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.
A comparison of two variants of Fractalized Petals CFW 85: one with consistent rotation direction for all levels and
one with alternating rotation directions.
I folded this piece from mirror paper, which probably consists of some kind of foil glued or sprayed onto regular paper, and could thus be considered
a type ...
A box shaped like a tulip, just the right subject before the origami convention in Eindhoven (Netherlands).
Plot twist: you may have missed the fact it’s act...
A cross design inspired by an altarpiece in a church in the vicinity of Warsaw. The purple color of the Stardream Punch
metallic paper fits in with the perio...
This model is not pictured in any of Shuzo Fujimoto’s books. It is only mentioned in one sentence in a paragraph of
text. Deciphering this text (which descri...
This model represents a general technique by Shuzo Fujimoto that can be used to add a stem to many differs flowers/stars
by him, not only the Windmill (CFW 8...
A member of the Zulu family of molecules, Fulu features a flower pattern based on
2-in-1 Flower Tessellation, but with additional “tiles” added around the bo...
This star by Shuzo Fujimoto is a modification of Handle (CFW 133),
the difference being that there is no hexagonal backdrop around the central star. The same...
A traditional modular design. The units are folded from 5:1 rectangular strips. There is interesting information about the history of this model
on Dave Mitc...
This chain is composed of links which are each a Möbius Strip VII variant B and closed without any glue.
All the links were folded from strips cut from a sin...
I designed this fractal by starting from Shuzo Fujimoto’s Thorn (CFW 86). I don’t know whether Fujimoto himself
was aware of the possibility of fractalizing ...
I designed this fractal by starting from Shuzo Fujimoto’s Thorn (CFW 86). I don’t know whether Fujimoto himself
was aware of the possibility of fractalizing ...
A twisted bird base prepared the same way Polish angel wings
are: folded from a thin sheet of dough and fried. It deformed a little during the frying process.
This model is folded in blue and yellow, the national colors of Ukraine. Three years into a terrible invasion by Russia, the people of Ukraine continue to
re...
This model was an interesting exercise in color-change design. I think some details could be more polished, but the overall impression isn’t bad, and the mod...
In 2023, I folded Square Interlace Tessellation from a 64×64 grid for the first time.
This resulted in exactly 100 molecules (10×10), and two grid units of m...
Keeping up my tradition of designing a special model for each new year, I came up with this one, called 45² (pronounced
45 squared). 2025 is a perfect square...
I noticed than when you stack several Geometric Vases 1.1 into each other, you get a very nice
Christmas Tree. I topped out this one with a simple custom pie...
Another fold of Fujimoto’s Crowding Butterflies, or in other words, level-1 Hydrangea
Tessellation, that I made in 2021 for a cooperation with the late Meena...
This is another example of me tessellating a model originally presented by Shuzo Fujimoto as an individual star, in this
case Thorn (CFW 86). I’m not sure if...
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...
Framed Heart is one of my few designs which I have folded over and over multiple times (most designs end up being
folded only a single time before I move on ...
In 2020, I refolded the Oxi module Cube, my first modular design, going back to 2005. I used slightly higher quality
paper, but it’s still sheets from a note...
This design was inspired by ceramic tiles I saw at a store. I found their shape, consisting of a square with a smaller square cut away, interesting. It remin...
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 ...
This box is the second design in the Zulu family. Instead of just triangles, the center of the molecule contains
a square surrounded by trapezoids. The molec...
This model demonstrates how hard classification of origami designs is, even based on a criterion as simple as the subject. The name Lotus suggests it’s a
flo...
A pattern of hexagons, rectangles, and triangles, folded from a hex grid. In order to make the model more interesting, I skipped some molecules, which result...
A very simple box whose lid is divided into four identical squares. It is basically the back side of a single molecule of
Four-Sink Base Tessellation plus wa...
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...
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...
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...
A simple tessellation on a square grid. Stars appear in the negative space as “holes” in the upper layer of paper while the pattern of the upper layer
consis...
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...
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 ...
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...
A simple star with color change. I derived it from Shuzo Fujimoto’s Star CFW 367
by folding from a hexagon rather than a triangle and opening up the back to ...
I called this tessellation sidewalk because this flagstone pattern is often used on sidewalks where I live. The design is basically
Momotani’s Wall, stretche...
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...
A variant of Star Moira, in which the rays are completely hidden, so the star looks like a simple disk.
The oblique view shows some more interesting structur...
The tessellation molecule that decorates this box spent several years in my drawer before I finally made a clean fold, since I designed it shortly after
Dune...
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...
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...
Many of Shuzo Fujimoto’s stars are built around tessellation molecules, and thus can, with a simple transformation, be
tessellated. For some cases I was able...
