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...
All models — by name
This is a list of all models on the page, sorted alphabetically by name. See also the same list, sorted by date.
120-Degree Boat
This design is an analog of the traditional paper boat but folded from a hexagon. The 120° angle at the top of the sail results in a more slender boat than t...
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...
2020
Happy New Year 2020! Here’s an origami tessellation with the number 2020, folded from a 2:1 rectangle of Satogami paper.
2021
This model took me longer than I expected, but better late than never, so: happy New Year 2021! This model uses a new tessellation molecule of mine which I h...
2023 in Maya Numerals
This origami tessellation represents the number 2023 using Maya numerals as 𝋥𝋡𝋣. This system is vigesimal (base 20) and individual digits are read top-to-bot...
2×2×1 box
This is a practical box made from Building Block Units connected using the hook method. I use this box to store all my Crease Pattern drawings of BBU variant...
3.6.3.6 Tessellation (CFW 61)
One of the classic tessellations from a hex grid, first published by Shuzo Fujimoto. It uses molecules of two types, hex and triangle twists, and understandi...
30-60-90-Degree Star
The units from which this star is made, are folded from triangles whose angles are 30°, 60° and 90°. Such triangles are created when you cut a hexagon from a...
30-60-90-Degree Star (variant B)
A variant of 30-60-90° Star, just like the base variant, folded from triangles left over when cutting hexagons from rectangles.
3D Koch Snowflake (Trimodule)
This fractal is an analogue of the standard Koch snowflake. Level 0 is a tetrahedron. In each iteration, a tetrahedron with half the edge length is placed in...
6-Pointed Star from Triangle (CFW 367)
A very simple, yet elegant design, folded from an equilateral triangle.
62 Knot (CBU)
The 62 Knot is one of three prime knots with crossing number six. Though not as well known as the Trefoil Knot, it is also quite interesting. This origami ve...
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...
90-Edge Buckyball (PHiZZ Variant IV)
This was an experiment with yet another PHiZZ variation of mine, conducted a few years ago. I chose too soft paper (or too large sheets) for this model which...
A Dog Reading
Reading matters.
A Long Way Home
Origami mammoth, designed by Artur Biernacki. Folded by me from a square of Unryu-tissue paper sandwich.
A Pile of Books
Origami books of different shapes and sizes. The model used here is my Long Story Short, version 1.1 which has a slightly improved lock.
Abstract composition “T”
This composition is made from 75 modules: 36 × A1, 30 × A2, 6 × D1, 3 × E4.
Ad Astra
I prepared this composition as decoration for the room where I would be holding origami workshops related to my exhibition at Olsztyn Planetarium. During the...
Adjustable Cube
This cube is a mechanical toy. Its size can be adjusted: the cube can grow or shrink by a factor of about two. It starts out as a cube with a pattern resembl...
Alien Vase
This wireframe vase is not very practical as a container, but the design is interesting. It can be used to hold a tennis ball in place and prevent it from ro...
Allegro IPO
Yesterday, my employer, Allegro, went public in what was Poland’s largest IPO so far and Europe’s largest this year. Hopefully, the charts continue growing a...
Alpha and Omega
Alpha and Omega. The beginning and the ending. The first and the last. Origami wet-folded from a strip of watercolor paper.
Ampersand (CLU)
In 2021, I went back to my Cross Lap Unit (CLU) from 2016 and folded this ampersand (&) character. The ampersand symbol, which is, strictly speaking, nei...
Annapurna from StEM modules
Annapurna (also known as ten intersecting triangles or 10 × 3 × 1 polypolyhedron) was designed by Robert Lang, but the model presented here uses my Sturdy Ed...
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...
Armor-Piercing
A bullet in flight, penetrating a sheet of armor.
Arrow Corrugation
In March 2020, shortly after the CfC2 conference, as the pandemic was just taking off, the origami Community for Creators started organizing online origami m...
Art Deco Ring
This ring uses a set of simple pleats for its jewel. This technique, somewhat similar to Goran Konjevod’s, made me think of Art Deco style, hence the name. T...
Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust
Origami is but pieces of colored paper, easily consumed by the elements and forgotten.
At the Mountains of Madness
A free-form origami corrugation folded from a strip of Jet Black Canford Paper. Named after a novella by H.P. Lovecraft. The crooked lines also somewhat rese...
Aton Kusudama
Aton Kusudama, variant A (many more are possible). Spiked icosahedron made from 30 units. Designed and folded by me. More variants are possible, some with in...
Aton Unit (variant A)
Aton Unit, variant A (many more are possible). More variants are possible, some with interesting color changes. Unit named after the Egyptian deity.
BBU Doghouse
Dog house designed by me using several modified variants of Building Block Units. All units (3 for the roof and 13 for the walls and entrance) made from squa...
Baby Elephant
I folded this model in a workshop with the late Artur Biernacki at the 2016 convention of Polish Origami Society.
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 ...
Barnacles
The name of this corrugation comes from the sessile sea organisms it resembles.
Bascetta Star Unit
I originally learned about this unit under the name Modulo Tornillo and only later found out it was better known as the unit for making Bascetta Stars.
Bed
A simple origami bed with color-change for the bedsheet. My design from late 2019.
Bed of Nails 3D Tessellation
Bed of Nails 3D, an origami tessellation folded from a single sheet of Elephant Hide paper; no cutting or glue. It is possible to adjust the length of the sp...
Bed of Nails Tessellation
I was inspired to design this tessellation resembling a bed of nails after a comment from P. Colman on flickr regarding my Fenced Tiling of Fujimoto’s Clove...
Bed of Nails Tessellation (Long Nail Variant)
This variant of my Bed of Nails Tessellation features longer nails, which have additionally been sharpened at the tips compared to the basic version.
Bell Tower
Inspired by traditional Polish wooden churches and the wooden belfry in Paczyna.
Bible
After a book with a face on the cover (called Biography), I designed a book with a Maltese Cross on the cover (aptly called Bible). This model’s design is ba...
Big Paper Boat
A large paper boat (1.5 m long), folded to test the feasibility for origami of thick double-layer corrugated board (see blog post for details).
Big and Small Squares
While designing Scroll of time: 2017, I needed a widget which would allow me to have some square twists on one side of the paper and then to smoothly transit...
Biography
This origami book features a portrait on the front cover, so I called it Biography. The structure of the book is basically the same as in my Long Story Short...
Black Framed Heart
A Framed Heart, folded from black Goat Skin paper.
Blazing Propellers Tessellation
A modification of my earlier Propellers Tessellation. The blazing propeller also resembles a whirlpool or a tropical cyclone. 14×14 grid per molecule, 48×48 ...
Blazing Propellers Tessellation (Elephant Hide Paper)
Another fold of my Blazing Propellers Tessellation, this time 4×4 molecules (64×64 grid).
Blazing Propellers Tessellation Molecule (30×30 grid)
An extended version of my Blazing Propellers molecule, folded from 30×30 grid (32×32 for complete model with margin) rather than the standard 14×14 grid.
Blintz Icosidodecahedron
There are six intersecting planar surfaces, each in the shape of pentagonal star, in this model. This leads to the most popular coloring with six different c...
Blintzed Bird Base Corrugation
This corrugation is exactly what it says on the tin: blintzed bird bases tiled side by side. Large tilings have a slight tendency towards curling, but it can...
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 ...
Body and Blood
An origami tessellation for Maundy Thursday and Easter.
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...
Book with Diamond on Cover
Recently, I gave an Origami Connect workshop on my origami book model Long Story Short. Preparing for the workshop motivated me to revisit an idea which I ha...
Bow-Tie Sonobe
This is a Sonobe variant, derived from my Paper Airplane Sonobe by changing just a few folds.
Bowl Box
A simple box folded from a hexagon. It is closely related to Crown Box.
Box with Alien Pyramid
The decoration on this box consists of just a few modified open-back square twists. It resembles a flat-topped pyramid such as found in Mesoamerican architec...
Box with Arrangement of Rectangles
Recently, I came up with a family of patterns which result from placing four modified twists around the corners of a rectangle or square. Some variations are...
Box with Braided Pinwheel Tessellation (variant C) molecule
This is a simple box decorated with a molecule of Braided Pinwheel Tessellation variant C. It was one of my experiments with folding window blind fabric and ...
Box with Color-Change Star (Hexagonal)
The technique used for this hexagonal box can be used for other polygons as well, resulting in boxes with a different number of sides. However, the minimum n...
Box with Cross Pattee I
An origami box featuring the heraldic Cross Pattee.I used the same molecule in Cross Pattee Tessellation, and just as the tessellation, the box also uses my ...
Box with Cross Pattee II
An origami box featuring the heraldic Cross Pattee. This model uses my Flagstone Paneling technique in order to achieve a completely clean space around the m...
Box with Cross Pattee III
An origami box featuring the heraldic Cross Pattee. This model uses my Flagstone Paneling technique in order to achieve a completely clean space around the m...
Box with Cross Pattee IV
An origami box featuring the heraldic Cross Pattee. This model uses my Flagstone Paneling technique in order to achieve a completely clean space around the m...
