Vase Christmas Tree
I noticed than when you stack several Geometric Vases 1.1 into each other, you get a very nice Christmas Tree. I topped out this one with a simple custom pie...
Green
Pictures of models where one of the major colors is a shade of green.
Geometric Vase 1.1
At CenterFold 2024, I taught my Geometric Vase. Jim Weir came up with a better way to lock the edges, resulting in the version of the model presented here. T...
Hex Twist Star (CFW 120) from Harmony paper
A small fold of Shuzo Fujimoto’s CFW 120 star, one of my favorites, from Harmony paper.
Pinwheel Coaster
A simple coaster that starts from a square twist and has a color change.
Lucky Star Fractal from Green Tant
Lucky Star Fractal, level 3, folded from dark green Tant paper. This model is so nice I’ve folded it probably dozens of times (which rarely happens) and each...
Hex Twist Star (CFW 422 applied to CFW 84)
This star by Shuzo Fujimoto demonstrates a general technique which I labeled CFW 422. Here, it is combined with the simplest of Fujimoto’s basic stars, Windm...
Tea Tag Frog
A simple frog, based of the traditional jumping frog, and folded from a tea tag.
Traditional Crane from Wax Wrapper
I folded this traditional crane from a wax wrapper (Polish: woskowijka). These are sheets of fabric soaked in beeswax, and advertised as a reusable, eco-frie...
Baby Elephant
I folded this model in a workshop with the late Artur Biernacki at the 2016 convention of Polish Origami Society.
Star with Color Change (CFW 172)
A color-changed star designed by Shuzo Fujimoto.
Star a la Fujimoto II
Another model using my Color-Wrap Rays technique together with Shuzo Fujimoto’s Scissors (CFW 87) molecule.
Propellers (CFW 54)
Propellers Tessellation was one of my first successful designs. Interestingly, I came up with it later than with Square Interlace Tessellation even though Pr...
Barnacles
The name of this corrugation comes from the sessile sea organisms it resembles.
DNA
A classic model by Thoki Yenn, folded by me, probably around 2017. DNA Replication is my variant of this design.
Holly (variant D)
This variant of Holly changes the appearance of the pleats in the background of the molecule. Rotating the model 45° makes it look more like a decorated cros...
Two-Unit Cube III
Yet another approach to making a cube from two identical units. This design is paper-effective, and looks very clean from the top and the sides. Looking at t...
Book Stand
I folded this simple book stand from the piece of paper left over after cutting a hexagon from a rectangle. This shape of the sheet, while unusual in the nor...
7-Box
The digit “7” on this box’s lid is a tessellation molecule, derived from the one on Z-Box. Hiding one of the horizontal bars sounded like a simple enough exe...
Triangles Flagstone
This design is a modification of Triangles so that the tessellation becomes flagstone. At first glance, this change is more visible on the back side than on ...
Frog Star
The outline of this star is made using the same technique as various Star a la Fujimoto variants. The decoration in the center is a tessellation molecule tha...
Mountain Hut Star
I designed this star in July 2022 while resting at the Stóg Izerski mountain hut, hence the name. Originally, I used a napkin for folding, so this star is fo...
Mountain Hut Star (Hexagonal)
This design is the hexagonal analogue of Mountain Hut Star. The back side, which in the version from square is not very interesting and mostly about just hid...
Tessellation (CFW 335)
This tessellation (translucent design), designed by Shuzo Fujimoto, is not listed in any of his books or magazines (as far as I know). I discovered it among ...
Star Kratos
Another design from my 2019 modular star phase.
Iso-Area Triangle Twists (CFW 68)
This “translucent design” by Shuzo Fujimoto is an example of iso-area tessellations: both sides have the same pattern (except for rotation). The point below ...
Recycling Symbol
A modular recycling symbol, my design from 2021. Mathematically speaking, it is a Möbius strip. Folded from three units, each forming one corner of the trian...
Body and Soul
This tessellation consists of alternating layers of two types of elements that differ significantly in their appearance and complexity. The folding sequence ...
