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 Prismoid Box from a large sheet of wax wrapper (Polish: woskowijka), which is cloth soaked in
beeswax that can be used as a replacement for dis...
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...
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...
I folded this model many years ago at some origami convention (perhaps the German one?) where it appeared under the name Business card holder with stars
sinc...
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 box is one of several simple modifications of Hexagonal Predictable Box. Two sides are
shortened, resulting in a box that looks like the face of a teddy...
This box is one of several simple modifications of Hexagonal Predictable Box. Every other side is
shortened, resulting in a box that is almost triangular. Yo...
I folded this rendition of Ladybug 1.1 from a sheet of unique paper I got hold of at the Convention of Polish
Origami Society in 2023. It seems to be sandwic...
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...
This design is the hexagonal analogue of my Predictable Box. The layers of paper making up the thickness of the
walls are directed to the outside of the box’...
This simple design is fun to fold, and the flapping action is often a “wow moment” for people folding it for the first time. The design is quite similar to t...
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 variant of the original Semi-Sonobe unit which produces a nice pattern of color changes that look like
little cubes in the vertices of folded models.
This unit started a series of many designs that I call Semi-Sonobe. They resemble
Sonobe units in many ways, but are folded from half a square rather than fr...
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...
At CenterFold 2024, I taught my Geometric Vase.
Jim Weir came up with a better way to lock the edges, resulting in the version of the model presented here.
T...
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...
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...
After folding this box for the first time, I thought its side walls were parallelograms and thus the whole box was a prismoid with the top polygon removed.
L...
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...
This little paper boat is folded from a sheet of paper used as a tray inside a sliced cheese package. The paper seems to be coated with plastic, which makes ...
This model has a very nice folding sequence. It stays flat throughout almost all the steps, and is only popped into being 3D at the last moment. Proportions
...
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...
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...
The idea for this design had been in my head for several years before I finally folded it in August 2023. I’m not really happy about the execution, though.
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 ...
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...
I folded this traditional crane from a wax wrapper (Polish: woskowijka). These are sheets of fabric soaked
in beeswax, and advertised as a reusable, eco-frie...
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...
A Millwall Brick is an improvised weapon folded from a newspaper. Despite being made from paper, it can be quite dangerous
as the tightly rolled layers becom...
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...
A traditional bracelet decorated with a pattern of squares formed by color change. This model is very simple to fold, and depending on the number of iteratio...
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 box is a little gem I found in Fujimoto’s book Twist Origami III. I had
never seen a picture of this model before, and I had to do a bit of reverse-engi...
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...
Another attempt at making a minimalistic bird, this time from a full square, which allowed me to include a tail (MinBird I
is folded from a square cut diagon...
Compared to Ladybug 1.1, this one has a much less refined shape, and lacks any color change. However, it is much
simpler to fold, being pureland, which means...
This is an example of how the simple cookie-cutter design can be generalized by varying each side’s length
and angles independently, and even applying curved...
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...
Yet another way to fold your tea tag, this time producing a design similar to the
traditional paper boat. Proportions are different (depending on those of th...
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...
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...
I folded this simple book stand from the piece of paper left over after cutting a hexagon from a rectangle. This shape of the sheet, while unusual in the nor...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
This model is one of Fujimoto’s few figurative origami designs, but a very
distinctive one. I really like it for its simplicity and elegance. Despite being a...
This design is derived from Star a la Fujimoto III. Central part is raised, and has a color change,
just as many kinds of real daffodil. In this fold I think...
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...
I folded this traditional crane in order to test a new folding material: fabric used for roller window blinds. Despite the fabric being quite thick, I was ab...
A one-fold hedgehog, part of my series of tea tag origami models. Design from 2019.
Folding the tea tag is a good way of making your cup stand out from others.
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 box is decorated with a ladybug, which is a tessellation molecule. I used the same molecule for a BBU tile variant
to make a decorated cube. While the f...
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 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 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
...
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 elephant by Fumiaki Kawahata is very cute (I think I’ve seen it getting called Baby Elephant). I folded this
one at a workshop given by Margret Bach dur...
I designed this origami tie in order to illustrate a point I’m going to make in a not yet published part of my series on origami classification. The point is...
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...
I slightly damaged a sheet I wanted to use for something else, so I thought I’d do some crumpling and created this claw.
The name came by itself, but then I ...
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...
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.
I designed and folded this simple origami tray in 2017. Due to the way the bottom is structured, it could also be used as a picture frame. The tray is square...
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...
Polish banknotes have 2:1 proportions, a square folded in half. This makes them good for adapting models folded from
square paper. I came up with the idea of...
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...
In late 2016, I folded this traditional crane from an RFID chip
identical to the one on which the crane is sitting. The sheet was very small, so this experim...
