Arabesque

Arabesque means a complex, ornate design of intertwined floral, foliate, and geometric figures or An intricate or elaborate pattern or design.

It is a modular structure or Floral ball (Kusudama) made of 30 units.
The model can be put together without glue. It is stable without glue too (but I was not luck to get a stable model so I glued to fix them up ).
The model has a few variations. You may try them.
Here is the one I created.


Link for diagram:-
Arabesque
Link for video:-
Youtube
Origaminut

Origami by Wikihow

Wikihow is the part of wikipedia where you get the "How to Manuals".This has manuals on many topics .

Wikihow also contains manuals on Origami.At present wikihow contains 50 articles on Origami.The Orgami structures manual available now are not very complex .The manuals are uploaded by users.Keep searching in wikihow.May be you can find the manual for the origami structure you are searching for.:)

You can have a look on the Wikihow Origami Manuals here.

Yamaha Motors and Origami

Yamaha motors a name known for its bikes.It's a Japanese Company.Broadly classifing ,there product profile includes motorcycles , marine products ,power products etc....

By now you must be wondering why am I writing about a motor industry in a crafts blog that to a paper folding art blog.Paper is so delicate and the company has nothing to do with such things.So too I thought when I first time heard of the origami page in Yamaha Motors website from someone.

It didn't fit in ,"Motor company and origami".But it's true Yamaha Motors website has a section for origami.Here you can find many models of animals,insects and the best part yamaha bikes.

The site provides printable models,technique to fold the model and yes videos to guide you.I haven't yet tried as I don't have a printer but soon I will also make a few of them.

Though I dont know actually why Yamaha motors has origami section but I believe its because both Yamaha Motors and Origami Art are Japanese.

You can visit the site :
Yamaha Motors Paper crafts

Modular Origami - Swan

What is modular Origami?

Modular origami, or unit origami, is a paper folding technique which uses multiple sheets of paper to create a larger and more complex structure. Each individual sheet of paper is folded into a module, or unit, and then modules are assembled into an integrated flat shape or three-dimensional structure by inserting flaps into pockets created by the folding process. These insertions create tension or friction that holds the model together.

Swan created with modular origami

Traditional modular origami swan consists of about 500 pieces of small units.These are triangular units which can be interlocked and create a beautiful swan.Modular origami swan creation is a tedious work.

You need enough time and ofcourse a lot of patience to create the structure as each of the 500 pieces needs to be folded perfectly.






Origami swan created by me

You can follow the link to see the procedure to create:

Diagram:-
Modular swan diagram

Video:-

Origami Instructions - Swan in Hundreds of Pieces

This is approximately 6 minutes video,but very easy to follow.

Origami Lily

After learning to fold paper cranes I thought of trying out with a flower.I found the paper lily to be easy.So I tried creating one.Well I have created a bunch of them.Thanks to the videos provided on youtube.They helped a lot to create.

If you want to learn to fold a paper lily follow the following links:

Origami-Instructions

You can watch this video too.Videos are really good to learn from.
Origami_lilly
paper lily


These are the one's I have created