This box is decorated with a tessellation molecule that I called “Zulu” since the square with two diagonals resembles the maritime “Z” (Zulu) flag.
Several p...
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 ...
This origami shape, designed by Shuzo Fujimoto, is a truncated octahedron, but with
the square faces replaced by inverted pyramids. It is folded from a singl...
I designed this simple star specifically in order to fold it from a unique sheet of paper I got from John Gerard paperworks. It is hand-made paper
with a wat...
It took me about five years after folding the Woven Square Box to fold a tessellation with multiple molecules
used on the box. This model differs from Square...
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...
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.
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...
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...
Propellers Tessellation was one of my first successful designs. Interestingly, I came up with it later
than with Square Interlace Tessellation even though Pr...
This box represents the logo of Origami Deutschland, the German Origami Society. I designed this model in the
evening after the last day of the 2023 German c...
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...
You can make your tessellations more interesting by warping them into various shapes using wet folding.
This Square Interlace Tessellation with curled corner...
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...
It’s been a while since I last worked on modular stars, but I designed this one, along with a few variants, at the end of 2023. Variant A is rather fragile
a...
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...
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...
This is probably the simplest among Shuzo Fujimoto’s stars derived from decorated hex twists. Fujimoto usually listed it
as the first decorated variant, righ...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
Yet another approach to making a cube from two identical units. This design is paper-effective, and looks very clean from the top and the sides. Looking at t...
The first time I folded this tessellation, I used non-transparent paper, which made it look great in
reflected light, but allowed little in terms of viewing ...
A modification of my Sol, adding a color-change background to the tessellation molecule. The gold-blue Washi
looks in real life even better than in the pictu...
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...
Third design in my Well series. The layout looks the same as Well I at first glance, but the central square is placed
at a deeper level than all the rectangl...
I folded this classic design by Alessandra Lamio during a workshop with her at the
2018 Outdoor Origami Meeting. Now it hangs on my wall, framed. The molecul...
This super-simple star by Shuzo Fujimoto still looks great when folded from nice paper, in this case red Kouzo-Bokashi
Four Seasons washi. This is one of Fuj...
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...
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...
This design is a modification of Triangles so that the tessellation becomes flagstone. At first glance,
this change is more visible on the back side than on ...
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...
This is one of Shuzo Fujimoto’s designs that include the word skeleton in their names. They are corrugations, aligned
into 3D structures that look like inter...
The molecule of this tessellation is made from a modified hex twist and represents a unicursal hexagram which is an
interesting geometric shape that has also...
A better fold of Shuzo Fujimoto’s star Scissors (CFW 87),
from a larger sheet. Front and back have the same outline, but the number and arrangement of paper ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The complete set of seven Tetris pieces, recreated in origami using the business card cube module.
Of the seven pieces, six require the same number of units ...
This tessellation (translucent design), designed by Shuzo Fujimoto, is not listed in any of his books or magazines (as far
as I know). I discovered it among ...
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...
This star looks similar to Daffodil (CFW 100) but incorporates a color change created by folding
the corners of the hexagon inside as the initial step.
This is a simple star that incorporates a color change on the rays. It appears as an intermediate folding steps during the folding of
Handle (CFW 133) and re...
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...
One of Shuzo Fujimoto’s basic stars that consist just of a tessellation molecule with no extra paper around it, and can
become more complex stars when decora...
A spiked icosahedron made from my Weird Asymmetric Sonobe (WASS) unit variant with color change.
Since the color change’s symmetry is not aligned with the sy...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
This polyhedron is like a regular octahedron whose each face was replaced with a
triangular pyramid pointing inwards. The three faces other than the base are...
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...
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 ...
A modular recycling symbol, my design from 2021. Mathematically speaking, it is a Möbius strip.
Folded from three units, each forming one corner of the trian...
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...
This tessellation consists of alternating layers of two types of elements that differ significantly in their appearance and complexity. The folding sequence
...
Derived from Woven Triangles Tessellation II, this pattern has a number of creases converge
at the center of the molecule. Sharp outlines of 90° triangles in...
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 ...
This star by Shuzo Fujimoto exhibits hexagonal symmetry and a color change. Basic Zinnia is CFW 196 while CFW 187 is
a variant with differently shaped petals...
In this variant, the rays are layered “one on top of the other” rather than “every other one in a different layer”. This changes the appearance of the front
...
Who says tessellations have to be flat? Even tessellations with flat molecules can be warped and twisted into various interesting shapes, and one technique
t...
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...
When preparing my workshops for the German Origami Convention (coming up in slightly more than a week), I improved upon my original precrease for the
Sol mod...