Box with Decorated Maltese Cross
Box with a heavily stylized Maltese Cross. The molecule can be tessellated or used on a box as in this picture. This design uses my Flagstone Paneling techni...
Box with Fat Propeller
This box is decorated with a single molecule of Fat Propellers Tessellation. I designed the molecule and folded a box decorated with it no later than 2017, a...
Box with Framed Pyramid
This design is derived from Box with Alien Pyramid by rearranging paper layers. While the latter molecule tends to rise up from the plane and become 3D, this...
Box with Greek Cross and Squares IV
The tessellation molecule decorating this box is one of many similar patterns I designed after my visit to CfC conference in Zaragoza in February 2020. While...
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 ...
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.
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 Maltese Cross I
An origami box featuring the heraldic Maltese Cross. The molecule is based on the one used in Maltese Cross Framed and a slight variation of the one used in ...
Box with Maltese Cross II
Another approach to the subject of Maltese Cross. The molecule can be tessellated or used on a box as in this picture. This design uses my Flagstone Paneling...
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.
Box with Pajarita (color change)
A color-change version of my Box with Pajarita v. 1.1. In contrast to folds using harmony paper, here the different color of the Pajarita is the result of an...
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...
Box with Ribbon Bow
Box with a ribbon bow, constructed using a molecule of my Sunflower Tessellation and with color change added to make the ribbon stand out better from the bac...
Box with Ribbon Bow (diagonal)
A box with a ribbon bow, constructed using a molecule of my Sunflower Tessellation and with color change. This is a variant where the ribbon runs along the d...
Box with Shooting Star
I designed this box during the annual meeting of Polish Meteoritical Society (meteorites are one of my hobbies alongside origami).
Box with Shy Flower
This box features a tessellation molecule which I called Shy Flower. I derived it from my earlier Braided Pinwheel Tessellation. The flower is 3D and its mos...
Box with Star of David
A recent design of mine, a box with the Star of David, seen from the top. Folded from a single sheet of Tant paper without cuts or glue. The star can be tess...
Box with Super-Ninja Star Tessellation (Thick Lid Variant)
A box decorated with a molecule of Super-Ninja Star Tessellation which is an extension of Ninja Star Tessellation. The super-variant has larger blades.
Box with Super-Ninja Star Tessellation (Thin Lid Variant)
A box decorated with a molecule of Super-Ninja Star Tessellation which is an extension of Ninja Star Tessellation. The super-variant has larger blades.
Box with Super-Ninja Star Tessellation — Comparison of Variants
These boxes are decorated with a molecule of Super-Ninja Star Tessellation which is an extension of Ninja Star Tessellation. The super-variant has larger bla...
Box with Twisted Bird Base Tessellation Molecule
Box with a single molecule of my Twisted Bird Base Tessellation.
Box with Two-in-One Flower Tessellation
Box with a single molecule of my Two-in-One Flower Tessellation. This pattern is derived from four molecules of Double Spearhead Tessellation slightly modifi...
Box with Walled Garden Tessellation Molecule
Another tessellation disguised as a box so that I can get away with folding just a single molecule, but I do plan to fold a full-fledged tessellation some ti...
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 Woven Triangles I
This is a simple box with a molecule of Woven Triangles Tessellation I. My first attempt at folding this model resulted in a slightly modified molecule and e...
Box with Woven Triangles II
Another box with a tessellation molecule from the Woven Triangle family.
Box with Woven Triangles III
This is the third tessellation pattern in Woven Triangle family, and it looks good as a single molecule on a box as well.
Box with Woven Triangles IV
This origami box is decorated with a tessellation molecule from the Woven Triangle family. In contrast to Woven Triangles I, II, and III, Woven Triangles IV ...
Box with Woven Triangles IX
This is the first box in the Woven Triangles family to be based on a structure modified by twisting the square on the back side of the molecule. This also ma...
Box with Woven Triangles V
Another member of the Woven Triangles family, single tessellation molecule on a box.
Box with Woven Triangles VI
After a break, I’m back to presenting variants of molecules from the Woven Triangles tessellation series. Again, it’s a single tessellation molecule used to ...
Box with Woven Triangles VII
In this variant, the triangles are located in a deeper layer of paper, as if peeking through an opening in a wall.
Box with Woven Triangles VIII
As in Box with Woven Triangles VII, in Box with Woven Triangles VIII the triangles are located below other layers of paper and only partially peeking outside.
Box with Woven Triangles X
In this member of the Woven Triangles family, the triangles have different proportions than the √5:√5:√10 sides found in most other variants.
Box with Woven Triangles XI
In this Woven Triangles variant, pleats are not locked as strongly as in others, which will probably make folding a real multi-molecule tessellation neatly h...
Box with Woven Triangles XII
This version of Woven Triangles molecule looks very similar to Woven Triangles I at first glance but has a different arrangement of pleats. These seem to ci...
Box with Woven Triangles XIII
When folding this box, I thought I was making a clean fold of Box with Woven Triangles XVI, but I missed one detail and ended up with yet another design. You...
Box with Woven Triangles XIV
This variant of Woven Triangles is very similar to number XIII except for the pleat visible on the box’s side having a different layer ordering.
Box with Woven Triangles XIX
Design derived from Box with Woven Triangles XVIII by rearranging layers.
Box with Woven Triangles XV
This model from Woven Triangles series features a frame that surrounds the four interwoven triangles in the center of the molecule.
Box with Woven Triangles XVI
Naming this box, the first in the Woven Triangles family, was a little misunderstanding. I originally labeled it number I since it was the first to be publis...
Box with Woven Triangles XVII
This design is pretty much like Box with Woven Triangles XII but with different layer ordering. The change results in the triangles being covered by pleats a...
Box with Woven Triangles XVIII
This model is derived from Box with Woven Triangles II by sinking one edge of the triangle which results in a striking pattern of triangular flat islands bet...
Box with Woven Triangles XVIII (white flax paper)
I folded this box in order to test John Gerard’s pure flax white paper. You can read more in my review of this paper.
Box with Woven Triangles XX
In this variant of Woven Triangles, the triangles are hidden in deeper layers of the molecule and surrounded by flat rectangular panels.
Box with Woven Triangles XXI
Another box with a tessellation molecule from the Woven Triangles family. The triangles are visible in deep layers of the model, surrounded by a flat frame.
Box with Woven Triangles XXII
Derived from Box with Woven Triangles IX by changing the layer ordering.
Braided Pinwheel Tessellation
This tessellation comes in two molecule variants. Despite being a kind of twist, molecules can be made to turn left or right independent of each other, i.e. ...
Braided Pinwheel Tessellation (variant C)
This is variant C of Braided Pinwheel Tessellation. The molecule looks like a combination of variant A and variant B molecule. There are quite a few layers o...
Brain in a Vat
A brain in a vat is a thought experiment related to consciousness and the perception of reality which has, in one form or another, interested people ranging ...
Brexit
Model designed on my plane back from UK which I visited just days after the Brexit vote. The British Flag itself can be used as a tessellation molecule and t...
Brick Wall
This classic model, often referred to by the name Momotani’s Wall, is an example of an iso-area tessellation: the front and back display the same pattern. In...
Brick and Mortar
I designed this tessellation as a variant of Momotani’s Wall with some extra spacing between the bricks added (hence the name Brick and Mortar Tessellation).
Broken Heart Box
A box with a heart, which is also an action origami model. When things go wrong, the heart can be reshaped into a broken heart. The heart itself can be tesse...
Buffalo Head
A very simple model representing a buffalo’s head with curved horns. Bull Head is a variant.
Building Block Units (BBU)
Building Block Units (BBU) are a family of units which make it possible to design a great variety of shapes. An important class of models are buildings and o...
Bull Head
A simple head of a bull, with color-change horns. Can be considered a variant of Buffalo Head.
Bumpy Octahedron
Some recent cube stands by Owrigami reminded me of my PVM unit and I got the idea of combining several of them on a single sheet of paper. This model is esse...
Business Card Cube Module
This unit can be used to make cubes and almost any shapes built from cubes using business cards. With only two folds, it’s literally the simplest unit I know...
Butchers’ Guild Coat of Arms
This model started out something completely different that what it ended up being. Originally, I planned to make a model of Lublin Castle, and started with t...
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...
Candy (CFW 289)
A little-known area of Shuzo Fujimoto’s origami designs are his corrugations. He published several dozen designs, based both on square and triangle grid, lon...
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...
Cat
I folded this model in order to test what folding origami from felt would be like, and I summarized my impressions in a separate blog post.
Celtic Cross
This free-standing cross was inspired by high crosses — stone monuments erected throughout the Middle Ages in Ireland and Britain.
Celtic Cross 1.1
An improved version of my Celtic Cross. Based on standing crosses found throughout the British Isles.
Celtic Cross Tessellation
An origami tessellation based on my Celtic Cross model. This fold has a margin and extra space between molecules for a grid of 28×28.
