Modular Origami Diagrams

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Some people love modular origami. So satisfying to fold the units and have it assembled into a beautiful model - almost like magic! Other people hate modular origami. Why would anyone want to fold the same simple unit over and over again? These people prefer the regular kind of origami: one sheet = one model. Give it a try and see what you think.

Many of the diagrams here are from Modular MM Mania - it's a must see site. As well, see pictures at Modular Origami, and P&O Origami.

The value in between the parentheses represent the number of units needed to complete the modular origami model.

Tetrahedrons, Cubes, Octahedrons, & Such Lazy Tetrahedron 1 (2u) .....TK Lam Lazy Tetrahedron 2 (2u) .....TK Lam Daisy Cube (24u) .....M. Mukhopadhyay Flower Cube (6u) .....M. Mukhopadhyay Jackson Cube (6u) .....P Jackson Multicolored Cube (6U) .....R Foelker Oxi Model (12u) .....M Kosmulski Plain Cube (12u) .....M. Mukhopadhyay Ray Cube (24u) .....M. Mukhopadhyay Temate Baku (6u) .....M van Gelder Temakobako (6u) .....D Mitchell Thatched Cube (24u) .....M. Mukhopadhyay Whirl Cube (24u).....M. Mukhopadhyay Dice Family (6u, 24u, 78u) .....D Petty Sonobe Unit (3u) Toshie Jewel . . . . . . . . (6u) Cube Octahedron (1U) .....MV Anglada Skeletal Octahedron (6u) .....R Neale Octahedron Skeleton 1 pg 7 (J Koppel) Octahedron Skeleton 4 pg 8 (J Koppel) That Simple Unit (3u to 20u) ......C Esseltine Gyroscope (12u)...L Simon Fluted diamond .....M Kahn

Dodecahedra Dodecahedron, page 2 (12u) .....R Fenton A4 Dodecahedron (30u) .....P Macchi A4 Rhombic Dodecahedron (12u) ......N Robinson Dodecahedron from A4 (12u).....M Kono Dodecahedron from square (12u) .....H Verrill Hacky Sac (+30u) (picture) .....W Chan Stellated Dodecahedron (30u) .....H Verrill Stellated Rhombic Dodecahedron (12u) .....J Mosely Blintz icosidodecahedron (30u) .....TK Lam Silvana Betti Mamino's Dodecahedra pic: . . Clover (30u) 1, 2, 3 . . Easy (60u) 1, 2, 3 . . Open (30u) 1, 2 . . Pentagon (30u) 1, 2 . . Star (60u) 1, 2, 3

Ball-Like Models

Arabesque (30u) .....M Tsugawa
Bucky Unit (+20u) .....D Petty
Butterfly Ball (12u) ......K Kawamura
Chrysanthemum (30u) .....Leroy
Curler Units (6u, 12u, 30u) pic, pic ......H van Goubergen
Deltahedron .....Silvana Betti Mamino
Fiore II .....C Riccardo
Foot Ball (20u) .....M Leonard
Jitterbug (20u) .....TK Lam
Modular Ball (6u) .....F Kawahata
Moreno's Unit (12u, 30u) .....JA Moreno
Orb (12u): 1, 2 .....J Mosely
Sonobe Unit
. . . (12u) Stellated Octahedron
. . . (30u) Stellated Icosahedron
. . . (30u) Sonobe variation .....M. Mukhopadhyay
. . . (30u) Two thirds Sonobe .....M. Mukhopadhyay
Spiral Star (6u) .....G Bubniak
Stellated Octahedron (1u) ..... S Ciulla
Super Simple Isosceles Triangle Unit (30u) .....M. Mukhopadhyay
That Simple Unit (3u to 20u) ......C Esseltine
Windowed Icosahedron (12u) .....TK Lam
Yoshino Star .....Yoshino

Intersecting Planes Octohedral Cross (12u) .....YK Lam UVWXYZ (30u) .....M Leonard WXYZ-diamond (12u) .....TK Lam XYZmbe (6u) .....N Robinson XYZguy (3u) .....M Guy Meenakshi Mukerji's:    QRSTUVWXYZ (90u)    RSTUVWXYZ-Stars (72u) pic    RSTUVWXYZ-Rectangle (72u)    STUVWXYZ-Stars (72u)    STUVWXYZ-Rectangles (72u)    STUVWXYZ-Septagons (72u)    TUVWXYZ-Stars (42u)    TUVWXYZ-Rectangles (42u)    TUVWXYZ-Hexagons (42u)     UVWXYZ-Rect(30u) Francis Ow's Models:    Tornado (16u)    VWXYZ (20u)    WXYZ-rectangle (12u)    XYZ-square (6u)    XYZ-diamond (6u)

Frames & Open Models

120º Unit (18u to 48u) .....F Ow
135º Unit (36u to 150u) .....F Ow
Icosahedron (20u) .....C Sprung
James Planks's Models:
   Square Module (12u) cube
   Triangle Module: (6u) tetra,
. . . . . . . . . . . (12u) octa,
. . . . . . . . . . . (30u) dodeca
   Pentagon Module (30u) dodeca
PHiZZ Unit (30u)...T Hull
5 Intersecting Tetrahedra (30u) (video) .....T Hull
6 Intersecting Squares (24u) .....JC Lucero
various interlocking frames .....D Kwan

Strip Folding   read here first Knotology .....P Versnick;       pic; pic .....H Rosciszer-Narloch Weaving Polyhedra .....Jim Blowers Snapology, pic .....H Rosciszer-Narloch Moravian Star (Maddy & Maverick),       also called Froebel Star (J Koller) Tape Fish (T Yenn) Easy Ribbon Fish (ORC)

Not Polyhedrons Caterpillar .....N Robinson Magic Rings (6u) .....T Yenn Sprinkler (6u) or get eBook.....P Versnick Stars, Rings, & Wreaths

• Marvelous Modular Origami by Mukerji
• Polyhedron Origami for Beginners (Origami Classroom) by M Kawamura
• Origami Wreaths and Rings by David Petty
• Unit Origami: Multidimensional Transformations by Tomoko Fuse
• Unit Polyhedron Origami by Tomoko Fuse
• Beginner's Book of Modular Origami Polyhedra: The Platonic Solids by Rona Gurkewitz and Bennett Arnstein
• 3-D Geometric Origami by Rona Gurkewitz and Bennett
• Modular Origami Polyhedra (Origami) by Lewis Simon, Bennett Arnstein, and Rona Gurkewitz
• Multimodular Origami Polyhedra: Archimedeans, Buckyballs and Duality by Rona Gurkewitz and Bennett Arnstein
• Unfolding Mathematics with Unit Origami by Betsy Franco

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