Origami With Adi

  Florita Kusudama (Designed by Aditya Kumbhare) History This is another design that I got by randomly folding paper. Originally the design was not supposed to look so elaborate, but since the internal angle was too large to make an icosahedron, I had to reduce it with some extra folds. I didn't mind though, since it ended up looking cooler anyway. I called it Florita because the final product has little flowers on every vertice. The final product used 30 sheets of square Tuttle paper, with a different color on the back. Overall it's very sturdy and can withstand being tossed around. 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!

Spiderman Kusudama (Designed by Aditya Kumbhare)   History Here is another design I made with tuttle paper. For this Kusudama, I didn't use any pre-existing module as a basis.  I created this module by accident during a car ride. I was folding a sticky note out of boredom and I came across a shape that could possibly work as a module. Folding that shape with tuttle paper created a checkerboard-patterned piece, but when I tried to put three pieces together, I realized that the connection was too weak. An extra fold took care of that and also made the overall structure more spherical. I asked my parents for name suggestions and they stated the colors and pattern reminded them of Spiderman, so that's what I ended up naming it. The final product used 30 sheets of square Tuttle paper, with a different color on the back.  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...

Expand Kusudama (dimpled variation) folded by Aditya Kumbhare (Adi)  History I started making this kusudama in the car during a road trip based off of a design I saw online. The pieces take a small amount of time to make, and the final product turned out to be very big. So, I had the idea of pushing the tips in to make it smaller, essentially dimpling the Kusudama. I also folded the flaps down behind to strengthen the connection. Once I had put it together, I took a picture on the side of the road and took it apart for storage during the rest of the trip.  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! Thank you for visiting my blog! Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. 

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...

Bad Hair Day Kusudama Designed and folded by Aditya Kumbhare (Adi) 

Windmill Base Kusudama Designed and folded by Aditya Kumbhare (Adi)