These pictures show sixteen boxes decorated with tessellation molecules belonging to the Woven Triangles family,
folded in the years 2020-2021. All boxes wer...
This is another approach to the subject I already presented in Well I, with the central square being larger and the arrangement of
bricks around it having ax...
This is just a single long Conveyor Belt Unit (CBU) wound into a coil, but it looks
like the Tower of Babel in Bruegel’s painting or the Guggenheim Museum.
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...
This star, designed by Shuzo Fujimoto, has an unusual symmetry, and an interesting color change. Folded from
a small hexagon of Washi Deluxe, a duo-color, wr...
A model from September 2020, this is a 3D-shaped variant of Woven Triangles Tessellation VI,
folded from the same sheet as the flat-shaped one. Pulling some ...
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...
A simple modular star I designed in 2019. I used paper with a heavy pattern which unfortunately masks the crease lines to such degree that practically only t...
This tessellation is based on a hex grid but the symmetry of molecules is triangular. This is also the reason the whole model is not a fully symmetric hexago...
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...
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...
Comparison of three related Sonobe variants of mine, from left to right: Paper Airplane Sonobe,
Checkered Sonobe, and Bow-Tie Sonobe. Each icosahedron
is fol...
In this tessellation, rectangles are arranged in layers around a central square. I called it Well since it reminds me of a perspective view looking down a
we...
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...
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.
It’s been a while since I posted a modular star design, so here is another, from late 2019 when I was very much into this genre. This one has octagonal
symme...
This heart I designed recently is very simple, but I haven’t noticed an identical design anywhere so far. The name on one hand comes from the fact that there...
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...
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...
This is a collections of my origami tessellations that I framed and hung near the desk I use for folding. The models, all kept in neutral colors, are as foll...
I photographed this model ten years ago, in January 2013. It is just a simple tetrahedron folded from Francis Ow’s 60 degree unit.
What makes it more interes...
This is my tessellation of Shuzo Fujimoto’s CFW 87 Scissors. Each molecule can be rotated independently
of others. As far I’m aware, Fujimoto himself never t...
This design was inspired by the Polish poem Reduta Ordona (Ordon’s Redoubt) by Adam Mickiewicz, loosely based on events of the
1831 Russian assault on Warsaw.
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...
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...
This model belongs to a series inspired by the work of Shuzo Fujimoto. The outer edge is made with a general technique
I devised that can be combined with di...
This is a recursive version of Shuzo Fujimoto’s Scissors (CFW 87). I wanted to call it Biohazard Fractal
since it resembles the biohazard symbol, but later d...
This is another fold of Scissors Fractal, a recursive model I derived from Shuzo Fujimoto’s
Scissors (CFW 87). In this fold, the direction each level rotates...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
This tessellation, designed by Shuzo Fujimoto, is almost identical to my
John Lackland Tessellation except for using petal folds instead of simple valley fol...
This fold of Woven Triangles Tessellation VIII uses larger spacing between the molecules
than the previous one, resulting in a different looking model. Gone ...
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...
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...
I was inspired to design the molecule of this tessellation after spending a lot of time analyzing various designs of Shuzo Fujimoto’s stars.
Since pleats in ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
After I designed this tessellation, I learned that Shuzo Fujimoto had designed the same thing about 40 years earlier.
This was the first time such independen...
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...
This is one of Fujimoto’s translucent designs, a name he used for many of his tessellations. Folded from rare
blue Elephant Hide paper, this work is not very...
In this model, the four triangles located around the center of the molecule are located below other layers of paper, only partially peeking outside.
Triangle...
While my first fold of this variant was from a 16×16 grid, this one is from 32×32, which produces many
more molecules and better shows how squares of two siz...
The name of this design by Robert Lang is a little origami joke. It references two creators, Shuzo Fujimoto
and Rebecca Gieseking, and it does indeed combine...
I came up with this design due to folding lots of stars by Shuzo Fujimoto recently. Since this is not the first time
new ideas pop up based on his works (thi...
This is one of Shuzo Fujimoto’s translucent designs. For my personal use, I call it Stars and Triangles as an
analogy to Stars and Squares which is the same ...
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...
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...
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...
A very simple star designed by Shuzo Fujimoto. Folded from an equilateral triangle, but the star itself has hexagonal
symmetry.
This models seems to have al...
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...
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...
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...
This tessellation is closely related to the 1:1 Pythagorean Tiling, but the twists are slightly different.
Still, the design remains iso-area. The squares an...
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...
One of the simplest among Fujimoto’s stars. This design is folded from a square, but only a hexagonal part of it is
used (this technique is CFW 414). CFW 84 ...
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...
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...
In this variant of my Z-Box, the serifs on the letter Z are truncated and the letter has a more rounded look.