Chain (CBU)
When I was little, it was common for kids to make paper chains as Christmas tree decoration (łańcuch na choinkę). These chains were made by cutting colored p...
Checkered Sonobe
A Sonobe variant derived from my Paper Airplane Sonobe.
Chess Knight
A recent origami design of mine — chess knight with a corrugation-based mane.
Chevron Corrugation
Corrugation, designed and folded by me, but later I learned that Daniel Kwan folded this pattern before, inspired by a similar model by Charles Hoberman (det...
Chevron Corrugation (UD-DU)
This is a new variant of my Chevron Corrugation. The variant shown here was designed by myself, and, as I later learned, also by others, though with differen...
Chevron Corrugation (UD-DU) from Blue Khepera Paper
A new fold of my UD-DU Chevron Corrugation.
Chevron Corrugation (UD-UU-DU-DD)
Yet another variant of my Chevron Corrugation.
Chevron Corrugation (UUDD-DDUU)
Another variant of my Chevron Corrugation.
Chevron Corrugation (iso-area)
This is a variant of my Chevron Corrugation in which every other row of chevrons is reversed, i.e. pointing down instead of up. This makes the corrugation is...
Chipped Box
Top edges of this box look as if they were chipped, hence the name. The whole top area is a tessellation molecule, derived by a simple change from the base t...
Chopin’s Grand Piano (Spiked Icosahedron)
Named after a poem, this model is — strictly speaking — just a spiked icosahedron.
Christ Pantokrator
Christ Pantokrator, inspired by Byzantine icons. One sheet of Edokosome paper, just folding. Merry Christmas!
Christmas Ornament (TEM)
This particular model is made from 3 modules, but any number of modules from 2 upwards can be used to create similar models. The only limitation is paper’s t...
Christmas Tree 2018
Unintuitive as it may seem, this tessellated Christmas Tree was born as a modification of a shooting star model, Epiphany III. The molecule used for creating...
Chrysanthemum
This design is my modification of Shuzo Fujimoto’s Hydrangea. Despite the change being very minor, it allows the model to be shaped in a more three-dimension...
Chrysanthemum (CFW 142)
Shuzo Fujimoto’s star with twelve rays, folded from a hexagon. See Maple Leaf (CFW 149) for a counterpart folded from a square and a list of variants made fr...
Chrysanthemum Medal (CFW 176)
This star based on a hex twist and designed by Shuzo Fujimoto has double the normal number of rays. It can be fitted with an additional “ribbon” (made from a...
Church
This model does not represent any actual church. Instead, it freely mixes elements typically found in small churches (rectangular floor plan without transept...
Clematis Tessellation
My idea behind this tessellation was designing something easy to learn for beginners but at the same to make it reasonably well looking. The models I have us...
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...
Close-Quarters Folding (Lizard Hide Paper)
Another fold of my Close-Quarters Folding tessellation, this time from 20×20 grid which gives the central part with small squares and the margin of larger sq...
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 ×...
Clover Folding
Along with the Hydrangea, this is one of the oldest picture of a tessellation folded by me (taken in June 2015).
Clover Folding (22×22 grid)
I hadn’t folded Shuzo Fujimoto’s Clover Folding for at least two years when I decided to fold one again after seeing some examples beautifully folded by John...
Clover Folding (Fujimoto) and Lookalike (Kosmulski) side by side
A side-by-side comparison of Shuzo Fujimoto’s Clover Folding (left) and my own Clover Folding Lookalike (right). Front and back sides are shown (top and bott...
Clover Folding (blue)
Along with the other Clover Folding model, this is the oldest picture of a tessellation folded by me (taken in June 2015).
Clover Folding Lookalike
This is my design which at first glance looks very similar to Shuzo Fujimoto’s Clover Folding but has a completely different crease pattern and design.
Cluster Tessellation
Cluster Tessellation, designed and folded by Michał Kosmulski. There are several different ways of achieving a similar effect but with a slightly different p...
Clustered Bricks
This design is a variant of Shifted Bricks. Every other brick in each row is of different length. Since the rows are shifted relative to each other, if you l...
Coaster (WSM)
Coaster made from 4 slightly modified Woven Slit Modules (WSM) folded from square paper. The two sides of the coaster display different patterns. Six coaster...
Coaster Cube
This cube is made from a slightly modified variant of my Woven Slit Module (WSM). 36 units are used (6×4 = 24 for the faces and 12 for the edges), made from ...
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...
Coat of Arms of Mariupol
This is the coat of arms of the city of Mariupol where fierce fighting in the Azovstal iron works is currently taking place. It is not surprising for a port ...
Coat of Arms of Rzeszów
Coat of arms of the city of Rzeszów, executed in origami from a single square sheet of paper. The cross visible in the center of the shield, known as Cross p...
Coffee Cup (CFW 200)
This model is one of Fujimoto’s few figurative origami designs, but a very distinctive one. I really like it for its simplicity and elegance. Despite being a...
Column of Flagellation
Originally, this work was supposed to be a joke, and to get a punny title such as Vertebral Column or Ribbed Column. However, while I was working on it, my v...
Comparison of Scissors Fractal Variants — alternating and consistent rotation direction
A comparison of two variants of Scissors Fractal: one with consistent rotation direction for all levels and one with alternating rotation directions.
Composition of Squares I
This model is based on a simple technique which I used also in Growth and Square Pixel Tessellation models. Other interesting arrangements, with more or less...
Composition of Squares II
This model is based on Square Pixel Tessellation, and is closely related to my earlier Composition of Squares I.
Conveyor Belt (CBU)
A conveyor belt, made from Conveyor Belt Units (CBU). Instead of connecting the ends together, one could also leave the model in the form of a flat tape, or ...
Conveyor Belt Unit (CBU)
This unit can be used for building objects such as flat tapes, rings, Möbius strips, knots, and combinations thereof. The linking mechanism between units is ...
Cookie Cutter
This simple model looks like a cookie cutter, and if made with some stiff enough material (thick metal foil perhaps), could probably actually be used as one....
Cookie Cutter - Christmas Tree
This is an example of how the simple cookie-cutter design can be generalized by varying each side’s length and angles independently, and even applying curved...
Cornflower
A simple corrugated cornflower from a hexagon of Tant paper, 12×12×12 grid. I designed this model while on a bicycle tour in 2019 but first made a clean fold...
Corrugation: Shark Teeth
My new iso-area origami corrugation which I called Shark Teeth due to the sharp triangular molecules of which it is composed. Like many other corrugations, t...
Cottage
A very simple building without many details. I later improved the design while preserving its simplicity (see Cottage 1.1).
Cottage 1.1
This is an improved version of my origami Cottage, made from Building Block Units.
Crane (Window Blind Fabric)
I folded this traditional crane in order to test a new folding material: fabric used for roller window blinds. Despite the fabric being quite thick, I was ab...
Crane from RFID Chip
In late 2016, I folded this traditional crane from an RFID chip identical to the one on which the crane is sitting. The sheet was very small, so this experim...
Crane with Color Change (Left-Right)
This variant of the Traditional Crane adds a color change along the axis of symmetry. It’s a very simple change, based on blintzing, and I’m pretty certain I...
Crane with Colored Wings
This is a variation of the traditional origami crane which I recently designed: there is a color change giving the wings a different color than the body. I h...
Crane with Colored Wings (Origamido paper)
Another fold of my Crane with Colored Wings, this time from Origamido double tissue paper (courtesy of Michael Lafosse and Richard Alexander).
Cross Lap Unit (CLU)
The Cross Lap Unit (CLU) consists of a long strip into which a number of notches have been folded. These notches can be placed on either edge of the strip, a...
Crowding Butterflies
This model is just a tessellation of Crossed Box Pleats: the back side which you see here is the Crowding Butterflies model by Shuzo Fujimoto. You can notice...
Crowding Butterflies (diagonal 48 grid)
In the description of my recent Hydrangea Tessellation fold, I mentioned that I had recently experimented with different variants of the “leaves” which form ...
Crown
An origami Crown (my own design), pictured sitting on top of a pomelo fruit. The crown is folded from a long strip of Gampi paper which was left over when I ...
Crown Box
The name of this simple box, folded from a hexagon, comes from its jagged edge. It is closely related to Bowl Box.
Crown from Strip
This model is very simple, and you can probably easily reverse-engineer it even without much origami experience. Once the strip is folded into the zig-zag sh...
Crown of Thorns
Crown of Thorns: modular origami from 8 units. Each unit is from an 8:1 rectangle of paper and all units can be precreased as a single square only to be cut ...
Crucifix
This origami crucifix is modeled after icon crosses found in Byzantine art, but also present in other styles up to this day. A matching model for All Saints’...
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...
Cube (2:1 paper, slits outside)
In this assembly method, each of the cube’s faces is made of two modules which are both attached to both perpendicular modules in the same way. Together with...
Cube (2:1 paper, woven connection, slits inside)
In this assembly method, units forming each face of the cube are woven, forming a hole in the middle. This increases the number of units needed for a cube to...