This winter hat features a crane on the forehead and color-change “fur” around the face. You can tie the side panels below the chin, ushanka-style, or leave
...
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 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 design is an analog of the traditional paper boat but folded from a hexagon. The 120° angle at the top of
the sail results in a more slender boat than t...
This box, designed in late 2020, is decorated with a shamrock, and folded from a single square
of Tant paper. In contrast to most of my box designs, in which...
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...
A snail folded from a complete roll of toilet paper. This is version 1.1 — version 1.0 lacked the back part of the body extending beyond the shell. Adding it...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
This variant of the Traditional Crane adds a color change along the axis of symmetry.
It’s a very simple change, based on blintzing, and I’m pretty certain I...
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...
Last Friday (2022-08-19) I was folding with a bunch of friends and someone asked if I could fold a snail. I didn’t know any such model by heart, so I improvi...
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 ...
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 model is very simple, and you can probably easily reverse-engineer it even without much origami experience. Once the strip is folded into the zig-zag
sh...
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.
Shuzo Fujimoto’s Apple is one of his best-known designs. Though one of his relatively few figurative models,
structurally it is deeply geometric, being based...
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 hexagonal box by Shuzo Fujimoto uses his typical technique for locking the bottom with folds that resemble an iris
diaphragm. He also devised similar de...
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...
The steppes of Ukraine with their endless open spaces, occasionally lined by kurgans, have long been considered a place
full of mystery, mood, adventure, and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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 ...
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...
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...
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 cup is a design derived from Lucky Star Box (Simplified) Variant B and the PreCP (Precrease
Pattern) is the same. The paper used to form the star in the...
This ring uses a set of simple pleats for its jewel. This technique, somewhat similar to Goran Konjevod’s, made me
think of Art Deco style, hence the name. T...
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 unit can be used for building objects such as flat tapes, rings, Möbius strips, knots, and combinations thereof. The linking mechanism between units is ...
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 modular origami unit behaves like the Sonobe unit and can be used to build similar shapes, but its structure
is asymmetric, hence the name. Solids built...
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.
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...
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 my design for a monument to the traditional origami crane. I envision it executed in grand size,
standing on a public square or in front of an origam...
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...
This is a family of units which can be used to build structures consisting of connected hexagonal pillars, resembling honeycombs. Pillars can be capped at
on...
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...
This rocket is a very simple to fold model I designed for an astronomy-themed origami workshop.
The rocket can stand on its own thanks to a “foot” which can ...
A simple model of the crescent moon, designed for an astronomy-themed origami workshop.
Proportions can be varied to some degree, producing different phases ...
Another shaping variant of Ice Cream model, this time resembling a carrot. Using white+green color combination
instead of orange+green will get you parsley i...
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 ...
Just as is the case with Predictable Box I, the purpose of Predictable Box II is to have predictable
inner dimensions, which in turn makes it possible to use...
When Sara Adams prepared a videotutorial for my Ladybug, she came up with a few
improvements which not only gave the model convenient reference points for fo...
This variant of Sawtooth Box looks most similar of all my variants to the designs of two authors who had
an almost identical idea before me (see the main var...
This is one of my older unit designs (from 2008), derived from PHiZZ unit. Models made using this module are
springy and shaky. Since the spring-shaped parts...
This is my modification of Tom Hull’s PHiZZ unit. The centers of the pyramids are sunk which causes the
ball to become more rounded and to resemble a golf ba...
Several well-known edge units, for example Ow’s 60-degree unit or
Simple Edge Unit can be thought of as special cases of a generic edge unit whose connection...
Another variant of Sawtooth Box. It differs from variant A by having the triangular flaps locked
to the walls of the box. This creates a nice diagonal color-...
This is a simple box with a color change. I designed several variants (posts coming up), most with the triangular flaps (“saw teeth”) locked onto the walls.
...
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 ...
The name of this Sonobe variant comes from the arrows which look like a paper airplane that you can see on
the units. In the assembled model, the tips of the...
I folded this crane as an experiment from Herlitz book wrapping foil, and to my surprise, it proved to be a rather nice folding material. Since the foil is
a...
I derived this design from my Shamrock 1.1 Box. Just like the former, it can be tessellated.
It is named after a rare flower which grows in the mountains.
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 ...
If you wear glasses like me, you are probably quite frustrated by the fog which the mask creates on your glasses, especially in winter. This simple origami
d...
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...
This is a life-size fold of my desk lamp origami model. I cheated a little by putting a metal profile inside the post since the paper I used had
too little s...
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...
A new fold of my Shamrock 1.1 Box — compared to the previous one, I managed to fold and shape the stem
in a cleaner way. The shamrock can be tessellated.
