More modular origami

[mothwing]

With the last week more or less spent half-delirious on the couch I wasn't up to much. Reading was out of the question because I couldn't concentrate well enough, so I watched TV a whole lot and made another foray into modular origami. With my disastrous attempts at fröbeling and the more successful attempts at the bascetta star (video tutorial here) I branched out. I don't like the look of the modules needed for the bascetta star, they do wind up looking untidy and jagged. They're the blue and orange things on the photo.

My attempts with the sonobe module (video tutorial here) were successful, too, but the result looks far more like a ball than a star, so it's not really Christmas decoration. It's also not as see-through that I had hoped. On the picture, it's the grey item in the background.

I think at the moment my favourites are the fairly easy omega stars (video tutorial), they're the small orange and yellow ones on the picture, which unfortunately also wind up looking rather untidy and they always tear in the corners when I try to fold them over. The tutorial makes it look really easy to end up with far superior, tidier, pointier stars, but I didn't manage.



Edit: I found a less messy module than the one used in the Bascetta star that can be used to make a dodecahedral star (video tutorial here):



Brought to you by the two piles of student papers that I had to ignore all of last week and that is too forbidding to scale now. I really like this module, though, and I think this could probably be used to make other stellated polyhedra.

EDIT II: Send help. Here's another icosahedral star following a design and using the modules by Francesco Mancini (video tutorial here).



Oh, the work? Um. Yes, the work. The mountain is slowly getting smaller, but I can't believe how much work has piled up. I returned to school to a completely filled pigeon hole with work students handed in last Friday, and since I missed three tests with all of my small classes I spent the Friday afternoon correcting those. They're actually quite fast, but altogether I still took three hours.

Comments

[minervas-eule.livejournal.com]

wow, I have never dared to try three-dimensions for a christmas-stars! I like your blue and orange ones, they do not look untidy to me! The grey one really is not much star-shaped in comparison. It makes me almost want to get out paper and scissor, too - but I think I stick with baking the first batch of cookies today ;-)

[mothwing.livejournal.com]

Oooh, cookies! Now, that's also a good idea. I've still got some fig paste that I've been thinking about using in my Christmas bakery this year.

If you like folding paper you should! It's really simple and quite fun. :)

[shadowycat.livejournal.com]

I like all of them. They look great to me. I love the variegated look of the big blue one, and the yellow dodecahedric star looks great. I can easily see that on the top of a Christmas tree. I hope that you're still very much on the mend. :D

[mothwing.livejournal.com]

Everything is going well, thanks. :D
Putting the big yellow star on a Christmas tree is a good idea, though I am not sure I'll be able to fix it up there.

[shadowycat.livejournal.com]

If you tape a yellow funnel piece to the bottom of the star it should stay put. I can't imagine that it's too heavy. :D I'm glad to hear things are still going well!

[mothwing.livejournal.com]

That's a good idea! Hadn't occurred to me, either, I thought I'd have had to remove one of the star tips, which also could have worked, but destroyed the star.

Yeah, I'm really hopeful about the tooth. I haven't had any sort of pain in days, which is hopefully a good sign.

[cranky--crocus.livejournal.com]

Those look wonderful! Almost makes me want to get some origami paper and a book to go along with videos. I really shouldn't take up any new hobbies at the moment, though. :B

Best of luck with catching up on the work! Or perhaps you've already managed it now that some time has passed. (: