fold the pop-up base with some suggestions for finishing the model. The final model will be of your own design. It will also examine some of the things you can change to alter the pop-up mechanism.
How To: Origami the pop-up box
Instructions for the origami pop-up box Most folders will find this part of the model easy to fold.