Translucent Designs (CFW 328, CFW 60)
This design reproduces a model shown in Shuzo Fujimoto’s book, Invitation to Creative Playing with Origami, on page 163. It is a mix of two types of molecule...
Abstract
Abstract models do not directly represent any objects of the real world. Nonetheless, many can be described as representing something, for example mathematical object or abstract symbols such as letters and digits.
This page lists models of a single type. You might be interested in folding instructions instead.
Cube (Semi-Sonobe Variant M)
A cube from Semi-Sonobe Variant M units.
Cube (Semi-Sonobe Variant L)
A cube from Semi-Sonobe Variant L units.
Cube (Semi-Sonobe Variant K)
A cube from Semi-Sonobe Variant K units.
Cube (Semi-Sonobe Variant J)
A cube from Semi-Sonobe Variant J units, with windmill-like decorations in the vertices.
Cube (Semi-Sonobe Variant I)
A cube from Semi-Sonobe Variant I units.
Cube (Semi-Sonobe Variant H)
A cube from Semi-Sonobe Variant H units. This variant has no color change, in contrast to most others, but produces spectacular “horns” on the vertices of th...
Cube (Semi-Sonobe Variant G)
A cube from Semi-Sonobe Variant G units. Note that this variant has no color change, in contrast to most others.
Cube (Semi-Sonobe Variant F)
A cube from Semi-Sonobe Variant F units.
Cube (Semi-Sonobe Variant E)
A cube from Semi-Sonobe Variant E units.
Cube (Semi-Sonobe Variant D)
A cube from Semi-Sonobe Variant D units.
Cube (Semi-Sonobe Variant C)
A cube from Semi-Sonobe Variant C units.
Two-Unit Cube III with Symmetric Connection and Tennis-Ball Coloring
When we folded Two-Unit Cube III during the Eindhoven Convention, Jannie van Schuylenburg noticed that one could connect the two units in a symmetric way ins...
Solid Cube with Tennis-Ball Coloring
This fold of Solid Cube uses two colors of paper for an interesting effect. During one of my workshops, where we folded Two-Unit Cube III, a participant whos...
Cube (Semi-Sonobe Variant B)
A cube from Semi-Sonobe Variant B units.
Cube (Semi-Sonobe Variant A)
A cube from Semi-Sonobe Variant A units.
Möbius Strip VII (variant B) with Color Change
A rendition of Möbius Strip VII (variant B) from duo Kraft paper to demonstrate the color change.
Big Octahedron and Cube (both by Fujimoto)
Two regular polyhedra, the Octahedron (CFW 246) and Fujimoto Cube (CFW 252), both designed by Shuzo Fujimoto, folded in large size from Colorline paper as de...
Hidden Gem Star with Sharp Rays
A modification of Hidden Gem Star: the rays are folded in half, making them more pointed.
Corrugated Heart
A simple heart from a corrugated hexagon.
Triangle Patch Tessellation
A tessellation of large and small triangles on a hex grid. Named after the badges used to identify prisoners in Nazi concentration camps. This fold, in light...
Solid Cube
Usually when you make a cube in modular origami (or single-sheet folding as well), the cube is empty inside, with just the walls, edges, or vertices made of ...
Hedgehog Star III - Comparison of Plain and Color Change Folds
February 24th 2026, marks the 4th anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. I’m happy that most Poles support Ukraine in this tough struggle, k...
Hex Twist Star (CFW 111)
A star by Shuzo Fujimoto. The rays are as in CFW 110, but the center is Petals (CFW 85) rather than Windmill (CFW 84).
2026
A somewhat late New Year’s model for 2026.
Napkin Heart II (standing form)
This is Napkin Heart II, shaped so that it can stand on its own (if folded from a stiff enough napkin, or paper as is the case here). It can also act as an e...
Star Tato F
A Star Tato variant derived from variant A by folding the loose flaps along the same lines as in variant B but shaping them into 3D cones as in variant D.
Star Tato E
A Star Tato variant derived from variant C by mountain-folding the loose flaps near the square’s corners. This is probably the nicest model in the family and...
Star Tato D
A Star Tato variant derived from variant C by shaping the loose flaps near the square’s corners.
Star Tato C
A Star Tato variant which is pretty much the same as variant A but the layers are closed going in the opposite direction and thus revealing different layers ...
Star Tato B
A Star Tato variant derived from variant A by mountain-folding some loose flaps. Folded from Harmony paper.
Star a la Fujimoto III (variant D)
In this variant, rays are symmetrically squashed rather than layered one on top of the other.
Star Tato A
The first in a family of simple tatos I designed during the last days of 2023. Folded from Harmony paper.
