I'm anxious to adapt this style of flower ball to beads, where dodecahedral symmetry might be more feasible. In the meantime, I'm enjoying my paper version.
Have you tried a new style of craft lately? How did it turn out?
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Origami Interlude: Kusudama
A little while ago I picked up Tomoko Fusé's Kusudama Origami because this book is chuck-full of the type of modular origami designs that I so enjoy. This book also explores the more traditional types of kusudama origami, where individual units of folded paper are strung or glued together into a (usually) round structure. I find modular origami more satisfying when a structure can be completed without glue or string, but the designs in this book are so pretty that I had to give this style a try. I started with a single double-flower version of her primula design:
Which quickly started to multiply..
I used 15 by 15 cm TANT paper for these flowers. This paper comes in a rainbow pack and in packs of different hues, and the red pack contains 12 different shades of red and bright orange. I only needed about half of the pack for the whole structure.
The finished "Bouquet of Primula" contains 16 individual flowers. I was hoping that I could use only 12 to achieve dodecahedral symmetry, but alas, more flowers were needed to fill out the whole ball. It measures about 9 inches in diameter.
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Hi:-)
ReplyDeleteIt is fantastic:-)
I've never been good at Origami,though I bought a book about it once.
The floral-paper ball is incredible-looks so decorative.
I've heard,that the art of Origami is healing stress and depression.
I have tried a new style of my craft recently.
It was about two months ago.I started...beading and I am in love with it.It seemed to me not to conquer at first,but slowly,reading many books,watching work of Others,filmed tutorials, I am going deeper and deeper into all the beading curves.Now,I see my new passion as something not only for a while,because it is not boring-each time I have new situation:new stitch,new form,new design,new colour and new texture.
Best Greets-Halinka-