Woven Triangles Tessellation XVIII
Derived from Woven Triangles Tessellation II, this pattern has a number of creases converge at the center of the molecule. Sharp outlines of 90° triangles in...
Back-Twisted Square Twists (CFW 293)
This is a tessellation many origamists discover independently, though Fujimoto was probably among the first to do so. This tessellation is not featured as a ...
Electric Tessellation
This tessellation is just slightly modified back-twisted square twists, but it looks quite nice anyway, especially in backlight.
Elephant
This elephant by Fumiaki Kawahata is very cute (I think I’ve seen it getting called Baby Elephant). I folded this one at a workshop given by Margret Bach dur...
Tray
I designed and folded this simple origami tray in 2017. Due to the way the bottom is structured, it could also be used as a picture frame. The tray is square...
100 Złoty Frog
Polish banknotes have 2:1 proportions, a square folded in half. This makes them good for adapting models folded from square paper. I came up with the idea of...
Winter Cap with Crane
This winter hat features a crane on the forehead and color-change “fur” around the face. You can tie the side panels below the chin, ushanka-style, or leave ...
Scissors Tessellation
This is my tessellation of Shuzo Fujimoto’s CFW 87 Scissors. Each molecule can be rotated independently of others. As far I’m aware, Fujimoto himself never t...
Star a la Fujimoto III
This model belongs to a series inspired by the work of Shuzo Fujimoto. The outer edge is made with a general technique I devised that can be combined with di...
Holly
This Rosette variant looks like holly leaves.
Hinged Shamrock Box
This box, designed in late 2020, is decorated with a shamrock, and folded from a single square of Tant paper. In contrast to most of my box designs, in which...
Woven Triangles Tessellation VIII
In this model, the four triangles located around the center of the molecule are located below other layers of paper, only partially peeking outside. Triangle...
Pythagorean Tiling with 3:2 Ratio (32×32 grid)
While my first fold of this variant was from a 16×16 grid, this one is from 32×32, which produces many more molecules and better shows how squares of two siz...
Hex Twist Star (CFW 122)
A star by Shuzo Fujimoto. The front looks as if woven from mutually intersecting triangles while the back is rather plain. A very similar model, CFW 120 loo...
Spiked Icosahedron (Checkered Sonobe)
Spiked icosahedron, folded from my Checkered Sonobe units.
Flasher
At one point I thought I’d design an origami flasher. Unsurprisingly, since I went for the simplest possible idea, I ended up with a design which had been in...
Hypar Flasher
This origami flasher snaps into a hyperbolic paraboloid when unfurled. The center is based on a set of twists similar to those used in the Pythagorean Tiling...
Walk of Fame
This tessellation is closely related to the 1:1 Pythagorean Tiling, but the twists are slightly different. Still, the design remains iso-area. The squares an...
Hex Twist Star (CFW 105)
This star would have been simple to fold were it not for the final folds that create the small hexagon in the center. These folds on each side should be perf...
Hex Twist Star (CFW 90)
This star is as simple as it gets — literally just a single rearranged hex twist made on a hexagon of the right size relative to the twist’s central hexagon.
Apple (CFW 202)
Shuzo Fujimoto’s Apple is one of his best-known designs. Though one of his relatively few figurative models, structurally it is deeply geometric, being based...
Star Phobos (variant B)
A variant of Star Phobos that has additional decoration in the center of the star on the front side.
Square Twist Star (CFW 150)
A star from square twist that uses a similar technique as the Dahlia for shaping the petals. It can be seen as a single molecule of Propellers Tessellation (...
Tumbling Square Rosette
Another flat variant of Rosette. This one’s outline is much less round than that of others, hence the name. Especially when framed in an asymmetric manner, t...
Fujimoto’s Six-Pointed Star
A regular hexagonal star folded from a single square. A simple and elegant design by Shuzo Fujimoto.
Close-Quarters Folding
This design emerges as one of intermediate stages during the folding of Rosette. I find its extreme minimalism very compelling. This particular work is from...
