#kusudama balls

[tanuki-kimono]

Dazzling antique furisode (probably a bridal one, or kakeshita), with busy and colorful goshodoki (all season flowers and ancient Heian court items). The hina-ningyo (dolls) are so cute!

[thestuffofbucket]

Some of the Kusudama I have been making lately^_^

[boysbeloving]

Did some origami today ☺️

[anicasolevapapercrafts]

How to make Miniature Origami Kusudama Ball | #shorts

[del3141]

Mental health origami. This is a kusudama, or flower ball, made of 30 small-and-simple shapes called sonobe modules that can be inserted into each other to make large 3D shapes.

Sonobe variation designed by Andriy Hechuev. The normal sonobe is fairly plain-looking, but this one is really delightfully curved. And easier to assemble. Really, really like how this one came out, I'll need to hang it somewhere in the home.

[flameshardsgoo]

Kusudama Ball Origami, 1990

[regginator-blog]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Exclusive Handcrafted Lipton Green Tea Hanging Kusudama Flowerball.

[byopiapress]

Origami "Japanese Brocade", or the Ishibashi Ball

We returned from England late Monday. The week since has been taken up with laundry, sorting through papers, taking my Lovely Assistant Kemuri for walks in an attempt to reduce her girth —she was fed a three month ration of kitty treats in three and a half weeks during our absence— and looking at multiple sets of instructions for a particular origami kusudama. (I had been collecting them on…

[sora-iro]

I was tagged by cishiya

currently reading: Jon Krakauer  ‘Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster’, Herman Raucher ‘Maynard’s House’

last song: Sting ‘If I ever lose my faith in you’

last movie: Hide and Seek (2005)

currently working on: started 3 kusudama balls but I’m stuck at folding papers and don’t have patience to finish them

tagging anyone who wants to do this :> 

[mmiharamio]

“Rose’s is most beautiful flower in the world” after the time and days but i don’t care if i fail to dare myself in time challenge but the result is almost beautiful and perfect i wanted to fold this model again but what color that suits may i need your recommendation 

APPLAUSE BY MIO

UNITS : 90 Pcs Sqrs

DESIGNER : MioTsugawa

[elephantorigami]

(vortex dodecahedrons designed by Meenakshi Mukerji)

[tanuki-kimono]

Interesting article by Xavier from Archéo'Japon, overviewing the history and beliefs surrounding May 5th Kodomo no hi 子供の日 (children's day) / Tango no Sekku 端午の節句 (Japanese take on Duanwu festival) traditions.

Original article is in French but really worth a read through auto-translate if you wish to learn more about the origins of some of the Kodomo no hi rituals :)

[thestuffofbucket]

I have been bitten by the kusudama bug.

[who-is-riley]

At 90 units, this is one of the largest modular pieces I've made. Truncated icosahedron (⚽ shape) made from Tom Hull's PHiZZ unit. No glue involved and yes, it's gay.

[kusudamafun]

Model: Venus flower ball (36 units)

Size: 10cm diameter

Paper: glossy blue orange floral pattern

[littlepandaart]

Origami Modular Icosahedron

Designed by Mitsunobu Sonobe 

Instructions