Number of units: 40
Instructions: In Unit Origami: Multidimensional Transformations (amazon) (240 pages, 1990) by Tomoko Fuse.
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Number of units: 40
Instructions: In Unit Origami: Multidimensional Transformations (amazon) (240 pages, 1990) by Tomoko Fuse.
All Models: Here
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Number of Units: 60
Instructions: Sonobe units by Dave Mitchell: Part I and Part II. To assemble 60 such units, see Instructions for Assembly with Sonobe units (PDF) — this is a free chapter from Meenakshi Mukerji’s book: Marvelous Modular Origami (amazon) (2007, 92 pages).
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Number of Units: 28
Instructions: In Unit Origami: Multidimensional Transformations (amazon) (240 pages, 1990) by Tomoko Fuse.
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Number of Units: 60
Instructions: In Kusudama: Ball Origami (amazon) (76 pages, 1990) by Makoto Yamaguchi. Paper that is colored on both sides is recommended for this model. Otherwise, individual flowers look very pretty but the whiteness that shows in the kusudama is jarring (as in the picture above).
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Number of Units: 14
Instructions: In the book 3-D Geometric Origami: Modular Polyhedra (80 pages, 1996) by Rona Gurkewitz and Bennett Arnstein.
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Number of Units: 30
Instructions: In Meenakshi Mukerji’s Marvelous Modular Origami (amazon) (92 pages, 2007). The model is very sturdy.
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Number of Units: 6 green + 12 yellow
Instructions: In Meenakshi Mukerji’s book: Marvelous Modular Origami (amazon) (92 pages, 2007). I glued the yellow ‘twirls’ to themselves to maintain their twirl.
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Number of units: 30
Instructions: The design is named “Dodecahedron from Double Equilateral Triangles – Triangular Windows Design” by Tomoko Fuse in her book Unit Origami: Multidimensional Transformations (amazon), 1990, pages 126-129.
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Number of units: 60
Instructions: Here (free). This is a traditional Japanese design and is frequently found hanging in Japanese homes. It is one of the few Kusudama models that requires glue. Almost all modern “modular origami” models are glue-free.
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Number of Units: 12
Instructions: Design by Herman Van Goubergen. Instructions (free) for Curler Units. Stiff paper is necessary for the model to hold. There’s also a YouTube video with instructions.
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Number of Units: 24
Instructions: Free diagrams by Jorge C Lucero. An article for assembly of other intersecting wireframe models.
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Number of units: 20
Instructions: Here (free) by Tom Hull. An article with YouTube videos and assembly of other intersecting wireframe models.
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Number of units: 12
Instructions: On pages 160-163 in the book: Unit Origami: Multidimensional Transformations (amazon) (240 pages, 1990) by Tomoko Fuse. The model is sturdy and easy to assemble.
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Number of Units: 20
Instructions: Sonobe units by Dave Mitchell: Part I and Part II. To assemble the units, Instructions for Assembly with Sonobe units (PDF) — this is a free chapter from Meenakshi Mukerji’s book: Marvelous Modular Origami (2007, 92 pages).
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Number of Units: 30
Designer: Jordi Mas Trullenque
Instructions: Here (free). The units fit snugly. The model is overall reasonably sturdy.
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