At the time I designed the original and the B ...
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...
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.
This is one of Fujimoto’s famous translucent designs — tessellations designed to be viewed in back-light. Fujimoto
folded them using thinner paper than the K...
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.
This is an alternate way of laying out molecules of Parallelograms tessellation. Because of how the
pleats exiting the molecule are arranged, it is possible ...
Folded from Nicolas Terry Tissue Foil for its good memory and thinness. The glittery texture looks
very nice in real life, but makes the model difficult to p...
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...
The way pleats exit the Parallelograms molecule allows the molecules to be connected in more than
one way. In the standard Parallelograms layout, individual ...
When I originally folded Parallelograms in 2020, I designed a clean pre-crease pattern,
pre-creased the sheet, and then… was unable to collapse it cleanly. I...
A modular star I designed in early 2020. There are several ways in which the units can be connected, of which the one shown here is most stable. Since the
la...
A regular octahedron from one sheet, by Shuzo Fujimoto. This design is very
paper-efficient, and surprisingly sturdy given how little paper is wasted on the ...
A star from square twist that uses a similar technique as the Dahlia for shaping the petals.
It can be seen as a single molecule of Propellers Tessellation (...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
This is a very simple and elegant traditional model: a ninja star you can actually throw quite well. With just two units it’s also one of the simplest
modula...
Another flat variant of Rosette. This one’s outline is much less round than that of others, hence the name.
Especially when framed in an asymmetric manner, t...
This is a very simple design, not the kind of twists used in tessellations. Still, I think there is certain elegance to it. I find it hard to classify this
m...
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...
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...
Another fold of my Woven Triangles Tessellation V, this time from purple Ogawa Washi paper. It is physically the same sheet
which later became Woven Triangle...
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...
This is a very simple modular star, this time with square rather than hexagonal symmetry. It looks a bit like a compass rose with only the four cardinal
dire...
It took me a while between folding a box decorated with a single molecule and folding a complete tessellation.
What you see here is my third attempt as I was...
This is a single molecule which can be tessellated. It is made from a molecule of Whirlwind Tessellation
placed inside a larger one. More than the two levels...
The Coat of Arms of Ukraine, called the Tryzub (Тризуб), Trident. This rendition in origami is simplified due to limitations of the
medium and time. The powe...
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...
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...
In line with the distinction made in my post on naming origami models, this
design is called Brick Road while the particular work seen here is called Yellow ...
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...
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...
This tessellation, folded back in 2019, consists of series of rhombi. I do not use patterned paper much, but this time I decided to give it a try and folded
...
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...
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...
This origami Rosette is a tessellation molecule (14×14 grid for the molecule, 16×16 for the whole work shown here), but I
haven’t folded a model of more than...
This box is decorated with a tessellation molecule representing the letter Z. Though it may not be obvious from its looks, this design is closely related to ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
In contrast to my earlier trefoil knot from CLU unit, which used
a more elongated strip of paper and was shaped more like a clover, this trefoil knot
is fold...
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...
This Whirlwind Box is folded from a full 16×16 grid on copy paper. You can have a look at
a fold from Tant paper and without the grid for a comparison of the...
In the description of my recent Hydrangea Tessellation fold, I mentioned that I had recently
experimented with different variants of the “leaves” which form ...
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...
This model, representing a hyperbolic paraboloid, is thought to originate from the paperfolding experiments at
Bauhaus in the late 1920’s. However, details o...
This Möbius strip is made from a single Conveyor Belt Unit (CBU),
just like Möbius Strip V, but the ends are twisted additional 360° before being connected. ...
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...
This fold of Shifted Bricks is folded from a full 16×16 grid, so you can see grid lines on the bricks.
Such a smaller version is what we can fold during work...
Despite similar looks, this tessellation is not Momotani’s Wall — it is a different pattern designed by
myself. Its relation to Momotani’s Wall is roughly su...
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 ...
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, ...
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...
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...
A Möbius strip consisting of a single Conveyor Belt Unit (CBU)
twisted and locked with itself by both ends. This is the cleanest representation of a Möbius s...
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 ...
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...
In this variant of Star Deimos, units are modified so that there is no pocket in the top visible layer.
This requires a change to the locking mechanism and r...
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.
This model, which includes tessellation elements, has a 3×3 field of squares which reminds me of a tic-tac-toe game board. The pattern is based on
Square Pix...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Another approach to designing an origami Python logo. This model is folded from two separate sheets, which allows the
snakes to be different colors and have ...
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...
This is the prototype fold of Parallelograms Tessellation. It’s quite representative of my design
technique: a quick doodle on a small grid and a rough sketc...
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...
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...
