60-Unit Origami Polyhedron
Here’s a photo of my most recent origami project. It’s an icosa-dodecahedron, constructed from units folded from 60 rectangular sheets of paper. (Yes, no glue was used.) The design is from Unit Polyhedron Origami by Tomoko Fuse. It’s about 20cm across.
The paper came from this package available at Paper Jade.
Posted: June 21st, 2007 under Uncategorized.
Comments
Comment from bLuefRogX
Time November 26, 2007 at 6:32 pm
Can you show us a photo of the base shape used in the origami?
Comment from adam
Time November 27, 2007 at 10:51 am
Yes, but give me a couple of days to look it up, fold it, and photograph it. It looks like a strip of three trianges with tabs on the end, I think. Two of the triangles are visible surfaces; the third slides into a pocket in the adjacent unit. The tabs get trapped in the convex edges of adjacent units so it all locks itself together.
Comment from Karen
Time February 15, 2009 at 11:04 am
I really like this origami unit. Putting together complex constructions like this can be fun and challenging. I have a site that shows some other units that have less pieces.
Comment from Juan Jose Paiz
Time June 27, 2007 at 11:30 am
is very coool