Cube (2:1 paper, woven connection, slits outside)
In this assembly method, units forming each face of the cube are woven, forming a hole in the middle. This increases the number of units needed for a cube to...
Cube (3:2 paper, slits outside)
This is about as simple a model as it gets (just 6 units).
Cube (BBU D18)
Cube from 12 modules: 6 × D18, 6 × A1.
Cube (BBU D9)
Cube from 12 modules: 6 × D9, 6 × A1.
Cube (BBU E10)
Due to the E10 tile’s small flaps, it can’t be directly attached to the flaps of inner A1 tiles. An additional “sizing” layer of A2 tiles is needed for prope...
Cube (BBU E7)
Another cube from BBU-s: 6 × E7, 6 × D4 6 × A1.
Cube (Penultimate Unit)
A cube made from Penultimate Unit, designed by Robert Neale. These units are very simple to fold and very versatile.
Cube (SEU Sonobe)
This model (second in bottom row) is shown compared to other models folded from SEU units made from 2:1 and square paper (top and bottom row, respectively).
Cube (SEU from 2:1 paper)
This model (second in top row) is shown compared to other models folded from SEU units made from 2:1 and square paper (top and bottom row, respectively).
Cube (StEM)
This model (second from the left) is compared here with some other simple polyhedra folded from the same kind of module.
Cube from Recursive Four-Sink Base
This cube is made from six units, each of which is a recursive four-sink base modified for use as a module.
Cube from Sunken Vertex Units
The result of using the sunken variant of PVM Vertex Unit is a cube with four vertices replaced by inverted pyramids.
Cube with Depressed Edges (BBU E9)
Made from my Building Block Units (BBU), modified E9 variant.
Cuboctahedron (Open Frame Unit)
I folded this cuboctahedron from modified Open Frame Units (Tomoko Fuse) around 2013. Just 12 units are used, and without modification, they would create a r...
Custom Unit 2009
This is a custom unit I designed in 2009. The design is a variation on the theme of generic edge unit, folded along the shorter axis.
Cut Surfaces of a Cube (CFW 339)
This interesting model by Shuzo Fujimoto represents a cube with a corner cut off. Depending on the proportions of the paper strip used, the cut surface is cl...
DNA
A classic model by Thoki Yenn, folded by me, probably around 2017. DNA Replication is my variant of this design.
DNA Replication
My modification of Thoki Yenn’s DNA model. Folded from a long strip (1:8 or so) of metallic paper.
Dachshund
The Dachshund (Perro Salchicha) is a very cute dog model I immediately liked when I first saw it. I also designed a doghouse in matching style.
Dachshund (from Washi paper)
The dog is standing in front of a doghouse I designed specially to match this model.
Dachshund Ouroboros
The ouroboros is an ancient symbol of infinity and self-reference. It is represented as a serpent or dragon eating its own tail. This one has assumed the for...
Dachshund in Doghouse
Yara Yagi’s dog is standing in front of a doghouse designed be me specially to match this model.
Daffodil
This design is derived from Star a la Fujimoto III. Central part is raised, and has a color change, just as many kinds of real daffodil. In this fold I think...
Daffodil (CFW 100)
One of Shuzo Fujimoto’s stars, based on a hex twist whose central hexagon has a side length equal to ⅓ of the hexagonal sheet’s edge.
Daffodil Variant A (CFW 101)
One of Shuzo Fujimoto’s stars, based on a hex twist whose central hexagon has a side length equal to ⅓ of the hexagonal sheet’s edge. Folded from uncoated Kr...
Daffodil Variant B (CFW 409)
While called Daffodil Variant B, this design is actually a variant of Daffodil Variant A (CFW 101) rather than a variant of Daffodil (CFW 100). This is becau...
Dahlia (CFW 144)
One of Shuzo Fujimoto’s many stars. Folded from a hexagon, but the number of rays is twelve. There is a design from a square (CFW 150) that uses a similar te...
Daisy
In early 2023, I went back to an idea I had in 2016 to make a modular daisy out of bent modules, all connected in the center of the flower. My first attempt ...
Dancing Squares Tessellation
A simple modification of the square twist, so it may well have been invented by others before. Since it’s hard to fold the creases exactly, each square is a ...
Darth Vader Corrugation
This origami mask representing Darth Vader is also a corrugation at the same time (single layer of paper almost everywhere). Very simple: just make an 8×8 gr...
David (דוד)
I designed and folded this model in mid-2023. Originally, I planned it as a typical figurative illustration of the story of David and Goliath, often found in...
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...
Decorated Icosidodecahedron
One of the larger models I have designed, this icosidodecahedron has pentagonal faces made up of small triangular pyramids and triangular faces replaced with...
Depressed Propeller Box
A new box design based on Propellers Tessellation molecule. The molecule is depressed, meaning that the layers of paper forming the sides of the box are abov...
Dodecagonal Kaleidocycle
This origami kaleidocycle is an example of a flexible polyhedron, and an action origami model. You can see the cycling action in this video by Ed Holmes, in ...
Dodecagons
In this tessellation, I used the same technique of doubling the number of a polygon’s sides as in Sad Octagons, this time making dodecagons from hexagons.
Dodecahedron (Penultimate Unit)
A regular dodecahedron made from Penultimate Unit, designed by Robert Neale. These units are very simple to fold and very versatile.
Doghouse for Yara Yagi’s Dachshund
I like Yara Yagi’s Dachshund very much. I will be teaching this model at this year’s Outdoor Origami Meeting so I thought a nice dog like this deserved a mat...
Dollar Bill Hare
This is one of my favorite origami animals: simple to fold, quite realistic but also a model with its own character.
Doom
Doom Eternal is coming out tomorrow, so here’s an origami version of the cover art of the first Doom game from 1993. Origami from a single square sheet, no c...
Double Spearhead Tessellation
This is an origami design derived from my Square Pixel Tessellation. It was featured in Robert Lang’s tessellation book.
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 ...
Double Spearhead Tessellation Variants
This is a model folded back in 2018 which I somehow forgot to post earlier. Each molecule of my Double Spearhead Tessellation can be modified by sinking any ...
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.
Double Star
The inspiration for this design came to me from viewing the back side of Star a la Fujimoto III. Later, I found out that Andrey Hechuev earlier designed a te...
Double-Blintzed Bird Base Corrugation
After tessellating the blintzed bird base, a natural next step for me was to double-blintz it. Bird base blintzed two times can be tessellated, and it result...
Double-Bottom Double Spearhead Tessellation
A modification of my earlier design, Double Spearhead Tessellation. Due to the double bottom with more paper layers, this model doesn’t look as nicely back-l...
Down the Rabbit Hole
This tessellation consists of concentric square twists of growing size. The medium is self-adhesive holographic foil glued onto tracing paper. The spiral is ...
Dune Flower
A different arrangement of the same molecule as in my Dune Tessellation. Some other arrangements are also possible with a bit of tweaking.
Dune Tessellation
A new design of mine, Dune Tessellation (long slit variant).
Easter Egg
Decorating Easter Eggs is a popular Easter tradition in Poland, Ukraine, and other Slavic countries. This one is folded from a single sheet of paper rather t...
Eco Box
My goal when designing this box was reusing the strips of paper which are left over when a square is cut off from an A4 piece of paper. This strip also happe...
Edelweiss Box (variant A)
I derived this design from my Shamrock 1.1 Box. Just like the former, it can be tessellated. It is named after a rare flower which grows in the mountains.
Egg Cup
This very simple model is folded from an equilateral triangle, and based on a pattern which corresponds to the hypar but on a triangle grid. You can use this...
Egg Cup II
This cup is a design derived from Lucky Star Box (Simplified) Variant B and the PreCP (Precrease Pattern) is the same. The paper used to form the star in the...
Egyptian Pyramid
This design can be extended indefinitely by adding more and more levels (a smaller, single-level variant is also possible). The walls are angled at 45 degree...
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...
Elephant Bookmark
An origami bookmark (two pieces folded from different papers) featuring an elephant motif. Other animals’ heads can be designed in a similar fashion. This mo...
Elephant-Shaped Business Card Holder
A simple business card holder in the form of an elephant I recently designed. With minor modification it can be folded from a square (a rectangle was used he...
Elephants in Love
I designed this model, based on my Simple Elephant, for the wedding of two origami friends, Marcin and Natalia. Folded from a single 5:1 strip of red-gold Wa...
Elevated Twists
These pyramid-shaped structures appear as intermediate stages when collapsing some more complex tessellations. Basically, they are square twists in the uprig...
Empty Tomb
Happy Easter!
Entry to the Fjord
Together with In the Fjord, this is from my Norwegian fjord series of origami works. Folded from hand-made paper with oatmeal.
Epiphany I
Depending on context, this origami corrugation can be used as the Star of Bethlehem or just a standard comet. Designed and folded by me.
Epiphany II
This is my second attempt at designing a Star of Bethlehem (which can also double as a regular comet). After designing it, I found online pictures of a simil...
Epiphany IV
This rendition of the Star of Bethlehem is based on the same general idea as Epiphany III, but made to better resemble an actual comet. It features a double ...
