Modular Madness
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Modular origami gone wild!!!

 . . . well, at least highly spirited ;)

All photos below by Paul or Ali Hansen.

Your choices:


Cuby

Don’t let the name fool ya. This modulonstrosity means business! Weighing in at almost exactly 270 pieces, this little cubinoid could, well, maybe give you a paper cut . . . you know, if the sharp parts weren’t all tucked in and everything.


Crumply Cubinoid

 
Beauty shots ;)

  
Cuby’s humble beginnings.
 As you can see, it’s just pokey ball bits stuck together with tape
(tape because four modules fall flat of a cohesive, friction-fastened whole ;)


Weavy Balls

The weave ball is probably the second most difficult piece I’ve ever done, due to the long time it takes to weave the paper stars and then join them together.


Wonderous Weave Ball


Weave ball with wee stars (note the shadow :)

Strapping tape is easier to work with on the whole (comes pre-stripped, so just have to cut it to pieces). However, it does take a toll on your hands to get it to fold properly ;)

 
Some strapping additions to the weave family :)

 
Always remember to keep your spheres well fed!

 
A challenging build: four intersecting weave balls joined into a pyramid.

  
Oh no, pyramid disentagration!


Another patented blurry picture, here of a strapping tape waterfall.






The folded weave parts, arranged into a nice sunny crown :)


The Pyramidobile

Still, that’s nothing compared to the hardest piece of modular folding I’ve done: the five intersecting pyramids (duh duh dum). These take about seven hours to put together after all of the thirty pyramid struts have been folded!


The Pyramidobile in action!


The Pyramidobile all tuckered out.


Aww . . . that pile of intersecting pyramids looks so cute!


Pokey Balls

On the other hand, the pokey balls are quite easy (and would be the easiest if only they took a few less than thirty squares of paper to create :).


A Plethora of Pokey balls


Various sizes (the second-smallest one is about the size of a fist)


Mutants! Made with the same base pieces but connected at different angles.


A tidlewave of marshalade! Er, that is, of pokey balls :)


Pokey ball from above (pretty pentagons :)