How to make origami from modules?

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The technology of making paper was imported intoJapan from China at the beginning of the seventh century and has undergone significant changes over time. The Japanese managed to create a new type of paper, which was both dense and soft and at the same time less likely to break. This type of paper was called Vasya, and it was from her that she began to make unique paper forms and figures, which later took shape in this kind of arts and crafts, like origami.

Traditionally, origami refers to the processcreating any form of a square sheet of paper by repeatedly folding it. However, there are also so-called modular origami, which consist of several elements. Each element is made from a separate sheet of paper, after which all elements are combined into a single composition without the use of glue or scissors. In this article we will tell you how to make origami from modules in the form of a five-pointed star.

Materials and procedures

For work you need to cut out 5 squaresfrom a paper in the size of 7,5х7,5 sm. In principle, any paper with a density of up to 100 g / m² is suitable. This can be like ordinary office paper, or children's drawing paper, or colored paper for cutting. Pay attention that with colored paper it's always easier to work, yes, and crafts from it look more impressive. We suggest that you begin learning with simpler shapes, creating a large five-pointed star to begin with.

Take the first square.
Fold it diagonally, draw along the fold line with your fingers, and then rotate the square back.
Now each of the two resulting after bending the halves of the square, bend in half so that the equal angles are obtained. Also, slide your fingers along the fold line and again flatten the sheet in front of you.
You will get that 3 fold lines emerge from one corner of the square. Place a sheet of paper with this angle up.
Opposite from this angle, bend the edge approximately one third upwards so that you have a bent strip in front of you.
Turn the top corner of this strip towards you. Paper should be neatly formed along the folding line, which we made in point 3.
The opposite angle is inside the square.
Now fold the resulting figure in half in the fold line from point 2.
Unscrew the bottom of the figure up, face to you, and then the leftmost corner of the resulting "tail" bend inward.
As a result, you should get a triangle with a special "tail" for attaching parts to each other.
Expand the part back to the point where it takes shape, as in step 6.
Do the same scheme for 4 more details.
Fasten each part to the next one, passing the "tail" of one detail into the fold line and clinging to one of the halves of the diamond.
As a result, you should get a three-pointed star.

This is just one of many examples of origami from modules. In total, there are more than a thousand different modular origami.

Sonobe Module

The most common element of modular origami is the Sonobe module. With its help, you can collect almost any geometric figure.

Module Sonobe is going this way:

Take a square sheet of paper.
Fold it in the middle in half.
Then fold each of the halves once more in half to the center.
Bend the lower left corner so that the left side of the resulting triangle coincides with the upper edge of the figure.
Turn the shape face down and again do the same operation, but with the opposite angle.
There are two triangles in front of you. Fold the upper corner of each of them inside the figure.
Bend the protruding corners inside the figure.
Turn the shape face down and do the same on the reverse side.
Again, flip the figure backwards and fold it so that the result is a folded square.
Expand the shape, before you get a ready-made module.
The number and order of assembly of modules depends on what you will subsequently collect from them.