Origami With Adi

Jumbo Kusudama (Designed by Aditya Kumbhare) History I recently put myself to the challenge of finding the largest kusudama that can be folded from 30 three-inch square sheets of paper. In this design, the edge of the icosahedral shape is 3 inches long, the width of the paper. This leaves only the corners free to connect two pieces. The connection method I used is very simple and asymmetrical, but it is effective. The final product used 30 square 3-inch sticky notes. It is pretty sturdy, but too large and soft to be thrown around. It's still fun to make, though! :) Disclaimer: the size of the paper that can be used isn't limited to the sizes I used! As long as the paper is square, it will work. Just make sure to choose a paper size that you are comfortable folding with!

Mountaintop Kusudama Designed and folded by Aditya Kumbhare (Adi)  History Say hello to my first original road trip creation! I made this one in the car and took a picture in Bryce Canyon National Park. My original goal was to discover the simplest undiscovered kusudama module possible, but instead, I stumbled upon this idea. But I'm not complaining! This piece just happened to work out. There aren't many kusudamas out there that use mostly 45-degree angles and have an interlocking connection, amirite? There is one flaw with this design though. Since it uses mostly 45-degree angles, the tab that is used to lock 2 pieces together is relatively small, so the pieces fly apart when the kusudama is under pressure. I first made the piece using a plain sticky note, since those are what I use to brainstorm new possible modules. Upon testing the piece out with Tuttle paper, I found that the paper makes these convenient little stars at the points where 5 pieces touch, and caps on each pe...