Another pattern in the Woven Triangles Family. This particular work uses standard, flat shaping but a different,
three-dimensional shaping is also possible. ...
When I published my origami Scala Logo a while ago, user slinkousart
asked if I could design a Python logo as well.
Turns out, I could, and I even designed t...
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...
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...
A variant of Pythagorean Tiling with 1:1 size ratio between the sides of the two types of squares.
This effectively makes the pattern uniform (all squares ar...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
Spiked Icosahedron made from my new Sonobe variant, Paper Airplane Sonobe. When you look at an
individual unit before assembling the model, you can spot a re...
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...
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...
This model is the same as the first Pythagorean Tiling variant I folded, but the side length ratio
of big squares to small squares is 3:2 instead of 2:1.
As ...
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...
This is a very simple modular origami design I recently came up with when revisiting my Oxi unit from a few years ago.
The unit has folded edges on one side ...
This box is decorated with Whirlwind molecule which can also be used for a tessellation. Its design is closely related to my
Woven Triangles family, but I ga...
Third work in the Woven Triangles series. Just like
number I, number III has a pleat arrangement which allows for two distinct molecule
layouts: the asymmetr...
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...
Just like all other models in the series, this origami tessellation is derived from
Rectangle and Square Flagstone by applying squash folds in the right plac...
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...
This model uses the same molecule as the symmetric version but all molecules
have the same chirality. This causes each row and each column to be shifted by t...
This is the first model in my Woven Triangles series which you’ve already seen some examples of on boxes.
This tessellation is derived from Rectangle and Squ...
This origami tessellation is built from the same kind of molecule as Pythagorean Tiling but molecules
are arranged differently: in any pair of adjacent neigh...
The pattern this origami tessellation represents is known as Pythagorean Tiling or Two Squares Tessellation.
I came up with this design independently, but it...
Triangles, folded from 32×32 grid. Since the molecule is 8×6 grid units, this leaves one grid unit
of margin at the top and at the bottom of the model. You c...
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...
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
...
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...
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...
This origami tessellation is derived from my earlier Parallelograms Tessellation.
By piecing together two symmetric “halves” of a parallelogram, we end up wi...
This is an older design I finally got some time to make a decent fold of (have a look at the prototype from 2017).
I’m pretty sure I’ve seen something very s...
This origami tessellation is based on a geometric pattern I spotted on a door in the Barcelona Cathedral
during my trip back from CfC 2 convention. A design ...
The base for this tessellation is identical to one of the intermediate steps of folding
Lucky Star Tessellation and seems to be something Tomek Siwak
also ca...
Star Deimos, another of my simple modular origami star designs. There is a color change in the center of the model, and the six-fold symmetry allows
for seve...
A recent fold of my Two-in-One Flower Tessellation. Even though there is only one kind of
molecule in this model, depending on which point you treat as the f...
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...
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...
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...
Yet another variant of Star Ananke. Variants of this design were designed independently by myself and by
others before me: Wei Fu, and Robin Glynn (with mino...
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...
Quake, released almost 25 years ago, was a major revolution in the first-person shooter genre. The first game of this type
to represent reasonably realistic ...
This variant of Star Ananke features an additional hexagon in the center of the model. It’s a small change
in the individual unit, but it makes connecting th...
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...
This is the front of Star Ananke, variant D. The basic variant (A) was designed independently by myself and by
others before me: Wei Fu, and Robin Glynn (wit...
This is the simplest recursive/fractal model I have come up with so far. It is folded from a square. Due to the very high shrinkage factor, which is almost 4...
This model is derived from my Radioactive Tessellation by adding a triangular frame around the
radioactivity symbol. This change also makes it possible to sh...
This is the back side of Star Ananke (variant D). The basic variant (A) was designed independently by myself and by
others before me: Wei Fu, and Robin Glynn...
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 ...
A modification (variant C) of Star Ananke. The basic variant (A) was designed independently by myself and by others
before me: Wei Fu, and Robin Glynn (with ...
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...
A recent design of mine, this tessellation is relatively simple to fold, but the end result looks quite interesting. On the back side, I used
some modified t...
Modular origami stars are quite addictive: I set out to create just one simple model for a workshop and before I knew it, I had about a dozen different desig...
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’...
A modification (variant B) of Star Ananke. The basic variant (A) was designed independently by myself and by others
before me: Wei Fu, and Robin Glynn (with ...
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...
As part of preparations for my presentation and workshop on contemporary origami, I set out to design a simple modular star which I could teach in the worksh...
This tessellation is derived from Lucky Star Tessellation, but due to the different arrangement
of paper layers, this one can’t be fractalized. The outline o...
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...
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...
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
...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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. ...
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...
