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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
With the recent release of Pokemon Sun and Moon I think it’s time for another origami Pokemon post. Since our last round of Pokemon posts I’ve found a bunch more awesome looking paper Pokemon that deserve to be featured. We’ll star off this post with an awesome Gengar design by sakuryu(╯3╰). Gengar, Designed and Folded by sakuryu(╯3╰)…
Origami dragons are still probably my favourite thing and there’s no shortage of incredible origami dragons out there. Here’s another post featuring another round of some of my favourite origami dragons. First up is one of the most famous and coolest looking origami dragons by Satoshi Kamiya. Ancient Dragon, Designed by Satoshi Kamiya and Folded…
We’ve done several posts featuring origami dinosaurs but this time we’re going to feature different prehistoric animals. I’m not entirely sure how an Archaeopteryx is classified anymore but I think it counts for this post and Satoshi Kamiya has designed a fantastic origami version. Archaeopteryx, Designed by Satoshi Kamiya and Folded by 簡單的度過-2 Crease pattern available in…
Surprisingly enough there’s a lot of great origami inspired from Pixar, Disney, Dreamworks and other animated movies. Pretty much anything that people like can be used to inspire origami artists. We’ll start this post off with a pair of origami Minions and each of them is folded from one sheet of paper. Minions, Designed and Folded by…
During my origami related research I’ve come across some pretty cool designs for some Zodiac themed models. There are a lot of cool Capricorn designs as well as great designs for some of the other more uniquely designed signs like Aquarius, Virgo, Sagittarius and Gemini. I decided to collect these together and put together a…
If you’re a fan of super heroes then you’ll definitely want to check out some of the origami in this post and yes, I realize that a lot of these are DC characters but “marvel-ous” was the best pun I could come up with. First up is this great little origami Captain America. Captain America,…
Dinosaurs are a very popular topic in origami. We’ve posted about them before and we’re probably not going to run out of awesome dinosaur origami in a very long time so here’s another post full of incredible origami dinosaurs. Tran Trung Hieu is a master at designing origami dinosaurs so we’ll open this post with this…
When doing research for this website I was surprised to find a ton of really awesome origami shoes. Here’s a great basketball shoe design from Sipho Mabona. Onitsuka Tiger Basketball Shoe, Designed by Sipho Mabona and Folded by nyanko sensei Diagrams available in the Origami Tanteidan 15th Convention book Here’s a couple of pairs of cute little…
You can fold pretty much anything you can imagine from paper and that includes things like musical instruments, musicians and other music themed things. There’s actually a pretty surprising amount of awesome music themed models and we’ll be covering a lot of it in this post starting with this paper bass. The entire thing is folded from…
There’s a ton of amazing origami versions of anime characters and other various things from Japanese anime and manga. We already posted about this before and we’re doing it again! There will probably be at least 2 or 3 more posts in the future since there’s such a large amount of anime-themed origami. I never…
Video tutorials are a great way to learn how to fold origami. Unlike printed diagrams, you can actually see the intermediate steps and how all the folds work. There are a ton of origami video tutorials on YouTube that are of varying quality. Also, sometimes, the person who made the video has permission from the…
The phoenix is a mythological creature that you see appear in Egyptian, Greek and Chinese mythology. Rather than including some origami phoenixes in posts about those topics I decided to create a new post completely dedicated to the origami phoenix since there’s surprisingly a lot of really awesome designs. When it comes to origami phoenixes…