Epiphany Tessellation
An origami tessellation for the Feast of Epiphany. Single sheet of Gampi paper, no cutting or glue. Wet folding was used for the coma of the Stars of Bethleh...
Epiphany V
This year’s model of the Star of Bethlehem for Epiphany is based on my Star of David I molecule. The model as a whole is very similar to Epiphany III, the di...
Excalibur
Excalibur, the sword in the stone, from Arthurian legends. Origami folded from one sheet (Elephant Hide paper courtesy of Paula Versnick). Also compare my Tw...
Expanded Hexagonal Prism
This is a shape created by placing cubes on the outer square walls of a hexagonal prism. This way, the outer outline becomes a dodecagonal prism. Seen from t...
FIT (Five Intersecting Tetrahedra)
At only 30 modules, this model is still much more challenging than most models with several times that many units, but also a lot of fun to fold. See the lin...
FIT (Five Intersecting Tetrahedra) in other colors
Another fold of the Compound of Five Tetrahedra, with different colors. I used this model to make anaglyph images which allow you to see it in 3D (with red-c...
FIT (Five Intersecting Tetrahedra), silver
Another fold of Five Intersecting Tetrahedra (FIT), this time with silver metallic paper.
Family Portrait of Boxes with Woven Triangles I-XVI
These pictures show sixteen boxes decorated with tessellation molecules belonging to the Woven Triangles family, folded in the years 2020-2021. All boxes wer...
Fat Penguin
Once in a while, I design something other than a tessellation or a box. This geometric penguin model came about during Outdoor Origami Meeting as I was playi...
Fear Not
Fear not. Stay home. Be patient. 2 × origami eye, wet-folded from watercolor paper.
Felix Culpa Tessellation
Believe it or not, this tessellation is closely related to my Double Spearhead Tessellation.
Fenced Tiling of Clover Folding
I designed this tiling of Shuzo Fujimoto’s Clover Folding after I saw the tiling by Peter Budai and thought it would be better to make the borders between mo...
Fir Cone / Christmas Ornament
These fir cones make nice Christmas tree decorations. Designed by myself, they are based on the pleated part of Super Pineapple Tessellation.
Flag of Ukraine
The Flag of Ukraine — a single fold on a square of yellow-blue duo color Kami paper. This way of folding national flags consisting of two parallel stripes is...
Flagstone Paneling of Cross Pattee Tessellation
This origami tessellation, hand-folded from a single sheet of Biotope paper, without any cutting or glue, demonstrates my new approach to cleanly separating ...
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...
Floppy Disk (Square Interlace Bitmap Tessellation)
Floppy disks are pretty much obsolete by now but there was a time when they were state-of-the-art in personal computer storage, and they live on in the Save ...
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.
Flower Dodecahedron (60°)
Compare with an icosahedron constructed from units modified by me in a similar manner.
Flower Icosahedron (60°)
Compare with a dodecahedron constructed from units modified by me in a similar manner, and with a model with the same structure but using StEM units.
Flower Icosahedron (StEM)
This is an icosahedron (or dodecahedron, depending on how you look at it) made from a modified version of Sturdy Edge Module (StEM), a 90-degree unit variant...
Flower Pot I
A simple geometric origami container whose bottom is not flat.
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.
Flower Tessellation
Flower Tessellation, designed by Meenakshi Mukerji. The molecule is derived from the Crossed Box Pleat (CBP). I folded and photographed this model for Meenak...
Fortune Teller
The Fortune Teller, also known as the Cootie Catcher or Salt Cellar, is one of traditional European origami designs. In different languages, it is known unde...
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...
Four-Sink Base Tessellation (Diagonal)
I folded this tessellation for a collaboration with the late Meenakshi Mukerji. I would fold some simple tessellation bases on which her designs were based a...
Four-Sink Base Tessellation (Larger Spacing)
This is a fold of just a simple Four-Sink Base Tessellation but with additional space of one grid unit between molecules. Folded from a sheet of red Nicolas ...
Four-Sink-Base Tessellation
This kind of tessellation is not very interesting in itself, but has been invented and used by many authors independently as basis for more advanced designs....
Fractal Mountains Reflecting in a Lake
A minimalistic self-similar origami design, in the style of Edward Mistretta’s recent works.
Fractal Pinwheel
This pinwheel displays a fractal pattern with smaller pinwheels embedded inside larger ones, a series which can be continued indefinitely with thin enough pa...
Fractal Pinwheel Cube
This is an example of using my Fractal Pinwheel as a modular unit. Due to small size, there’s only one level so the fractalness is not so clearly visible.
Fractalized CFW 85 (alternating fold direction)
I developed Shuzo Fujimoto’s design, Petals (CFW 85) into a fractal. I don’t have direct proof if Fujimoto was aware of this possibility, but I think it’s li...
Fractalized CFW 85 (consistent fold direction)
I developed Shuzo Fujimoto’s design, Petals (CFW 85) into a fractal. I don’t have direct proof if Fujimoto was aware of this possibility, but I think it’s li...
Fractalized CFW 91
I found out that Shuzo Fujimoto’s molecule used in his CFW 91 star, can be changed into a fractal. By pulling some paper outside in the center, you can get a...
Fragile Heart Tessellation
This is a tessellation which represents a heart. The heart can be shaped to become a broken heart, which allows the model to be treated as action origami. Th...
Framed Heart
This model uses an improved version of my Broken Heart Molecule. I call this version simply Heart Tessellation II / Molecule.
Framed Heart (Elephant Hide)
My Framed Heart, folded from the rare red Elephant Hide paper in late 2019. The heart can be tessellated, but I haven’t folded it this way in practice yet.
Framed Heart (variant B)
This is variant B of my Framed Heart. Just like the original, it consists of a tessellation molecule placed inside a frame folded from the same sheet of pape...
Framed Two-in-One Flower (Purple)
A fold of Framed Two-in-One Flower, folded from purple Tant paper.
Framed Two-in-One Flower (Variant 0)
A single framed molecule of my Two-in-One Flower Tessellation. This is the most basic variant both of the flower and of the frame.
Framed Two-in-One Flower (Variant 1)
A single molecule of Variant 1 of my Two-in-One Flower Tessellation together with a frame, folded from a single sheet of Satogami paper (16×16 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...
Framed Two-in-One Flower (Variant 3)
Yet another variant of framed molecule of my Two-in-One Flower Tessellation. Molecule and frame folded from a single sheet of Satogami paper (16×16 grid).
Framed Two-in-One Flower with Color Change
A slight modification of my Framed Two-in-One Flower, with a color-changed frame. The colour change is very simple: basically, in the first step the paper is...
Francis Ow’s 60-degree unit
Francis Ow’s 60-degree unit is one of the first versatile edge units and can be used for a number of geometric shapes. With minor modification, similar units...
Frank’s Bow Tie (as Frank van Kollem might have folded it)
At Outdoor Origami Meeting 2019, I had the opportunity to fold Frank Van Kollem’s Pythagoras Tree tessellation in a workshop given by Paula Versnick. I had k...
Frank’s Bow Tie (as I would fold it)
Another fold of Frank’s Bow Tie, this time in my usual style (thick paper, as few grid lines visible as is practical). The link contains more information abo...
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...
Fujimoto Cube
This cube, folded from a single square, is one of Shuzo Fujimoto’s most famous designs. Not only is the model very firm, but the folding sequence is a master...
Fujimoto’s Six-Pointed Star
A regular hexagonal star folded from a single square. A simple and elegant design by Shuzo Fujimoto.
Gasherbrum
This is the simplest of Robert J. Lang’s polypolyhedra. A more descriptive name of this model is four intersecting triangles, or 4 × 3 × 1 polypolyhedron.
Gear (CFW 179) (hexagonal)
This star by Shuzo Fujimoto has flat-capped teeth rather than sharp rays. Back side has a color change. It is possible to fold this design from a hexagon (as...
Generic Edge Unit
Several well-known edge units, for example Ow’s 60-degree unit or Simple Edge Unit can be thought of as special cases of a generic edge unit whose connection...
Genie in the Bottle
A genie (not to be confused with gin) is a kind of_spirit_ which tends to live in old magical lamps and bottles. Wet-folded from a rectangle of watercolor pa...
Geometric Vase
This model has a very nice folding sequence. It stays flat throughout almost all the steps, and is only popped into being 3D at the last moment. Proportions ...
Golden Ball (Snub Dodecahedron)
The model’s name is a reference to the Golden Sphere from Roadside Picnic.
Golden Jubilee Corrugation
After I designed this corrugation, I learned that Ron Resch had already designed it in the 1960-s, over 50 years ago. That’s a Golden Jubilee for this model....
Grating Tessellation
This is Grating Tessellation, a new origami design of mine. Vertical walls of the grating divide the whole plane into small cells which give this tessellatio...
Greek Cross Flagstone Tessellation
This origami tessellation was inspired by a pavement pattern I noticed some time ago in my home city of Lublin, Poland, at the old cemetery and in the open-a...