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, ...
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 ...
This origami tessellation, hand-folded from a single sheet of Biotope paper, without any cutting or glue, demonstrates
my new approach to cleanly separating ...
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.
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.
Another attempt at folding the subject of Star of Bethlehem, this time using the Lucky Star molecule
(invented independently with Fujimoto, Haligami and many...
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...
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...
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 ...
This is a modification of my Sunflower Tessellation. The molecules (“sunflower seeds”) are flatter
and the petals are shorter. The back side is also more int...
This origami tessellation combines elements from some of my other models. While reading Robert Lang’s tessellation book, I realized that many molecules
can b...
Today, on November 11th, Poland is celebrating 100 years of regaining independence. This origami box which represents
an outline of Poland is an example of t...
This model shows how the basic molecule of my Sunflower Tessellation can be modified in order to
rearrange the direction the individual “seeds” are pointing....
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...
It took me 1½ years before I decided to fold my Sunflower Tessellation once again, this time from
rare yellow Elephant Hide paper. I think this is a better ...
Rhombus Fractal, an origami tessellation designed by Endre Somos (and independently also by Joel Cooper and by Wei Fu),
folded by me. You may also find inter...
This model uses a technique I came up with recently, which makes it possible to double the number of sides of any regular polygon when it is used as the cent...
A new fold of my older model, with slightly different angles.
As the name says, the molecule is a square twist with spread-sinks in the corners of the centra...
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.
Two folds of my Sunk Star Box with different twisting directions, side by side. Wherever there’s
a twist in origami, we get two possible versions of the fold...
The star in the center of this box is a kind of twist which does not lie flat and therefore can form a box but not a tessellation. This model is a part of
a ...
The star in the center of this box is a kind of twist which does not lie flat and therefore can form a box but not a tessellation. This model started a serie...
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...
A hexagonal variant of my Wedge Flower Box. Due to the different angles than in square grid, petals do not
automatically align in a nice way, so they have to...
Origami box decorated with a molecule of my Wedge Flower Tessellation. Folded from
Via Felt 100 gsm paper stained with tea using a technique developed by my ...
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...
A new tessellation design of mine, 8×8 square grid per molecule. Awagami Kozo Natural Select paper courtesy of Melina Hermsen.
Since this was my first fold u...
A larger fold of my Ridges Corrugation, folded from a 32×32 grid. Folded from the big grid,
the model curls up more than the 16×16 version and can be used as...
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...
This is a design derived from my Square Interlace Tessellation. A more precise name would be
Pursed Square Interlace Tessellation but I found it too technica...
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...
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...
Sharpened Square Interlace Tessellation, a simple variant of my Square Interlace Tessellation.
As in the original version, each molecule uses a 6×6 grid. Fol...
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...
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
...
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...
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 ...
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...
A new origami corrugation of mine. The model tends to curve slightly but in this case it actually makes it more interesting rather than being an issue.
You c...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
This corrugation is just a single row of molecules from Nest of Vipers Corrugation.
This picture shows the opposite side of the corrugation than the former.
My new origami corrugation. Since it causes the sheet to curl, I’m thinking about using it for a lampshade or similar object. Different curling patterns
can ...
This origami tessellation represents Union Jack, the flag of the UK. Since the pattern is quite intricate,
even a single molecule can make an interesting mo...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
Flower Tessellation, designed by Meenakshi Mukerji. The molecule is derived from the
Crossed Box Pleat (CBP). I folded and photographed this model for Meenak...
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...
An envelope for a wedding day card, featuring two hearts. The hearts are molecules of my Twisted Heart Tessellation. Basically, they are modified square twis...
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.
This is what one of the stages of collapsing my Big and Small Squares Tessellation looks like.
I couldn’t help but think of a thermos bottle. The extra textu...
A color-change variant of Shuzo Fujimoto’s Hydrangea, designed by Meenakshi Mukerji.
Test fold based on unpublished diagrams, kindly provided by Meenakshi [u...
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...
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...
Folding Stars and Squares Tessellation from a diagonal grid (rotated 45°) leads to
an interesting effect. At the edges, small triangles form, creating a jagg...
Stacked molecules of my Hearts Tessellation. This model is a fractal, and you can go on stacking heart
upon heart indefinitely, each twice as large as the pr...
A back-lit picture of Stars and Squares Tessellation, invented independently by me and
Shuzo Fujimoto. You can find a similar backlit picture of this model i...
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...
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...
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...
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...
I wanted to try something new this year, so I folded this model from thin parchment paper whereas most of the time
I use much thicker papers. Modern parchmen...
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...
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....
This box is decorated with a pattern of Square Interlace Tessellation.
