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The kusudama is a paper model that I usually created by connecting multiple units together. The individual pieces may be glued, sewed or connected with themselves. The complete kusudama may be decorated with tassels, beads, feathers and anything you can imagine.
Kusudama originate from ancient Japanese culture, where they were used for incense like a talismans against evil. It's possible that they were originally the bunches of flowers and herbs. The word kusudama itself is a combination of two Japanese words kusuri, Medicine, and tama — Ball.
Nowadays kusudama has become a beautiful gift and an interesting hobby. For me kusudama is a shape to catch my inspiration. I adore ornamental things and they become even more expressive in a spherical forms and polyhedrons, because the sphere has no beginning and no end. Some kind of eternal origami ornament. Modular origami constructions open new possibilities for decoration that would be impossible in traditional single-sheet origami. Kusudamas are easy to fold and very impressive. Welcome to my kusudama world!
Fish curler is a modular origami construction, that consists of twirled fish origami bases. It's a very simple and breathtaking construction. It has a dense middle and spiny twirls radiating from it. You can prepare 30 fish bases, curl them and assemble like shown on the picture. That is all! Engoy this easy kusudama!
To obtain this exotic but very simple kusudama you will need 30 paper sheets with proportion 1:2. You can also take a different sheet proportion paper, but for the first time I'd recommend to take 1:2. Such papers can be achieved by cutting square note-papers. You also need the long stick for opening of the modules.
Even a novice in origami can fold this simple module: it's very simple. The only task is then to blow it. Try this action on a single unit to train it. For this action put the stick into the module and begin to open it. Then push with your finger to the center of the module. It deforms and blows! When you've trained this skill well, you can assemble 30 units to the kusudama. Assemble not puffed out modules. Only after the construction of icosahedron (it may look rather unpleasant on this step) puff the modules up. After blowing up it would become beautiful and lightweight. Enjoy!
All models are rather simple if you follow the diagram. There are some international symbols in origami, that are used in diagrams.
These pictures are from wikipedia
You will need thread, a piece of paper, crochet hook and scissors
Take a piece of paper or a cartboard and start to spool the thread
You can use your own fingers instead of fingers
As soon as you've spooled enough to make the tassel thick, cut the thread
You have a lot of spooled thread
Lock the hank with two or more knots
You can make additional knots
Make the hank more tassel-like
Take the second thread and make a knot
You can make multiple knots
Spool the thread over the hank
You can change the direction and continue spooling
As soon as you finished spooling, take the crocket hook and hide the end of the thread underneath
Repeat if necessary
Cut the lose end
Cut the lower loops and make the tassel regular
The tassel is complete!
Take a long needle
Decorate the thread with beads and knots and pass it through your kusudama
Decorate the upper part of the thread and form the loop for hanging
Cut unused thread
Tassel-decorated kusudama is complete!
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