Groom and Bride
Origami tessellation designed as a wedding gift. One sheet of white Elephant Hide paper, no cutting or glue.
Growth
This origami tessellation is made from Square Pixel Tessellation molecule variants which allow the molecules to be made in different sizes.
Growth 1.1
I recently stumbled upon an older model of mine, Growth Tessellation, in one of my boxes, and I decided to rework it a little. I added just a few touches whi...
Hamiltonia Cycle of the Cube
A Hamiltonian cycle is a closed path on a polyhedron which visits each vertex exactly once. This model represents such a path for a cube. It can also be used...
Hamiltonian Cycle of Cube
My design for a single-sheet Hamiltonian cycle of a cube. Origami folded from a single long (just above 5:1) rectangle of paper. The bent frame is in typical...
Handle (CFW 133)
This star, designed by Shuzo Fujimoto, has untypically shaped rays which make it look like the handle of an old tap. CFW 174 is a minor variant of CFW 133.
Handle with Hemp Leaf (CFW 137)
This star by Shuzo Fujimoto uses the same rays as his Handle (CFW 133) but the tessellation molecule is that of Hemp Leaf (CFW 88), same as independently cre...
Handle with Scissors (CFW 136)
Another star by Shuzo Fujimoto which is not even depicted in his books, just mentioned in text. It uses rays from Handle (CFW 133), but the tessellation mole...
Handle with Thorn (CFW 135)
This star uses the same rays as Handle (CFW 133), but the tessellation molecule in the center is that of Thorn (CFW 86).
Happy 2018!
Happy New Year 2018! This is the first fold of my recent idea for making pixel tessellations, called Butterfly Pixel Tessellation. The molecule is basically ...
Happy New Year 2016!
Welcome to 2016! This seven-segment display, executed in origami, shows the current year, and is folded from a single sheet of Elephant Hide paper. With a li...
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...
Hare under a Christmas Tree
Dollar Bill Hare designed by Barth Dunkan, Christmas Tree designed by Artur Biernacki.
Head of Cthulhu
Head of Cthulhu from The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft. Designed and folded by me.
Heading into 2024
Per my personal tradition of designing a New Year’s model each year, here’s one for 2024. This is my first origami design folded from Dragon Hide paper (copp...
Heart (CLU)
Origami heart made from a single Cross Lap Unit (CLU), using a similar technique as my Ichthys. Metallic paper with acrylic paint.
Heart Bracelet
A bracelet with heart motif, folded from a single strip of red-gold duo color Washi paper.
Heart Bracelet II
I designed this simple bracelet with hearts based on a traditional bracelet that has a decoration of squares (check out a comparison of these models).
Heart Bracelet II and Traditional Bracelet Comparison
My Heart Bracelet II alongside the Traditional Bracelet with Squares from which it is derived.
Heart Tessellation II
This model uses an improved version of my Broken Heart Molecule. I call this version simply Heart Tessellation II / Molecule (II because of a Heart Tessellat...
Heart, Ladybug, and Mushroom on BBU Cube
This model is just a friendly reminder that almost any tessellation can be transformed into a BBU tile, and combined with other tiles to create 3D shapes wit...
Heart-Shaped Coil
This is a model I designed and folded back in 2016. It is made from the same kind of units as Single-Module Modular Heart. Any number of units can be used si...
Hearts Tessellation
A quick tessellation of hearts. Molecule design is somewhat similar to Heart Tessellation by Haligami (Halina Rościszewska-Narloch).
Hedgehog
I designed this model especially for the workshop which accompanied my presentation about contemporary origami at the Embassy of Japan in Poland. While rathe...
Hedgehog (Glassine)
Another fold of my Hedgehog, this time from Glassine paper.
Hedgehog Star II
I designed and folded this spiked origami star bearing Ukrainian national colors last Monday night, after Putin’s speech. The design has a color-change, but...
Hedgehog Star II (proper color change)
Another fold of Hedgehog Star II, once again in Ukrainian national colors since symbolizing Ukraine’s resistance in the face of Russia’s aggression was the r...
Hedgehog Star III
A follow-up design to Hedgehog Star II from February. There is a color-change, but in this fold I used two kinds of metallic paper, each same color on both s...
Hedgehog Star III (with proper color change)
Since today is Polish Independence Day, I’m publishing a picture of my Hedgehog Star III folded in Polish national colors. This work uses a proper color chan...
Hedgehog from Sponge Cloth
Hedgehog, wet-folded from a household sponge cloth. Have a look at my review of this untypical folding material.
Hedgehogs!
A tessellation which fills the plane with cute little hedgehogs. Hedgehog design is a modified version of Pureland Hedgehog by Sebastien Limet. Folded from c...
Hemp Leaf (CFW 88)
Another simple modification of a hex twist by Shuzo Fujimoto. When used as a tessellation molecule, this design has later been rediscovered by multiple peopl...
Heptagonal Star Box (Chevron Corrugation)
This seven-sided star shape can be used as one half of a two-piece box or alone as an ornament. This heptagonal star design is based around my Chevron Corrug...
Her Majesty’s Box (WIP)
A new box, aptly named Her Majesty’s Box, taking shape on the train back from the 50th Anniversary Convention of British Origami Society. Both the convention...
Her Majesty’s Box (gold Washi)
A box designed on my way back home from BOS50 convention (I had the idea for the molecule earlier, though). Folded from a sheet of gold-red Washi.
Her Majesty’s Tessellation
The same molecule as in Her Majesty’s Box, used for a tessellation. Diagonally rotated square grid, 32×32.
Her Majesty’s Tessellation (64×64)
This is Her Majesty’s Tessellation (own design) folded from a 64×64 diagonally rotated grid. The spacing between molecules is less dense than in the 32×32 gr...
Her Majesty’s Tessellation (copper color)
Another fold of Her Majesty’s Tessellation. Folded from Elephant Hide paper, painted with copper-color acrylic paint.
Here, Kitty
Cat designed by Jose Anibal Voyer. Copy paper painted with acryl.
Hex Snake
This snake is just a strip of paper that I cut off the side of an A4 sheet with a hex grid so that an integer even number of grid divisions was left on the r...
Hex Twist Star (CFW 103)
This star by Fujimoto is basically the same thing as CFW 87 but folded from a 6×6×6 grid, which results in more paper around the central molecule and a diffe...
Hex Twist Star (CFW 104)
This star by Fujimoto is broadly speaking a level-2 Lucky Star Fractal folded from a slightly smaller hexagon so that there is less paper available on the ba...
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 106)
This star consists of a CFW 91 molecule folded in the center of a hexagon with 6×6×6 grid, giving it additional rays around the molecule. This work is folded...
Hex Twist Star (CFW 106) comparison of patterned Washi and Tant folds
A comparison of two folds of CFW 106 side by side: one from patterned Washi and the other from plain color Tant. Patterned paper, though very nice, made it i...
Hex Twist Star (CFW 106) from patterned Washi
This was my first clean fold of Shuzo Fujimoto’s CFW 106 star, from a sheet of printed Washi I received courtesy of Satoko Saito for the Year of the Ox. Unfo...
Hex Twist Star (CFW 110)
This star by Shuzo Fujimoto combines a central molecule taken from CFW 56 Tessellation (or Windmill, CFW 84) with sharpened rays which mimic a very similar p...
Hex Twist Star (CFW 114)
This star by Shuzo Fujimoto is only mentioned in textual form: there isn’t even a picture in Fujimoto’s books. It consists of the molecule of Hemp Leaf (CFW ...
Hex Twist Star (CFW 120)
This star is one of my favorite designs by Shuzo Fujimoto. Both sides look almost exactly the same apart from the side I call front being a bit thicker than ...
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...
Hex Twist Star (CFW 123)
This star is like Petals (CFW 85) but with more paper around the tessellation molecule.
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...
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.
Hex Twist Star (CFW 91)
This star by Shuzo Fujimoto has a decoration made from six radially aligned petal folds in the center. After minor modification, it can be tessellated (I’m n...
Hex Twist Star (CFW 92)
This star by Shuzo Fujimoto is one of his simple hex twist modifications that are also used as building blocks of his more complex designs. I find this one v...
Hex Twist Star (CFW 93)
One of Shuzo Fujimoto’s basic stars which consists of just a single tessellation molecule without any additional paper around it. As with some other models i...
Hexagonal Box (CFW 216)
This hexagonal box by Shuzo Fujimoto uses his typical technique for locking the bottom with folds that resemble an iris diaphragm. He also devised similar de...
Hexagonal Diamond Corrugation
I derived this corrugation from Iso-Area Diamond Corrugation by adding some extra space between the diagonal creases. This changes the appearance of the corr...
Hexagonal Honeycomb
This structure can be extended indefinitely to fill the plane with a hexagonal pattern. By adding more layers it can also be expanded up and down.
Hexagonal Honeycomb II (SBA-15)
I designed this model for the cover illustration of my father’s book on nanoparticles. It represents the structure of SBA-15, a type of mesoporous silica. My...