I designed it as a container for a matching bracelet which is visible in some pictures...
Most boxes I design are two-part boxes: the lid and the bottom part are made from two separate sheets. This one is a flat, single-piece box
(almost a tato): ...
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...
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).
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...
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...
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...
90-edge buckyball made from a variation of Tom Hull’s PHiZZ unit. I know that other people have also
designed this simple variant of the unit independently f...
A refold of my Square Interlace Tessellation with graphite Elephant Hide paper.
I think it’s much better than my original fold — funny how over time one lear...
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...
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.
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.
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).
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...
This piece uses an 18×18 grid but since each molecule is 4×4, a 16×16 grid works as well, though you get a straight edge instead of the overhanging rhombi.
I...
This pattern, derived from my Double Spearhead Tessellation curls up, forming a tube which looks
like the stalk of a rose or another thorny plant. When you l...
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...
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...
There is only one kind of molecule in this origami tessellation, but depending on how you look, you can see two different kinds of flowers here,
hence the na...
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...
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...
Cluster Tessellation, designed and folded by Michał Kosmulski. There are several different ways of achieving a similar effect but with a slightly different
p...
Meenakshi Mukerji’s Anuradha was originally designed as a modular origami unit
but after minor modification it can also be used as a tessellation molecule. F...
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....
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...
This origami box is decorated with a single molecule of Nuclear Flower Tessellation, a variant of
Two-in-One Flower Tessellation. The name stems from the fac...
I refolded my Sprout Tessellation for the German Origami Convention in Erkner. Asymmetry and folding the grid
at an angle relative to paper edges are inspire...
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...
Iso-area variant of my Tympanum Corrugation. Since both sides are the same, there is no net tension,
and the model stays flat without trying to curl up.
This is my recent design for folding arbitrary bitmap images as origami tessellations. Unlike using four-sink-base
(see Saturn Tessellation), each molecule r...
A new origami design of mine, called Tympanum Corrugation because it resembles the tympanum of a Greek temple.
The idea came to me after I designed this dog ...
The Möbius band (aka Möbius strip) is an interesting mathematical object, a single-sided surface. This origami version
is folded using my Cross Lap Unit (CLU...
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 ...
This is a fractalized version of my Propellers Tessellation. Stacked Propellers Tessellation is folded
from a 16×16 grid per molecule in this case but you ca...
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...
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...
This modular woven polyhedron not only looks nice, but it also has a very interesting
history of different people designing it independently. Those credited ...
A new tessellation, designed and folded by me. Basic molecule is 6×6 grid units. In this particular execution, a lot of extra margin was added around
and bet...
These pyramid-shaped structures appear as intermediate stages when collapsing some more complex tessellations. Basically, they are square twists in the
uprig...
This heart is made from a single module which is a modification of 90-degree unit (independently
discovered by me and others), so it’s like a modular design ...
The basic idea of Propellers Tessellation can be extended into countless variants,
especially when one goes from the original 8×8 grid to larger grid sizes.
This was my exercise in wet folding, to the extent that I’m not even sure if “folding” is still an appropriate word for
the process of forming this shape. No...
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 ...
This tessellation is a very simple variation of the standard square twist which results, nonetheless, in an interesting pattern. Each of the four corners
of ...
I came up with this design while playing with variants of my Propellers Tessellation but then realized
that many others had already come up with this pattern...
It may not look like it, but this tessellation is a variant of my Twisted Bird Base Tessellation.
This and the octagonal pattern result in the name octabird....
This tessellation is closely related to my Square Interlace Tessellation.
Grid is 8×8 per molecule. Here you can see the variant with long propeller blades b...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
This origami model consists of the simplest molecules of my Twisted Bird Base Tessellation. Each molecule is basically a bird base with the central part
rais...
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...
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...
The molecule is 6×6 grid units, so normally 3×3 molecules would require an 18×18 grid. Since folding power-of-two grids is much more convenient than others,
...
This is a more conventional way of folding my square interlace tessellation than the bracelet.
I believe this model to be my first truly original tessellatio...
I recently came up with the idea of the Twisted Bird Base Tessellation. As the name implies, it is based around the bird base which is folded with some
extra...
This pattern I recently came up with seems to have a lot of potential for square grid tessellations. I have a number of interesting patterns based on it
whic...
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...
Own design, inspired by Meenakshi Mukerji’s Wondrous one sheet origami. Folded from a square, but you can
trim it down to an octagon if you accept cutting th...
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....
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.
This pinwheel displays a fractal pattern with smaller pinwheels embedded inside larger ones, a series which can be continued indefinitely with thin enough pa...
I came up with this model when playing around with hex twists. It’s quite simple, so it may have been invented before. This pinwheel shows a nice color chang...