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...
I really like this triceratops design by Roman Diaz. Most dinosaur models, especially triceratops, are quite complex.
This one, in contrast, is so simple you...
Ice cream, own design. This model can be folded from regular Kami, but I think it looks best when wet-folded from thick
watercolor paper. Here, one side of t...
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 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 very simple model is folded from an equilateral triangle, and based on a pattern which corresponds to the hypar but on a triangle grid. You can use this...
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...
I designed this model for my origami workshops in order to be able to teach wet folding to complete beginners. It is also an example of origami
folded withou...
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...
This is another model I designed for a workshop about contemporary origami, with the aim of
demonstrating some techniques used in modern origami design while...
Traditional origami airplane, a part of my series of tea tag origami models.
Folding the tea tag is a good way of making your cup stand out from others.
I designed this model especially for the workshop which accompanied my presentation about contemporary origami
at the Embassy of Japan in Poland.
While rathe...
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
...
Making a tessellation representing boats on the sea had been on my mind for quite some time when I finally came up with this design. It represents not just
a...
Ben Goldberger is an interesting origami artist from Israel whom I had the opportunity to meet at CDO Convention 2018.
You should definitely check out his wo...
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 ...
Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, here is a new version of my Shamrock Box (previous versions: 1.0
and two simplified variants).
Current version was design...
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 ...
I got the idea for this model after a workshop with João Charrua at last year’s CDO convention. The structure of
an individual hand is taken directly from on...
I haven’t had time to prepare any current-year-related model this year, so here’s an older model of a completely different kind: a simple ladybug with color
...
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...
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 ...
This is a variation of the traditional origami crane which I recently designed: there is a color change
giving the wings a different color than the body. I h...
Once in a while, I design something other than a tessellation or a box. This geometric penguin model came about during Outdoor Origami Meeting as I was
playi...
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 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...
A fold of my Box with Leaves (tip-to-tip) where the leaves were folded using a 32-division pleat
instead of the usual 16 divisions. I taught this model at Ou...
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 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 what happens when you execute an origami crumpling technique such as those mastered by Vincent Floderer but instead of thin and crisp paper, use
thic...
This origami box represents a flower of the genus Houstonia, also known as bluets or Quaker Ladies. Some species, in particular Houstonia Caerulea
have four ...
My goal when designing this box was reusing the strips of paper which are left over when a square is cut off from an A4 piece of paper. This strip also
happe...
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...
An origami Crown (my own design), pictured sitting on top of a pomelo fruit. The crown is folded from a long strip of Gampi paper
which was left over when I ...
A new box design based on Propellers Tessellation molecule. The molecule is depressed,
meaning that the layers of paper forming the sides of the box are abov...
I designed this box as a container for corrugations (one of the pictures shows such use, for
Monument Valley Corrugation). Some corrugations are springy and ...
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...
An origami Trilithon based on those found at Stonehenge. The model is numbered I since I also designed some other variants
with different proportions and one...
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...
Here is a slightly simplified version of my Shamrock Box. The original was based on a molecule which can
easily be tessellated. However, with a single molecu...
Here is a fully simplified version of my Shamrock Box. The original was based on a molecule which can
easily be tessellated. However, with a single molecule ...
This picture shows a comparison of two variants of Simplified Shamrock Box:
Simplified Shamrock Box (on the left)
Slightly Simplified Shamrock Box (on the ri...
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 color-change version of my Box with Pajarita v. 1.1. In contrast to
folds using harmony paper, here the different color of the Pajarita is the result of an...
An origami box with leaves, with the leaves’ stems in the center, based on an earlier coaster design.
There is also a variant with leaves oriented tip-to-tip.
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...
A box with leaves based on this coaster. There is a color change between the walls and the leaves,
though a variant using the same side of paper for both is ...
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 modular which I designed after being inspired by test-folding some of Meenakshi Mukerji’s new single-sheet
designs based on the Four-Sink Base. There is a ...
This is version 1.1 of my Box with Pajarita. In this improved version, I took advantage of the fact that the box only has one molecule,
and so I could get ri...
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...
An origami envelope which looks almost like a classical glued envelope, but can be closed by folding only. If you use it for sending a letter by actual
posta...
A color-change variant of Shuzo Fujimoto’s Hydrangea, designed by Meenakshi Mukerji.
Test fold based on unpublished diagrams, kindly provided by Meenakshi [u...
It’s been more than 20 years since Joseph Wu designed his one-fold stegosaurus. Now, with the recent advancements in minimalistic
origami and computer-aided ...
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...
A simple elephant seen from the front, folded from a square. This is basically the same design as the business card holder
and Elephant Bookmark. A minimalis...
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...
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...