Hexagonal Honeycomb II Unit
This is a family of units which can be used to build structures consisting of connected hexagonal pillars, resembling honeycombs. Pillars can be capped at on...
Hexagonal Star (CFW 143)
A characteristic feature of this star are “slits” (of course, folded rather than cut) which separate rays from one another and make the center of the star ve...
Hexagons and Rhombi
This tessellation differs from most other designs by having lower rotational symmetry: only 180° rather than the 60° typical for tessellations based on a hex...
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...
Holly
This Rosette variant looks like holly leaves.
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...
Horned Heart
December 13th, 2023, will mark the 130th anniversary of Stanisław Szukalski’s (1893-12-13 – 1987-05-19) birth. A brilliant and controversial artist, Szukalsk...
Houstonia Box
This origami box represents a flower of the genus Houstonia, also known as bluets or Quaker Ladies. Some species, in particular Houstonia Caerulea have four ...
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...
Hugging Triangles Corrugation folded from fabric
My Hugging Triangles Corrugation, executed in fabric-covered paper with aluminum foil backing (three-layer composite material).
Hydrangea
This is, along with Clover Folding, one of the oldest pictures of a tessellation folded by me (taken in June 2015).
Hydrangea (Prägo Kristall paper)
This is just a simple Hydrangea, designed by Shuzo Fujimoto, but I think it looks really nice in back light. Folded from Grünperga Kristall Prägo, a kind of ...
Hydrangea (Tant)
Another fold of Shuzo Fujimoto’s Hydrangea. I’ve kept two outermost leaf layers free of unnecessary creases. For deeper layers, it becomes much harder.
Hydrangea (manuscript pattern)
Happy New Year!
Hydrangea Basic Form A variant 1
A very simple variant of Fujimoto’s Hydrangea, which does not seem to be popular among folders so far.
Hydrangea Brick (レンガ, Renga) variant
A variant of Fujimoto’s Hydrangea, called Brick (レンガ, Renga).
Hydrangea Cube
I came up with the idea of connecting Hydrangeas to form a modular origami design independently, then found out Meenakshi Mukerji had published it in her boo...
Hydrangea Cube (Harmony paper)
Shuzo Fujimoto’s Hydrangea can be used as a modular unit. The method was first published by Meenakshi Mukerji and then reinvented independently by myself. I ...
Hydrangea Heart
My modification of Shuzo Fujimoto’s Hydrangea into a heart shape. I found on flickr a similar model, designed by Francis Ow.
Hydrangea Icosahedron
After I made a Hydrangea Cube, Hydrangea Icosahedron was the next logical step. Just as in the cube, the Hydrangea Tessellation by Shuzo Fujimoto is used as ...
Hydrangea Picture Frame
This picture frame can hold a standard 15×10 cm photograph. It consists of four molecules of the Hydrangea Tessellation (designed by Shuzo Fujimoto), spaced ...
Hydrangea Plaque (CFW 49)
Another variant of the Hydrangea by Shuzo Fujimoto, this one using a color change around the edges.
Hydrangea Tessellation
Believe it or not, over all these years of folding tessellations, I never folded a clean tiling of Fujimoto’s Hydrangea. I recently decided to make up for th...
Hydrangea from book wrapping foil
Model folded from transparent book wrapping fold which shows the internal structure of the model in an interesting way. Have a look at the detailed review of...
Hydrangea with Leaves
A color-change variant of Shuzo Fujimoto’s Hydrangea, designed by Meenakshi Mukerji. Test fold based on unpublished diagrams, kindly provided by Meenakshi [u...
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...
Hypar (Hyperbolic Paraboloid) clean fold
The Hypar is usually folded starting from a complete grid, but precreasing it cleanly is rather straightforward. This design is very elegant, so I’m includin...
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...
I Walk the Line
Master Yoda — origami model designed by Artur Biernacki. Folded by me from a square of Tant-tissue paper sandwich.
Ice Cream
Ice cream, own design. This model can be folded from regular Kami, but I think it looks best when wet-folded from thick watercolor paper. Here, one side of t...
Ice Cube Tray
This ice cube tray was folded from a single sheet of Elephant Hide paper sandwiched with aluminium foil in order to make it water-tight. The tray itself is a...
Ichthys
Easter is coming so with fluffy bunnies and cute chickens aplenty, it’s good to also add this fish to the pack.
Icosahedron
You can compare this model, which uses straight, unmodified units, with two models made from the same units after slight modification: Flower Icosahedron and...
Icosahedron (120° units pointing inside)
See also: icosahedron from same units but pointed outwards.
Icosahedron (120° units pointing outside)
See also: icosahedron from same units but pointed inwards.
Icosahedron (Penultimate units pointing out)
A small modification used in this model makes it possible to create polyhedra with triangular faces from Penultimate unit in a more convenient way than origi...
Icosahedron from Strip (CFW 260)
This is one of many polyhedra from a single sheet designed by Shuzo Fujimoto. It is folded from a long strip, somewhat shorter than shown in the CP in the bo...
Icosahedron with Inverted Spikes on all Faces
This model shows how StEM units can be modified so that their short rather than their long axis is aligned along the model’s edge.
Icosahedron with Inverted Spikes on all Faces
Compare with an octahedron built using the same technique (octahedron’s page also discusses the technique in more detail).
Improvisation in White
This is just a very simple tessellation on a hex grid. My first fold was indeed an improvisation, folded from a plain white sheet. This one is a refold in wh...
In Ukrainian Steppe
The steppes of Ukraine with their endless open spaces, occasionally lined by kurgans, have long been considered a place full of mystery, mood, adventure, and...
In the Fjord
View into a Norwegian fjord, folded from a sheet of hand-made paper.
Intersecting Cylinders
This is a very cool model, designed by Roman Remme.
Iso-Area Diamond Corrugation
The original Diamond Corrugation was invented independently by Ilan Garibi and Andrea Russo (who used the name Triangùli in speculo).
Iso-Area Square Twists (CFW 66)
This design by Shuzo Fujimoto is an early example of an iso-area tessellation, i.e. one which looks the same on both sides, apart from possibly rotations and...
Iso-Area Stars (CFW 291)
This translucent design by Shuzo Fujimoto would be called an iso-area tessellation in modern parlance since both sides sport the same pattern (except for bei...
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 ...
Java Duke
I got this nice viking-style Java Duke from the organizers of JavaZone. Quick origami sketch on the right. It was great to be here. Thank you!
JavaZone Logo
Folding origami during a break at JavaZone 2019 after an interesting talk about JVM performance tuning by Chris Thalinger.
Jitterbug Icosidodecahedron
You can squeeze this model and transform it into an icosahedron, closing the empty space between units. This is called the jitterbug transformation.
Jitterbug Unit
The Jitterbug Unit can be used to create a number of polyhedra which can undergo the jitterbug transformation (devised by Buckminster Fuller) wherein they co...
John Lackland Tessellation
I derived this model from Her Majesty’s Tessellation by removing most of the free spaces (“land”) between molecules. Each molecule is still 6×6 grid units. F...
Just Stars
This is what you get when you take Stars and Squares Tessellation and take away the squares. What is left is Just Stars!
Katniss (CFW 177)
This design by Shuzo Fujimoto represents a katniss flower (Japanese: おもだか, omodaka, also known as arrowhead in English). It falls somewhere halfway between a...
Kites
I designed this model during a stop while trekking in the Sudetes mountain range in the summer of 2022, as you can see in the picture of the prototype. A few...
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)...
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...
Koch Snowflake, level 1 (Trimodule)
A level-1 Koch snowflake is just a simple hexagonal star, and this is the way of connecting the Trimodule units originally suggested in Nick Robinson’s instr...
Koch Snowflake, level 2 (Trimodule)
Compare also with level-1 version of the same fractal.
Kotlin Logo
Kotlin is a programming language for the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) which is gaining in popularity. Having used it for some time, I’m quite happy about the r...
Kotlinconf Logo
This model represents the logo of KotlinConf, a conference dedicated to Kotlin programming language.
Kropka Star
Kropka Star, designed by Natalia Guzowska. I had the pleasure of test folding this model from soon-to-be-published diagrams. Paper with hexagonal symmetry pa...
Ladybug
I haven’t had time to prepare any current-year-related model this year, so here’s an older model of a completely different kind: a simple ladybug with color ...
Ladybug 1.1
When Sara Adams prepared a videotutorial for my Ladybug, she came up with a few improvements which not only gave the model convenient reference points for fo...
Ladybug Box
This box is decorated with a ladybug, which is a tessellation molecule. I used the same molecule for a BBU tile variant to make a decorated cube. While the f...
Laptop
This is another model I designed for a workshop about contemporary origami, with the aim of demonstrating some techniques used in modern origami design while...
Laputa
This origami model is a variant of my Stacked propellers Tessellation. It is named after Laputa, the flying island described in Gulliver’s Travels. I thought...
Large Cube
This cube uses PVM Edge Connector Units to create extra distance between the Vertex Modules.
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 ...
