My little kusumadness

Gloriosa Flowers by Ekaterina Lukasheva

2010-06-08T21:20:00.000-07:00

Model: Gloriosa flowers
Created by: Ekaterina Lukasheva (Russia)
Units: 30, no glue used
Diagram: not published yet

Model: Carcass
Created by: Ekaterina Lukasheva (Russia)
Units: 30, no glue used
Diagram: click on "diagram"

Model: Gloriosa flowers on Carcass
Created by: Ekaterina Lukasheva (Russia)
Units: 8 flowers (10 units each) + 4 flowers (5 units each) + 30 Carcass units, no glue used
Diagram: not published yet

Please, don't forget we're earning points for the diagram of Rafaelita series by Ekaterina Lukasheva. Rules in english and spanish.

New diagrams from Ekaterina Lukasheva

2010-04-22T00:39:00.000-07:00

Ekaterina Lukasheva opened new diagrams on her personal site:

Diagram Madmoiselle	Diagram Merengue
Diagram Fish Curler	Diagram Mandragora
Diagram Crocus	Diagram Sparaxis
Diagram Ilex	Diagram Ornament

To download the diagram you just have to click on the word "Diagram"!

Please, don't forget we're earning points for the diagram of Rafaelita series by Ekaterina Lukasheva. Rules in english and spanish.

Blup-Blup by Mio Tsugawa

2010-04-19T10:05:00.000-07:00

Model: Blup-blup
Created by: Mio Tsugawa
Units: 30, no glue used
Diagram: here

And opened

Please, don't forget we're earning points for the diagram of Rafaelita series by Ekaterina Lukasheva. Rules in english and spanish.

Rsette by Mio Tsugawa

2010-04-10T11:22:00.000-07:00

Model: Rsette
Created by: Mio Tsugawa
Units: 30, no glue used
Diagram: here

Please, don't forget we're earning points for the diagram of Rafaelita series by Ekaterina Lukasheva. Rules in english and spanish.

Brightest Star by Mio Tsugawa

2010-04-10T11:16:00.000-07:00

Model: Brightest Star
Created by: Mio Tsugawa
Units: 30, no glue used
Diagram: here

Please, don't forget we're earning points for the diagram of Rafaelita series by Ekaterina Lukasheva. Rules in english and spanish.

135 V-Shape Module by Tomoko Fuse

2010-04-10T11:13:00.000-07:00

Model: 135 V-Shape Module
Created by: Tomoko Fuse
Units: 30, no glue used
Diagram: Origami Tanteidan Magazine 109

Please, don't forget we're earning points for the diagram of Rafaelita series by Ekaterina Lukasheva. Rules in english and spanish.

Dance of a Star by Mio Tsugawa

2010-04-10T11:09:00.000-07:00

Model: Dance of a Star
Created by: Mio Tsugawa
Units: 30, some glue used
Diagram: here

Please, don't forget we're earning points for the diagram of Rafaelita series by Ekaterina Lukasheva. Rules in english and spanish.

Aurora by David Mitchell

2010-04-10T11:07:00.000-07:00

Model: Aurora
Created by: David Mitchell
Units: 30, no glue used
Diagram: Book Paper Crystals

Please, don't forget we're earning points for the diagram of Rafaelita series by Ekaterina Lukasheva. Rules in english and spanish.

Spides kusudama by Ekaterina Lukasheva

2010-04-10T10:56:00.000-07:00

Model: Spides kusudama
Created by: Ekaterina Lukasheva (Russia)
Units: 30, some glue used
Diagram: click on "diagram"

Please, don't forget we're earning points for the diagram of Rafaelita series by Ekaterina Lukasheva. Rules in english and spanish.

Diagram for Radianta kusudama is open now!

2010-04-05T02:10:00.000-07:00

Ekaterina Lukasheva opened for the public the diagram for this gorgeous kusudama:

Just click the picture and under the link "diagram" it will be!

Do you remember we have a game in motion for the diagram of Rafaelita series? Here are the rules in Spanish and English!

Estupendas noticias!

2010-04-04T11:42:00.001-07:00

This is an spanish update to my previous post!

Este es una actualizacion en espanol de mi entrada anterior.

Hola chicos, como estan? Tengo estupendas noticias! Nuestra propia autora de kusudamas Ekaterina Lukasheva por fin lanzo su sitio-web personal: www.kusudama.me. Alli podran encontrar en un solo lugar todas esas preciosas kusudamas que estaban dispersas en diferentes sitios. No es fantastico? Hace mucho estaba en espera de que esto sucediera.

Pero esta no es la unica gran noticia. Nuestra talentosa autora para promover su sitio esta dispuesta a abrir al publico algunos de sus diagramas. Pero con algunas condiciones. Realmente es muy facil! :0)

Las reglas son simples. El objetivo es alcanzar todos jutos:

100 puntos para Rafaelita

120 puntos para Edelweiss

150 puntos para Festival y Grafique

Como ganar los puntos? Deben poner un enlace del sitio (www.kusudama.me) en su blog con algunas palabras sobre el sitio!