Fortune Teller Christmas Tree
You can assemble a simple Christmas tree from multiple Fortune Tellers (which you probably already know how to fold). Each Fortune Teller is smaller than the...
Hypar (Hyperbolic Paraboloid)
This model, representing a hyperbolic paraboloid, is thought to originate from the paperfolding experiments at Bauhaus in the late 1920’s. However, details o...
Möbius Strip VI “Recycling Symbol” (CBU)
This Möbius strip is made from a single Conveyor Belt Unit (CBU), just like Möbius Strip V, but the ends are twisted additional 360° before being connected. ...
Traditional Jumping Frog
Jumping frog, one of my favorite traditional models, and an example of action origami.
Sawtooth Box (variant D)
Yet another variant of Sawtooth Box. This vaariant is almost identical to Tilted Square Box by Tung Ken Lam.
Lucky Star Box (Simplified) Variant B
This is variant B of my Lucky Star Box (Simplified). It is derived from the basic variant by pushing inside the box the empty areas around the star, which va...
Double Spearhead Tessellation (24×24)
This fold of Double Spearhead Tessellation with 6×6 molecules (24×24 grid) looks most interesting in back-light due to the fibers of mulberry paper becoming ...
Star Deimos (variant C)
A variant of Star Deimos in which the rays are asymmetrically narrowed on one side, giving the star’s outline the appearance of a saw blade.
Tea Tag Butterfly
A simple butterfly, folded from a tea tag. Folding the tea tag is a good way of making your cup stand out from others.
Caffeine (Springy Unit)
Revisiting my Springy Unit, a design from more than 10 years ago, I realized it would be perfect for folding models of hydrocarbon molecules and aromatic com...
Carrot
Another shaping variant of Ice Cream model, this time resembling a carrot. Using white+green color combination instead of orange+green will get you parsley i...
Shamrock Tessellation 1.1
This is an improved version of my Shamrock Tessellation. It uses Flagstone Paneling technique in order to hide pleats, so that each shamrock is separated fro...
Predictable Box II
Just as is the case with Predictable Box I, the purpose of Predictable Box II is to have predictable inner dimensions, which in turn makes it possible to use...
Sawtooth Box (variant B)
Another variant of Sawtooth Box. It differs from variant A by having the triangular flaps locked to the walls of the box. This creates a nice diagonal color-...
Two-Unit Cube II
Another simple model in which a cube is built from just two units. See also: Two-Unit Cube I.
Shamrock Tessellation (simplified)
This is a simplified version of my Shamrock Tessellation. I have also designed some boxes that use the same molecule: Slightly Simplified Shamrock Box and Si...
Life-Size Desk Lamp
This is a life-size fold of my desk lamp origami model. I cheated a little by putting a metal profile inside the post since the paper I used had too little s...
Woven Triangles Tessellation III (Asymmetric)
Third work in the Woven Triangles series. Just like number I, number III has a pleat arrangement which allows for two distinct molecule layouts: the asymmetr...
Shamrock 1.1 Box (Refold)
A new fold of my Shamrock 1.1 Box — compared to the previous one, I managed to fold and shape the stem in a cleaner way. The shamrock can be tessellated.
Woven Triangles Tessellation I (Asymmetric)
This model uses the same molecule as the symmetric version but all molecules have the same chirality. This causes each row and each column to be shifted by t...
Flower Pot II
Another simple origami container whose bottom is not flat. It looks like a green mound, on top of which you can place a plant or some other object.
Triceratops
I really like this triceratops design by Roman Diaz. Most dinosaur models, especially triceratops, are quite complex. This one, in contrast, is so simple you...
Star Ananke (variant F)
This variant of Star Ananke features an additional hexagon in the center of the model. It’s a small change in the individual unit, but it makes connecting th...
2020
Happy New Year 2020! Here’s an origami tessellation with the number 2020, folded from a 2:1 rectangle of Satogami paper.
