Dinosaurs continue to be some of my favourite things to fold so in this post we’re going to take a look at another fantastic round of origami dinosaurs. Kaede Nakamura has designed an excellent Styracosaurus. Finding a way to fold all those horns couldn’t have been easy. Styracosaurus, Designed and Folded by Kaede Nakamura Instructions not…
Happy Easter everyone! In this post we’re going to take a look at a lot of great rabbits, which is expected, but we also have a pretty wide collection of other awesome Easter-themed things folded out of paper. First up is one of the best rabbits I’ve seen. I especially love how soft the paper here…
The traditional paper origami crane is probably the most famous of all origami models. It’s designed after the Japanese red-crowned crane. In Japanese mythology, this crane is known as the “Honourable Lord Crane,” and its wings carry souls up to heaven. The Japanese name for this model is “Orizuru” which simply means “Folded crane.” “Ori”…
We’ve posted about dogs previously. Since then we’ve come across a ton of other fantastic paper dogs that also deserve to be highlighted. We’ll start out this post with this beautiful looking dog folded from a sheet of mulberry paper. Dog, Designed by Satoshi Kamiya and Folded by nyanko sensei Diagrams available in Origami Tanteidan Magazine 144…
We’ve made a couple of posts in the past about anime-themed models. When I saw the designs from origami RXMAN however I knew we had to do a Gundam specific post. The Gundam anime series is a science fiction anime series that started back in 1979. It’s one of the oldest anime series and pretty much defined…
Did you know that paper folding developed in China, Korea, and Europe (in addition to Japan)? Did you also know that the art of paper folding, most commonly associated with Japan, may have in fact been invented in China? Cai Lun, a Chinese eunich and official of the Han Dynasty created paper. It was around…
The grandmaster of origami, Akira Yoshizawa, first created the technique of wet folding. What makes it different from traditional paper folding? Basically, you dampen the paper until it accepts folds, which can give your models a more realistic appearance, add a rounded quality, and allow it to appear malleable. Wet folding creates special sculptures with gentle curves, which…
I’ll start off by saying that I don’t really know anything about My Little Pony. I thought it was some kind of toy from back in the 1990s. Now I guess it’s an animated TV show that’s become really popular, especially on the Internet. As with anything that develops a large enough fanbase that means that…
There are tons of different origami vehicles out there. Pretty much everything from cars to boats and of course paper planes can be folded with paper. In this post we’re going to look at some of our favourite vehicle designs. First up is an awesome paper plane and a race car folded using dollar bills….
Kusudamas are modular origami models where multiple units are fit together to form a ball-like shape. The word “kusudama” literally means “Medicine Ball” when translated from Japanese. They were originally used for incense and potpourri, which I guess is where the name comes from. If you’re an origami purist, then you make kusudamas without any…
Just as there’s a huge variety of different species of turtles and tortoises in real life there’s also a very diverse variety of origami ones too. First up is Satoshi Kamiya’s awesome loggerhead turtle. The pattern on the back of the shell is fantastic. Loggerhead Sea Turtle, Designed by Satoshi Kamiya and Folded by P. Colman…
We’ve covered origami fish as well as crabs before and in this post we’re going to be taking a look at all kinds of different sea creatures and animals found in the water. There’s a lot of cool stuff here starting with these awesome eels. This is one of the coolest looking designs I’ve seen….
I’m a big fan of both video games and origami so naturally I’m always excited when I come across excellent video game themed origami models. In this post we’ll look at various video game characters and objects all folded out of paper. First up is one of my all time favourite models, Satoshi Kamiya’s Divine…
I’m a huge fan of Pokemon, and we’ve made several posts in the past about paper Pokemon. This time, I’ve put together a master post of as many Pokemon as I can. I had originally planned to put every single one that I’ve seen together in this post. However, there were just too many. I…
2016 was the year of the monkey and last year I kind of struggled to find origami monkeys for a Chinese New Year themed post. This year however is a completely different story. I’d been amassing quite a collection of origami roosters for a while now. I save photos I see and sort them into categories…
Origami insects continue to blow my mind every time I see them. There are tons of different animals and creatures that can be folded with paper but for whatever reason insects always look the most realistic and impressive. This post features another excellent collection of some of the best paper insects we’ve ever seen. Beetles…
There are a lot of really cool-looking origami masks out there. Joel Cooper is undoubtedly the master when it comes to designing paper masks. He has a very distinct style, using tessellations and other techniques to create some amazing-looking masks that follow an ancient Greek or maybe Babylonian style. While most of the images in this post…
Animals are still probably the most popular thing to fold with paper. This post we’ll be looking at a wide variety of different origami animals. There isn’t really a theme here just that they’re all animals and they look great. First up is this absolutely adorable red panda from one of the best animal designers,…
There’s pretty much no limit to the kind of people you can fold out of paper. There are origami knights, dancers, famous people and lots more. This post is a collection of a bunch of completely un-related different origami people. We’ll start out with this brutal knight. The whole model is folded from one sheet…
Christmas is almost here so Merry Christmas everyone and thank you for all your support this year! Here’s a collection of some fantastic holiday themed origami starting with this Christmas with Love model from Origami bluedandelion. Christmas with Love, Designed and Folded by Origami bluedandelion Instructions not available Here’s a very complex and impressive looking paper…
Origami tessellations are essentially patterns folded with origami that repeat themselves as long as you want to continue folding. There are two major types of tessellations: the classic type and corrugations. Classic tessellations are usually based on either a square or hexagonal grid. The paper in these tessellations is folded into an odd number of…
I’ve been fascinated with the crazy interlocking shape models that Byriah Loper has been designing for years now. You may have heard of the Five Interlocking Tetrahedra model before. It’s pretty popular, here’s a video showing its assembly. I’ve tried a couple of times to put this together but I can never get the 5th…
I’ve been toad that I wasn’t using enough puns on this post titles so here’s a whole bunch. This post is all about origami frogs and possibly some toads as well. I just learned that Flickr has an option to embed Flickr photos on websites. In previous posts I’ve been saving the images, resizing them,…
When you start getting deeper into origami one phrase that you’ll see come up a lot is “Origami Tanteidan”. Specifically you’ll see Origami Tanteidan Convention books and Origami Tanteidan magazines mentioned. Usually these books and magazines will be the only place where you can get instructions for certain awesome looking models. This can all be…
