Mountaintop Kusudama (Designed by Aditya Kumbhare)

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 peak. I imagined these to be similar to the glaciers on the top of mountains and the lakes in the crevasses, however since the name 'glacier kusudama'  was already taken, I went with mountaintop kusudama instead.

The final product used 30 sheets of square Tuttle paper, with a different color on the back. 

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!

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