This is a rather obvious variant of the classic Zig Zag Corrugation, so it’s certainly been done by others before. This model was mostly free-folded
with onl...
A very simple design, so it’s probably been invented before. Inspired by Pineapple Tessellation and
its variants. Paper aspect ratio of approximately 5:1.
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...
This is my design which extends Ilan Garibi’s Pineapple Tessellation. In this version, the pineapple
is larger: the central pleated part is two grid diagonal...
Yet another fine example of me reinventing the wheel. After I designed this pattern, I found out it had been already published — in 1982 (!) — by no less tha...
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...
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...
This rendition of the Tower of Babel consists of a series of square platforms placed one on top of another and rotated by
45 degrees at each level. This frac...
This tessellation consists of concentric square twists of growing size. The medium is self-adhesive holographic foil glued onto tracing paper.
The spiral is ...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
This is a simple name plate on which you can place your name and put it on your desk. You can also use it to place descriptions near your origami models
on y...
Name Plate variant which has one of the pyramids pointing outside and the other inside. This allows several
elements to be stacked on top of each other, like...
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...
Another combination of Building Block Units and tessellations, this time
Fujimoto’s Clover Folding, folded without the decorative margin.
18 modules:
6 × BB...
This is a modular cube made of six Square Weave Tessellations. The connection method is mine,
the authorship of the Square Weave Tessellation seems to be dis...
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...
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 ×...
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...
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.
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...
The structure of this model is similar to spiked icosahedra made with variants of the Sonobe unit and other similar modules. However, in the case of BBU,
a t...
This model demonstrates how Building Block Units can be modified to form rectangular rather than square faces.
Just like the cube, this model uses 12 modules...
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...
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...
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...
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...
This is a physically large model which demonstrates how StEM units made from sheets of different
proportions can be combined (obviously, all rectangles’ shor...
The unit is a variant of an edge unit; I call usage like this the “face variant” since the unit
covers a face rather than an edge of the solid. When I invent...
This model’s structure is an octahedron whose each face was replaced with a pyramid of three equilateral right triangles, pointing inwards. Units are
located...
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...
This model (first from the left) is compared here with some other simple polyhedra folded from the same kind of module.
Note how the tetrahedron looks almost...
This model (first 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).
N...
This model (first 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).
Note...
This model demonstrates the rotated link connection method that can be applied to SEU units
folded from square paper, which can be considered a Sonobe varian...
This model demonstrates the Sonobe link connection method that can be applied to SEU units
folded from square paper, which can be considered a Sonobe variant...
This model demonstrates the reversed SEU link connection method that can be applied to SEU units
folded from square paper, which can be considered a Sonobe v...
This model demonstrates the SEU link connection method that can be applied to SEU units
folded from square paper, which can be considered a Sonobe variant. T...
This ring can also be worn as a headband. It uses a non-standard way of connecting the modules. Any even number of modules can be connected this way,
though ...
This model (first from the right, top row) is compared here with some other simple polyhedra folded from the same kind of module.
The two octahedra demonstra...
This model (first from the right, bottom row) is compared here with some other simple polyhedra folded from the same kind of module.
The two octahedra demons...
This model (last 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).
No...
This model (last 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).
Note ...
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).
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).
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 ...
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...
I folded this business card cube from Warsaw public transport tickets rather than from business cards. 12 modules: 6 for the body and 6 for the coating.
I think this is my first Sonobe variant. Since it’s one of the simplest modifications possible, it has probably been independently discovered by many others.
You can compare this model, which uses straight, unmodified units, with two models made from the same units after slight modification:
Flower Icosahedron and...
The module, originally designed just for folding this dodecahedron, can be also used for other kinds of models. See, for example,
this spiked icosahedron.
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...
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...
Generally, PHiZZ units are always connected in such way that three modules meet at each vertex. However, one can connect just two modules at some points,
thu...
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...
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...
One of the larger models I have designed, this icosidodecahedron has pentagonal faces made up of small triangular pyramids
and triangular faces replaced with...
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)...
There is one spike placed over two adjacent faces of the pentakisdodecahedron in this model. I haven’t checked
if the angles actually add up, so it might be ...
This puzzle, described in Hugo Steinhaus’ book Kalejdoskop matematyczny (Mathematical Snapshots, literally
Mathematical Kaleidoscope) consists of six pieces,...
One way of looking at this model is to see it as an icosahedron with a pyramid placed on each triangular face. Another is seeing it as a dodecahedron
where e...
This model uses 128 Trimodules, forming 64 2-unit tetrahedra, and 126 links that connect them, for a total of 254 units. The links were made from narrow
rec...
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...
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
...
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...
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...
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...