Shamrock 1.1 Box
Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, here is a new version of my Shamrock Box (previous versions: 1.0 and two simplified variants). Current version was design...
Unripe Sunflower Tessellation
This is a modification of my Sunflower Tessellation. The molecules (“sunflower seeds”) are flatter and the petals are shorter. The back side is also more int...
Flow
A tessellation derived from my other model, Woven Rhombi. 4×4 grid units per molecule, or 8×8 if you want to consider a complete hexagonal tile a molecule.
Sunk Star Box (Square)
The star in the center of this box is a kind of twist which does not lie flat and therefore can form a box but not a tessellation. This model started a serie...
Box with Wedge Flower Variant
This box is decorated with a variant of my Wedge Flower molecule in which the central part is flat. Folded from Textured Paper from BOS Supplies.
Box with Leaves (tip-to-tip, 32 divisions)
A fold of my Box with Leaves (tip-to-tip) where the leaves were folded using a 32-division pleat instead of the usual 16 divisions. I taught this model at Ou...
Box with Leaves (tip-to-tip) cleaner fold
A new, cleaner fold of my Box with Leaves (tip-to-tip). I taught this model at Outdoor Origami Meeting in Kraków, Poland, this year.
Double Spearhead Tessellation with Woven Spearheads Tessellation Margin
I will be teaching my Double Spearhead Tessellation in a workshop during BOS 50th anniversary convention in Stratford-upon-Avon a week from now.
Shamrock Box (Slightly Simplified)
Here is a slightly simplified version of my Shamrock Box. The original was based on a molecule which can easily be tessellated. However, with a single molecu...
Shamrock Box (Simplified)
Here is a fully simplified version of my Shamrock Box. The original was based on a molecule which can easily be tessellated. However, with a single molecule ...
Simplified Shamrock Box Variants
This picture shows a comparison of two variants of Simplified Shamrock Box: Simplified Shamrock Box (on the left) Slightly Simplified Shamrock Box (on the ri...
Box with Leaves (stem-to-stem)
An origami box with leaves, with the leaves’ stems in the center, based on an earlier coaster design. There is also a variant with leaves oriented tip-to-tip.
Box with Leaves (tip-to-tip)
A box with leaves based on this coaster. There is a color change between the walls and the leaves, though a variant using the same side of paper for both is ...
Origami Coaster with Leaves (Stem-to-Stem)
After folding the first coaster with leaves, I wanted to try rotating the leaves so that in the center they touch stem-to-stem rather than tip-to-tip. This i...
Coaster with Leaves (Tip-to-Tip)
An origami coaster with a pattern of leaves. After designing, I found out others had done the same before, for example you can check out this picture [update...
Box with Pajarita 1.1
This is version 1.1 of my Box with Pajarita. In this improved version, I took advantage of the fact that the box only has one molecule, and so I could get ri...
Postal Envelope
An origami envelope which looks almost like a classical glued envelope, but can be closed by folding only. If you use it for sending a letter by actual posta...
Shamrock Box
Box with a single molecule of my Shamrock Tessellation. Folded from 16×16 grid, of which the molecule consumes 12×12.
No-Fold Stegosaurus
It’s been more than 20 years since Joseph Wu designed his one-fold stegosaurus. Now, with the recent advancements in minimalistic origami and computer-aided ...
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, here’s a tessellation with a beer tankard and shamrocks. Each of these molecules can also be tessellated independently of the...
Shamrock Tessellation
I was inspired by this model by Matthew Green to also design a model for St. Patrick’s Day. A bigger model is coming up, which I hope to finish on time, but ...
Box with Pajarita
Box with a single molecule of my Pajarita Tessellation. Folded from Harmony paper which allowed the Pajarita to better stand out from the background.
Walled Garden Tessellation
Walled Garden Tessellation, designed and folded by me. Molecule based around a 12×12 grid.
Framed Two-in-One Flower (Variant 2)
Another variant (Variant 2) of framed molecule of my Two-in-One Flower Tessellation. Molecule and frame folded from a single sheet of Satogami paper (16×16 g...
