Marvelous Modular Origami

✍ Scribed by Meenakshi Mukerji

• Publisher: A K Peters
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 92
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This richly illustrated book provides step-by-step instructions for the construction of over 30 different modular origami structures. The author describes basic folding techniques required to construct the modules that are used as building blocks to construct complex ornamental models. The diagrams are clear, crisp, and easy to follow, and are accompanied by inspiring color photographs. Additional tips encourage the reader to design their own original creations.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Photo Credits......Page 11
Platonic & Archimedean Solids......Page 12
Origami Basics......Page 13
Folding Tips......Page 16
1. Sonobe Variations......Page 18
Daisy Sonobe......Page 23
Striped Sonobe......Page 25
Snow-Capped Sonobe 1......Page 27
Snow-Capped Sonobe 2......Page 29
Swan Sonobe......Page 31
Spiked Pentakis Dodecahedron......Page 32
2. Enhanced Sonobes......Page 34
Cosmos Ball......Page 35
Cosmos Ball Variation......Page 37
Calla Lily Ball......Page 38
Phlox Ball......Page 39
FanTastic......Page 41
Stella......Page 44
3. Floral Balls......Page 46
Poinsettia Floral Ball......Page 47
Passion Flower Ball......Page 49
Plumeria Floral Ball......Page 51
Petunia Floral Ball......Page 53
Primrose Floral Ball......Page 54
4. Patterned Dodecahedra I......Page 56
Daisy Dodecahedron 1......Page 57
Daisy Dodecahedron 2......Page 59
Daisy Dodecahedron 3......Page 60
5. Patterned Dodecahedra II......Page 62
Umbrella Dodecahedron......Page 64
Whirl Dodecahedron......Page 65
Jasmine Dodecahedron 1......Page 67
Jasmine Dodecahedron 2......Page 69
Jasmine Dodecahedron 3......Page 71
Swirl Dodecahedron 1......Page 72
Swirl Dodecahedron 2......Page 74
6. Miscellaneous......Page 76
Lightning Bolt......Page 77
Twirl Octahedron......Page 79
Star Windows......Page 81
Rectangles from Squares......Page 82
Homogeneous Color Tiling......Page 83
Origami, Mathematics, Science and Technology......Page 85
Suggested Reading......Page 90
Suggested Websites......Page 91
About the Author......Page 92