Stellated Octahedron Origami
Origami with jo nakashima.
Stellated octahedron origami. You can even attach a photo of your result or tag me on instagram paperkawaii. Single sheet origami stellated octahedron. The paper i d recommend using is basic origami kami paper but will work nicely with thicker textured paper too.
1 take two sonobe units and find a pocket on one and a tab on the other reference to the picture and put the tab as far as it can go into the pocket 2 look at the 2nd picture to make sure yours is right so far 3 take another sonobe unit and put one of its tabs in one of the open pockets on the structure. The sonobe unit is very versatile and can be used to make all sorts of polyhedra such a hexahedron a stellated octahedron a stellated icosahedron and many other irregular polyhedra. Learn to fold a sonobe unit here.
For more information including a step by step overview of the folding process as well as to get started making your own colorful paper octahedrons watch this free origami lesson. This sonobe stellated octahedron is made with 12 sonobe units created by mitsonobu sonobe. This instructable will hopefully demonstrate how to make a stellated octahedron out of a single square of paper.
Origami stellated octahedron designer. With this guide you ll learn how to make a folded paper stellated octahedron with origami the traditional art of japanese paper folding. 4 the last tab might be underneath the sonobe unit you just put in so take it.
You will need one square of paper i ve added new pictures to make the process more clear. Beginners should use 3 colors of paper. If you use origami paper make sure the pattern side is outside and will be visible later step 3 unfold the previous fold.
4 units of each color.