Woven Rhombi
This piece uses an 18×18 grid but since each molecule is 4×4, a 16×16 grid works as well, though you get a straight edge instead of the overhanging rhombi. I...
Thorny Stalk Tessellation
This pattern, derived from my Double Spearhead Tessellation curls up, forming a tube which looks like the stalk of a rose or another thorny plant. When you l...
Parrot Tulip Opening
A small tessellated version of Meenakshi Mukerji’s Tulip, originally designed as a modular origami unit. Tant paper with acrylic paint.
Tessellated Anuradha
Meenakshi Mukerji’s Anuradha was originally designed as a modular origami unit but after minor modification it can also be used as a tessellation molecule. F...
Sprout Tessellation (refold)
I refolded my Sprout Tessellation for the German Origami Convention in Erkner. Asymmetry and folding the grid at an angle relative to paper edges are inspire...
Hugging Triangles Corrugation folded from fabric
My Hugging Triangles Corrugation, executed in fabric-covered paper with aluminum foil backing (three-layer composite material).
Square Pixel Tessellation
This is my recent design for folding arbitrary bitmap images as origami tessellations. Unlike using four-sink-base (see Saturn Tessellation), each molecule r...
I Walk the Line
Master Yoda — origami model designed by Artur Biernacki. Folded by me from a square of Tant-tissue paper sandwich.
Sprout Tessellation
Sprout Tessellation, designed and folded by Michał Kosmulski. Derived from my Squares and Crosses Tess.
Stacked Propellers Tessellation (single molecule)
This is a fractalized version of my Propellers Tessellation. Stacked Propellers Tessellation is folded from a 16×16 grid per molecule in this case but you ca...
Pinwheel with Color Change (hexagonal)
I came up with this model when playing around with hex twists. It’s quite simple, so it may have been invented before. This pinwheel shows a nice color chang...
Hugging Triangles Corrugation
At first sight you might see only octagons and squares in this corrugation. But, in my opinion, the interesting part is the small triangles placed pairwise i...
Name Plate (candy wrapper variant)
Variant of my Name Plate where both pyramids are pointing outwards. Can be used as candy wrapping or to wrap a gift.
Crystal Structure of Gibbsite
I designed this model as cover art for Surface Charging and Points of Zero Charge, a book by my father, Marek Kosmulski. It is a reference work in electro- a...
Knobby Cube
Another combination of Building Block Units and tessellations, this time Fujimoto’s Clover Folding, folded without the decorative margin. 18 modules: 6 × BB...
Clover Cube
This model is a combination of Building Block Units and Fujimoto’s Clover Folding. The models amounts to 18 units, 12 of which are BBUs (6 × D10 variant, 6 ×...
Cube (BBU D9)
Cube from 12 modules: 6 × D9, 6 × A1.
14-Spoked Wheel
Mathematically speaking, this wheel is a tetradecagonal prism. This construction, which uses a mix of units made from 1:√2 and 1:2√2 paper, isn’t mathematica...
Menger Sponge, level 1½ (StEM)
The modules’ shape makes this level 1 model look even closer to a level 2 model than the Penultimate Module version. The hole in each small square is exactly...
Ring
This ring can also be worn as a headband. It uses a non-standard way of connecting the modules. Any even number of modules can be connected this way, though ...
Decorated Dodecahedron (Penultimate unit)
This model is made from 90 modules (modified variant for triangular faces). Each face of the dodecahedron is made from a 5-triangle group, where the triangul...
Klein Bottle
This model was quite difficult to design, as the two sides of surfaces made with PHiZZ modules differ a lot (due to the presence of “bumps” where units join)...
Spiked Pentakisdodecahedron (Sonobe)
There is one spike placed over two adjacent faces of the pentakisdodecahedron in this model. I haven’t checked if the angles actually add up, so it might be ...
Large Icosahedron
This icosahedron has nine triangular pyramids pointing inwards on each face. The same shape can also be described as a truncated icosahedron whose each face ...