A giant penguin (designed by Blanka Pentela (Blunek) ascending King-Kong style the
Palace of Culture and Science. This 250 m tall building was erected in War...
A simple business card holder in the form of an elephant I recently designed. With minor modification it can be folded from a square (a rectangle was used he...
An origami bookmark (two pieces folded from different papers) featuring an elephant motif. Other animals’ heads can be designed in a similar fashion.
This mo...
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...
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.
A genie (not to be confused with gin) is a kind of_spirit_ which tends to live in old magical lamps and bottles. Wet-folded from a rectangle of
watercolor pa...
Professor Mmaa’s lecture is a novel by Polish-English writer Stefan Themerson in which
termites try to understand the human society which is so different fro...
Another tessellation disguised as a box so that I can get away with folding just a single molecule, but I do plan to fold a full-fledged tessellation some ti...
Box with a single molecule of my Two-in-One Flower Tessellation. This pattern is derived
from four molecules of Double Spearhead Tessellation slightly modifi...
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...
Origami picture frame, folded from a single sheet of paper without any cuts or glue. There is a slit going around the inner perimeter of the frame
where you ...
I folded this Tension Pot model during a workshop held by Robert J. Lang at 15th Origami Outdoor Meeting
in Kraków, Poland. It’s an interesting shape that us...
The Cross Lap Unit (CLU) consists of a long strip into which a number of notches have been folded. These notches can be placed on either edge of the strip,
a...
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 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 ...
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 brain in a vat is a thought experiment related to consciousness and the perception of reality which has, in one form
or another, interested people ranging ...
This is my second attempt at designing a Star of Bethlehem (which can also double as a regular comet). After designing it, I found online pictures of a
simil...
This is my design for an origami book. It’s called “long story short” because you can make the book as long as you wish (any number of pages) and
at the same...
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 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...
I rarely fold boxes [update: no longer true], but recently I needed one and could not find any satisfying model online, so I designed this one.
In contrast t...
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...
Woven Slit Module (WSM) is an origami unit which can be used to build different kinds of modular assemblies, from simple cubes to more complex objects.
They ...
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...
I came up with this unit on the train back home from the 14th Outdoor Origami Meeting
in Kraków, hence the name. This unit can be used to make spiked version...
Building Block Units (BBU) are a family of units which make it possible to design a great variety of shapes. An important class of models are buildings and
o...
Simple Edge Unit (SEU) was designed by me, and as I later learned, also independently by many other people before. It is quite a versatile edge unit with sev...
The Pyramid Vertex Module (PVM) is actually a family of units. It consists of vertex units which look like trigonal pyramids (hence the name) and
connector u...
Sturdy Edge Module (StEM) was designed by me, and as I later learned, also independently by many other people before. It is a versatile edge unit
and a speci...
This is a relatively simple to fold edge unit. It is quite versatile as far as the possible ways to connect the modules go, and there are two variants,
I (bo...
This unit is designed for business card origami - it will not work well with regular, less stiff paper.
At the time of designing it (2013), I was not aware t...
I designed this simple unit myself but later learned that it had been already published before by Jose Arley Moreno.
From a Facebook discussion I know at lea...
The Trimodule is a simple but versatile module which can be used for all sorts of solids with faces which are equilateral triangles. These can range from the...
A simple edge unit that has a number of peculiarities. There are two variants, “symmetric” and “antisymmetric” which have slightly different limitations.
This is my simple modification of Tom Hull’s PHiZZ unit. I think I remember seeing the same modification somewhere
on flickr which suggests others have come ...
This is my simple modification of Tom Hull’s PHiZZ unit. I think I remember seeing such a variant somewhere
on flickr which suggests others have come up with...
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 unit can be used to make cubes and almost any shapes built from cubes using business cards. With only two folds, it’s literally the simplest unit I know...
Francis Ow’s 60-degree unit is one of the first versatile edge units and can be used for a number of geometric shapes. With minor modification, similar
units...
I originally learned about this unit under the name Modulo Tornillo and only later found out it was better known as the unit for making Bascetta Stars.
The Jitterbug Unit can be used to create a number of polyhedra which can undergo the jitterbug transformation
(devised by Buckminster Fuller) wherein they co...
This module is my first published modular origami unit (designed in 2005) and was inspired by Thomas Hull’s PHiZZ unit.
Two units are needed for each edge an...
Even though it was originally designed for making buckyballs, PHiZZ unit is quite versatile and many other shapes, especially rounded and organic solids,
can...
This is a very popular and historically important module, but its origins remain uncertain. While it is often attributed to Mitsunobu Sonobe or
Toshie Takaha...
Penultimate Units are a family of very simple and very versatile modular origami designs which can be used for building a variety of different polyhedra.
Mod...
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...