Handle with Petals (CFW 134)
This star uses the same rays as Handle (CFW 133), but the tessellation molecule in the center is that of Petals (CFW 85).
Radiant Tessellation (16 Grid)
A small Radiant Tessellation, folded from a 16×16×16 grid. The back shows an interesting, flower-like pattern made from six overlapping rectangles. Such a fo...
Coaster a la Fujimoto I
A simple Coaster I derived from Shuzo Fujimoto’s star CFW 132 variants. Just as in the star, the central part can be modified to be any of Fujimoto’s “basic ...
Hex Twist Star (CFW 109)
A star by Shuzo Fujimoto. It is like CFW 94, but with extra rays added on the outside.
Hedgehog Star IV
Another star in the Hedgehog Star family, made from the same physical pieces of paper as Hedgehog Star I from Incomplete Triangles. Correspondingly, while t...
Hedgehog Star I from Incomplete Triangles
A Hedgehog Star I folded from scraps of paper left over after cutting hexagons from A4 sheets. The leftovers are not perfect equilateral triangles, but miss ...
Star with Color Change (CFW 170)
A star by Shuzo Fujimoto. The front looks very much like CFW 167, but the back is just a simple twist rather than a copy of the front. The analog without col...
Back-Twisted Square Twists (CFW 293) from Tissue Paper
This fold of Fujimoto’s Back-Twisted Square Twists (CFW 293) is from gray-brownish tissue paper, probably sheets that were used for securing furniture in its...
90-Edge Buckyball (PHiZZ Variant V)
A 90-edge buckyball (truncated icosahedron) from my PHiZZ Variant V unit. I folded this in 2020, and due to pandemic restrictions couldn’t take a picture in ...
Silent Night
I planned to fold this model for Christmas, but it took me a while longer. Each of the spruce trees is slightly different, and they represent Joseph, Mary, a...
Lucky Star Fractal (Double Meathugger Butcher Paper)
This is a large fold I made for showing the model during workshops. The paper is double Meathugger butcher paper (glued with MC), a type of Kraft paper suita...
Square Hidden Gem Star
This model is the same basic idea as Hidden Gem Star, but folded from a square rather than a hexagon. There are several possibilities for folding the rays si...
Triskelion Tessellation II
This tessellation consists of modified triangle twists. For this fold, I chose a sparse layout where not all twists have been transformed into triskelion sha...
Vase Christmas Tree (Seven Levels)
Just as two thousand years ago, the Earth is engulfed in darkness. May the Prince of Peace give us his light to tell good from evil, to side with the poor, a...
Star Franziska (6 unit version)
I folded this modular star, designed by Carmen Sprung, in an online workshop given by James Dobson at one of the Birmingham Mini-Meetings. Normally, this sta...
Star a la Fujimoto III (Julia Schönhuber’s paper)
Star a la Fujimoto III folded from Julia Schönhuber’s patterned paper. The pattern’s symmetry neatly matches that of the model. Both the front and the back s...
Well I (Tiled)
This is a tessellated version of my Well I tessellation. Tiling can be combined with growing the size of each molecule by adding more layers of bricks around...
Möbius Strip VII (variant C)
This Möbius strip is closed by a very simple lock which is based solely on friction of the paper and the tension of the twisted strip. It is the same idea as...
Möbius Strip VII (variant A)
This Möbius strip is closed by a very simple lock which is based solely on friction of the paper and the tension of the twisted strip. There are no tabs and ...
Comparison of Framed Heart A and B Variants
Two variants of my Framed Heart model, variant A and variant B side by side. You can see how variant B has just one pleat going to the sides while variant B ...
Hex Twist Star (CFW 167)
This design by Shuzo Fujimoto is quite similar to CFW 120 but adds a color change, making the model even more attractive. As in CFW 120, the front and back l...
Cube (Strut Unit)
Cube from Strut Unit, an older design of mine.
Daffodil Variant C (CFW 410)
A variant of Shuzo Fujimoto’s Daffodil (CFW 101).
Comparison of Fractalized Thorn CFW 86 Variants — Mirroring and no Mirroring
Two variants of Fractalized Thorn CFW 86 side by side: with mirroring every second level and without mirroring.
Hidden Gem Star (variant D)
Hidden Gem Star variant D, the center corresponding to Fujimoto’s Thorn (CFW 86).
Hidden Gem Star (variant C)
Variant C of Hidden Gem Star. The center is just an equilateral triangle.
Unhidden Gem Star (variant A)
Originally, I made this star as a variant of Hidden Gem Star and called it “Hidden Gem Star variant B”. However, the modification is only in the rays, and ca...
Hidden Gem Star (variant A)
This star has a simple pattern in the center, partially hidden behind the rays — hence the name. Many variants are possible, modifying both the central eleme...