r/origami • • 11d ago

15 years ago, I folded 1,615 paper cranes while fighting stage 4 cancer. Now, I'm a glass artist coming full circle by encapsulating the remaining 615 original cranes into my blown glass vessels.

848 Upvotes

r/origami • • 6h ago

Photo Made another Phoenix

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314 Upvotes

Posted a Phoenix a while back. Haven't folded anything since that model but gave this one to a friend. Really struggled with step 187-190. The process happened out of luck entirely on both sides.

Do y'all have any other recommendations for decently difficult models like this? And how do yall keep the motivation to keep folding? I only make stuff when someone asks me to or if I'm in rehab lmao. Cheers


r/origami • • 1h ago

Tarantula - folded by me

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r/origami • • 19h ago

Pirate Ship

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303 Upvotes

Folded and designed by me

100 cm x 100 cm black/white 80 gsm paper


r/origami • • 16h ago

Cerberus - folded by me

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90 Upvotes

r/origami • • 9h ago

Help! Unicorn 🦄 designed and folded by me

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25 Upvotes

r/origami • • 11h ago

Perro

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Un perro diseño propio según yo, varios de los origamis que he publicado que son de cuatro patas comparten el mismo cuerpo base, pero le cambié la cola y la cabeza y más o menos las patas, la cara de este se le rompió la frente debió quedar como el rosa.


r/origami • • 12h ago

Photo kusudama “buckyball”

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learned a new kusudama recently and im obsessed. these two i recently finished but i gave them away as gifts.

i kept the first one i made but i made a mistake at the very end of the assembly process so it ended up being 91 pieces instead of a clean 90


r/origami • • 5h ago

Original Any chance there’s instructions to this origami ?

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r/origami • • 16h ago

Diagramming in Ori Studio!

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Hi all! The diagramming workspace just got released in Ori Studio. It lets you build a diagram right next to the crease pattern you’re designing, with each step’s picture coming straight from the pattern, or from your own drawing when a step is clearer drawn by hand.

Full 18-minute walkthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMLFtb368is
Try it in the browser: https://oristudio.dev. Desktop apps for Mac, Windows and Linux are here.

Example project: Crane Diagram.osf

What it does

  • Each step links to a crease pattern or reference step. Show it as the crease pattern, flat folded, in 3D, or in the simulator at any fold percentage.
  • Pose each step: turn it over, rotate it, or spread the layers so hidden flaps show.
  • Change the crease pattern, and the affected steps flag themselves out of date with one click to refresh.
  • Drop in your own SVG or PNG drawings for any step, or pull reference-finding steps straight in from References.
  • Annotate with the standard symbols:
    • valley, mountain, fold-and-unfold, pleat and push arrows
    • turn-over and rotate signs, and repeat callouts
    • enlarged views with the “zoom” arrow, x-ray views, equal divisions and right angles
    • the eye, stars, shapes and text
  • Lay out the pages with a flowing path the steps sit along, or a plain grid, then drag anything where you want it.
  • Export a print-ready PDF, a single SVG of every page, or a ZIP of the step pictures.

Timing note: Thomas Krak just released Origami Diagram Maker, which is a funny coincidence! From my understanding ODM is more focused on automatically all the symbols from a CP, while Ori Studio has more of a design / flexibility focused approach. Definitely check it out too!

Thanks: the affine layer spreading is based on Kei Morisue’s work in DEFOX

It’s free and open source. I’d love feedback, especially symbols or layouts you reach for that aren’t there yet.


r/origami • • 16h ago

Photo Origami shrimp - designed by pietari vauras, folded by me

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r/origami • • 14h ago

Satoshi Kamiya's Ancient Dragon

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16 Upvotes

r/origami • • 15h ago

Origami frilled lizard folded by me

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14 Upvotes

r/origami • • 22h ago

Photo Giant water bug designed by Kim Dong Hyeon.

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22 Upvotes

r/origami • • 1d ago

Meme The current state of my diagramming software…

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886 Upvotes

So I’m naively putting together a software that attempts to break a crease pattern into discrete steps, and something tells me it’s not quite ready to ship yet.

And yes, the software is a vibe coded pos, if it becomes anything more, or produces useful results I’ll be going through and cleaning it up.


r/origami • • 1d ago

My origami dragon egg

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So I saw the jellyfish tesselation from Beth Johnson and decided to use it for this egg. I put some lights in it and I think it looks pretty good. Also the dragon in the second photo is the Baby Dragon from Jo Nakashima.


r/origami • • 20h ago

im gonna make about 200 origami butterflies and im gonna leave them around the netherlands for people to find.

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is this a good idea? no. am i gonna do it anyways? yes.


r/origami • • 1d ago

Photo It's a gh gh gh gh ghost! Designed By Scott Wesserman Stern.

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So this ghost has some crazy unsinks and sinks at parts. But the black and white is my first attempt. The neon radium green and white is my second attempt. The spectral hands came out better.


r/origami • • 1d ago

Original It was slow at work

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r/origami • • 1d ago

Pieces I made while I was bored at work

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20 Upvotes

I love whoever invented sticky notes. The keep me from dying of boredom


r/origami • • 19h ago

Help! Nick Robinson's Arlington Box

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I have zero idea what he's on about in step 14, and how on earth to get it to look like in step 15! 😳

"Fold the lower white flap" -- which flap??

And there are two different arrows! None of which start from a "lower" white flap!

"Valley food on the hidden (dotted) crease at the same time" -- what?! There are at least three creases in that diagram that could be interpreted as being 'dotted' 😭 And how on earth does that happen at the same time as the other stuff?

Please help 💗💗💗


r/origami • • 1d ago

Photo origami bow + handmade gift wrap :)

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43 Upvotes

I made this last-minute custom gift wrap using taped-together notebook sheets that I scribbled hearts on, and then decided to attempt an origami bow. I think it turned out so cute, and I totally forgot how fun origami is!!


r/origami • • 1d ago

Disco snail

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59 Upvotes

r/origami • • 1d ago

Original Mr. Heart

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33 Upvotes

Folded from a sqrt(2):1 rectangular sheet (A3 copy paper), created as a variation of Lang’s Baby model (see second picture).


r/origami • • 1d ago

Tutorial: How to fold an Intermediate Origami Tessellation

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Origami Tutorial: How to fold an intermediate level tessellation.

I demonstrate how to fold my 'Chutes and Ladders' tessellation. It's a great way to improve your folding skills with some new techniques.

https://www.solvingorigamitessellations.com/2025/11/chutes-and-ladders-origami-tessellation.html