Latin Cross Tessellation
An origami tessellation for Good Friday. The basic structure of the Latin cross is based on Shuzo Fujimoto’s Hydrangea and could easily be modified to have d...
Leafless Hydrangea
This Leafless Hydrangea model is a simple modification of Shuzo Fujimoto’s Hydrangea. It’s interesting how a simple change can modify a model’s appearance. J...
Lelum Cube
A modified version of Lelum Polelum Cube where one out of each pair of flaps is hidden.
Lelum Polelum Cube
A Cube from a unit I recently designed and later learned that was earlier designed independently by Saburo Kase. More details in the unit’s description.
Lelum Polelum Unit
A modular which I designed after being inspired by test-folding some of Meenakshi Mukerji’s new single-sheet designs based on the Four-Sink Base. There is a ...
Lelum Unit
A modified version of Lelum Polelum Unit where one out of each pair of flaps is hidden.
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...
Life-Sized Chair
This model is the size of a real chair. Unfortunately, it can’t support enough weight to be sat in. The surface is not covered in additional, “paneling” unit...
Lily
This model is derived from my Star a la Fujimoto variants, which can be seen on the petals. I think for this model three-dimensional shaping with curled pet...
Lily Pond Picture Frame
This is a picture frame for 16:9 format, decorated with a variant of my Lily Pond Tessellation. The lilies were modelled on top of four-sink bases instead of...
Lily Pond Tessellation
This tessellation is based on the sunk square twist pattern (visible in one of the images: it is the stage before shaping any of the molecules into flower sh...
Little Turtle Unit
This is a versatile edge unit. No limitation on the number of edges meeting at a single vertex.
Long Story Short
This is my design for an origami book. It’s called “long story short” because you can make the book as long as you wish (any number of pages) and at the same...
Long Story Short (Jugendstil-style paper)
A fold of Long Story Short book model from gift wrapping paper with an Art Nouveau motif made by Krone, designed by Ela Pleis.
Long Story Short (gray)
On August 2nd, 2020, I’ll be teaching my origami book model, Long Story Short, in an online Origami Connect session, organized by OrigamiUSA.
Lotus Cube
Lotus Cube, made from a variant of my BBU (Building Block Units). Even though it is possible to make a cube from just 6 lotus BBU units, such an assembly is ...
Lucky Star Box
Origami box with Lucky Star molecule. The molecule can be tessellated and is based on hexagonal 8×8×8 grid.
Lucky Star Box (Simplified)
This is a model I will be teaching in just two weeks at a workshop during the 2018 CDO origami convention in Italy. The star can be used as a tessellation mo...
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...
Lucky Star Fractal
This is a recursive version of the Lucky Star molecule. Just like the non-recursive version, it can be tessellated or used for decorating a box. The back of ...
Lucky Star Fractal (Open Back)
This model is a variant of the Lucky Star Fractal (aka Logarithmic Star), designed by myself and independently by many others before me, starting with Shuzo ...
Lucky Star Fractal (level 3)
A level-3 fold of Lucky Star Fractal, this time from gray metallic paper. I rarely fold a model multiple times, but this particular model is so nice I have f...
Lucky Star Fractal (level 7)
This is a level-7 Lucky Star Fractal, the largest number of levels I folded so far.
Lucky Star Fractal Box (Simplified) Variant B
When you fold variants of my Lucky Star Box, you can extend the star to its fractal form. This particular variant emerges when you apply that procedure to th...
Lucky Star Fractal Tessellation
This is a tessellation of the Lucky Star Fractal. The standalone star was designed independently by several people, starting with Shuzo Fujimoto. I don’t kno...
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...
Lucky Star Fractals (10 different colors)
Ten level-3 Lucky Star Fractals, folded from metallic paper in different colors. This is just a small subset of how many times I have folded this model over ...
Lucky Star Tessellation
This is a tessellation of the molecule which I first used in Lucky Star Box and which I later extended into Lucky Star Fractal. As I learned after the fact, ...
Lux Aeterna
This model is dedicated to the memory of Artur Biernacki, a Polish origami designer who died unexpectedly exactly a year ago, on June 8th, 2023. May light et...
MMXXII
Happy 2022! This is my first fold of the year, and as usual I wanted it to be something related to the new year. Since 2022 has a rare symmetry when rendered...
Makalu
Makalu is one of the models in Robert Lang’s Himalayan Peaks series. Its more scientific name is six intersecting pentagons, or: 6 × 5 × 1 polypolyhedron. Se...
Maltese Cross Framed
A single molecule of my Maltese Cross Tessellation, which is closely related to the Cross Pattee Tessellation presented in the Coat of Arms of Rzeszów model....
Maltese Cross Tessellation II
Another approach to the subject of Maltese Cross. The molecule can be tessellated or used on a box as in this picture (I haven’t folded a multi-molecule tess...
Maltese Rosette
This variant of Rosette is called Maltese Rosette because the outline of its “petals” resembles a Maltese cross. In contrast to the plain Rosette, which is 3...
Mansion
An origami mansion, folded using several variants of my Building Block Units (BBU). I re-used many of the modules which were earlier used for The Tower of Ba...
Maple Leaf (CFW 149)
This star, designed by Shuzo Fujimoto, is based on a square twist and has eight rays. Its hexagonal twist counterpart (with twelve rays) is Chrysanthemum (CF...
Masu Box
Traditional Masu Box, often used as an example of a simple origami box.
Meander
A Greek meander pattern folded as modular origami. The bent frame technique is the “Thoki Yenn style” which I also employed in a number of other models, for ...
Menger Sponge (BBU)
Model uses 192 modules: 120 × A1, 72 × A2
Menger Sponge (level 2)
This is a labor-intensive, but very satisfying to fold model. Some people have managed to go as far as level 3 but even level 2 was quite challenging. About ...
Menger Sponge, level 1½ (Penultimate unit)
Thanks to the modules’ shape and the holes created in the spaces between them, this model looks almost like a level 2 Menger sponge even though it is actuall...
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...
Meshed Pyramid (8 levels high)
While it may not be obvious at first, this model has some features which make it strikingly similar to the business card table model. The table’s top is cons...
Mesos Logo (Cube-Hexagon Illusion)
This is the logo of Apache Mesos (cluster management software) rendered in origami. A colleague at work suggested I try designing this object in origami afte...
Metal Star
Metal Star, designed by Małgorzata Łodo. From a hexagon with 16×16×16 hex grid.
Millwall Brick
A Millwall Brick is an improvised weapon folded from a newspaper. Despite being made from paper, it can be quite dangerous as the tightly rolled layers becom...
MinBird I
A minimalistic, almost abstract bird, folded from a square cut diagonally in half. Compare with MinBird II.
MinBird II
Another attempt at making a minimalistic bird, this time from a full square, which allowed me to include a tail (MinBird I is folded from a square cut diagon...
Mini Sunflower (Kaiser paper)
Mini-Sunflower Tessellation, folded from Kaiser (Stark) paper.
Mini-Sunflower
This is a minimalistic version of my Sunflower Tessellation, folded from a 16×16 grid. It consists of just a single molecule surrounded by petals, and thus c...
Miura-Ori
Miura Ori is probably the best known origami corrugation. While the model is named after Koryo Miura who designed a variant which was later used for folding ...
Miura-Ori (asymmetric)
This is a simple modification of the Miura-Ori, with left and right legs at each vertex being different lengths. I later refolded this model into The Cliff, ...
Modified Buckyball (120 edges)
This is my experiment in modular origami made from two different types of units: 60 PHiZZ and 60 Penultimate units. These two kinds of modules are quite simi...
Modular Picture Frame
A modular version of this picture frame. Folded from 4 units, each from 1:2 paper.
Molecules Great and Small
This origami tessellation is an experiment in mixing molecules of different sizes in a single model. The molecules come from my Spread-Sunk Square Twist Tess...
Monument Valley Corrugation
This is my Monument Valley Corrugation, squeezed inside Predictable Box which I designed for this very purpose. The back side of the corrugation is less inte...
Monument to the Crane
This is my design for a monument to the traditional origami crane. I envision it executed in grand size, standing on a public square or in front of an origam...
Moon
A simple model of the crescent moon, designed for an astronomy-themed origami workshop. Proportions can be varied to some degree, producing different phases ...
Moreno’s Unit
I designed this simple unit myself but later learned that it had been already published before by Jose Arley Moreno. From a Facebook discussion I know at lea...
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...
Mushroom on a Tree Stump
An improvised model, folded without any reference points.
Möbius Chain (CBU)
Each link of this chain is a Möbius strip folded from a single CBU unit, essentially a Möbius Strip V (CBU). For a chain with regular, round links, see Chain...
Möbius Strip I (Trimodule)
This is one of the rather few modular origami designs which require an odd number of modules. Compare also with another similar model.
Möbius Strip II (Trimodule)
This is one of the rather few modular origami designs which use an odd number of units. Compare also with another similar model.
Möbius Strip III (BBU)
A single-sided surface, the Möbius Band is one of the more interesting mathematical objects that can be reproduced in origami.