I've always lived in flats owned by other people, so I never wanted to decorate them or stick things to the walls. However this year I have a house, and that means I can make all the changes I want in the world! This year I went away, so I only made a few things. …
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Some personal news and context - I moved house! I finally got out of a flat and into a house. Moving is stressful, but on the positive side, this new place would need decorations. I think I'm good at making stuff, so this was the last thing I made in that flat! I bought this …
Here is another model from Tomoko Fuse's Kusudama Origami book that I love making models from. The name of this model is "Hanagaku Matsuba", written as 花額松葉 in Kanji. Roughly translated, you get the words "Flower frame" and "Pine needle". Previously the other names have been fairly descriptive, but I wonder what it could be …
You may have seen that for a lot of my modular origami projects, I tend to cut smaller squares to make my units. Origami paper comes in 15cm squares usually, but I find that the finished model can be quite large, so I like cutting them into four 7.5cm squares, or even nine 5cm squares. …
Wreathes are a fantastic craft to make at home as you can use just about anything as your medium. For my base I've used copper garden wire - it's very soft and malleable, and it has a similar effect to branches. I looped a circle a few times, then wrapped wire around three locations - …
I previously touched upon carambola flowers in my last blog post. After a bit of trying out different methods (failing horribly...) and searching for new ones, this excellent video by ZIZ origami helped me understand how to fold one properly at long last. I highly recommend you check it out! I made a bunch of …
When you look up origami bouquets, you might see images of different types of origami flowers, folded from patterned or themed paper, and tied up neatly and used as a decoration or even as a bridal bouquet. Most of the bouquets I've made before have all been one type of flower but in different colour …
Like many people around the world, I haven't been able to travel for a Christmas gathering. This is the first time I've spent Christmas without my family (I have to travel pretty far as well usually so I guess it's a small bonus?), and so I've set up my very first Christmas tree in the …
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Hobbycraft has this blog post on ways to use a deep box frame and I got inspired to make an origami-themed frame. I used pink 7.5cm squares of paper to make Yoshizawa butterflies, and green squares to make pinwheels. I also cut them into quarters to make smaller pieces. You also need a piece of …
This is the Kusudama - "Sankaku tairu to kuremachisu kumi awase" (三角タイルとクレマチスの組み合わせ) model from Tomoko Fuse's Kusudama Origami book. I think you can loosely translate it to a 'triangle tile and clematis mix' kusudama. The clematis is referring to this flower face that you can insert into the panels. It's quite complicated to fold using …
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