Entonces, se obtiene:
1 punto por un enlanc en livejournal
1 punto por flickr
1 punto por blogspot, myspace, wordpress
2 puntos for Stranamasterov
otros sitios seran considerados

Eso significa, por ejemplo, si tienen cuentas en flickr y blogspot pueden ganar 2 puntos!

La prueba de que pusieron el enlace en su blog la pueden enviar como comentario a esta entrada.

Great news!

2010-04-02T05:51:00.000-07:00

How are you guys! I have wonderful news! Our very own kusudama creator - Ekaterina Lukasheva finally launched her personal site: www.kusudama.me. There you can find in one place all those beautiful kusudamas that were dispersed all over different sites! Isn't it great? I was so looking forward to see this coming!

But these are not the only big news. Our talented author in order to promote the site is willing to open some diagrams for you, my dear friends! But with some conditions. Very easy though! :0)

The rules are very simple. The goal is to reach all together:

100 points for Rafaelita

120 points for Edelweiss

150 points for Festival and Grafique

How to earn the points? You have to post a link of the site (www.kusudama.me) in your blog and write some words about it!

So, you get:
1 point for a link in you livejournal
1 point for flickr
1 point for a blogspot, myspace, wordpress
2 points for Stranamasterov
other sites will be considered

It means if you have, for example, accounts on flickr and blogspot you can earn 2 points!

You can place your link-proof as a comment to this post.

Rsette by Mio Tsugawa

2010-03-31T00:49:00.000-07:00

Model: Rsette
Created by: Mio Tsugawa
Units: 30, no glue used
Diagram: can be bought here

Crocus kusudama by Ekaterina Lukasheva

2010-03-31T00:29:00.000-07:00

Model: Crocus kusudama
Created by: Ekaterina Lukasheva (Russia)
Units: 30, no glue used
Diagram: click on "diagram"

First time published at the russian kusudama community here.

You can download the diagram here.

Solanum Kusudama by Ekaterina Lukasheva

2010-03-29T11:13:00.000-07:00

Model: Solanum kusudama
Created by: Ekaterina Lukasheva (Russia)
Units: 30, no glue used
Diagram: wasn't published yet

with opened petals

First time published at the russian kusudama community here.

You can contact the author for the diagram here

Arnica (modular flower) by Ekaterina Lukasheva

2010-03-18T12:10:00.000-07:00

Model: Arnica (modular flower)
Created by: Ekaterina Lukasheva (Russia)
Units: 5, no glue used
Diagram: wasn't published yet

First time published at the russian kusudama community here.
The kusudama consists of 12 arnica-flowers (60 units) and 30 connecting modules

You can contact the author for the diagram here)

Grandiflora by Ekaterina Lukasheva

2010-03-18T12:01:00.000-07:00

Model: Grandiflora kusudama (var. 2)
Created by: Ekaterina Lukasheva (Russia)
Units: 60, no glue used
Diagram: wasn't published yet

Grandiflora var. 2 (you can contact the author for the diagram here and here

First time published at the russian kusudama community here.

Senpenbanka by Mio Tsugawa

2010-03-18T11:55:00.000-07:00

Model: Senpenbanka
Created by: Mio Tsugawa
Units: 30, no glue used
Diagram: can be bought here

Rafaelita kusudama by Ekaterina Lukasheva

2010-03-16T23:00:00.000-07:00

Model: Rafaelita kusudama
Created by: Ekaterina Lukasheva (Russia)
Units: 30, no glue used
Diagram: wasn't published yet

The orginal model can be found at the russian kusudama community!

Mademoiselle kusudama by Ekaterina Lukasheva

2010-03-15T09:25:00.000-07:00

Tutorial in the russian kusudama community. If you have troubles with the language, let me know! >_<

The diagram can be downloaded here!

Floral Globe by Tomoko Fuse

2010-03-14T06:48:00.000-07:00

I folded these during a 12hour flight to Cuba. Nice way to kill time, ha?

This one is a result of a little mistake! It's actually the same model as the red. I decided to use glue to secure the units, but on the second row I realized that I joined them wrong. And trying to unglue the glued parts the modules just opened up like flowers! >_<

And these are my future kusudamas! Units for 15 of them! Try to guess the names! :0)

Sparaxis kusudama by Ekaterina Lukasheva

2010-02-13T12:47:00.000-08:00

This is a new kusudama created by Ekaterina Lukasheva (Russia). Very easy to fold and extremely interesting to join! 30 units, paper size 7,5*3,75 cm

The original model can be found at the russian kusudama community!

You can download the diagram here!

New diagrams from ara_dia!!!

2009-07-14T08:46:00.000-07:00

Hey people, check this out!

Our own ara_dia, an amazing russian kusudama-creator and just a fantastic girl, is ready to share some diagrams. The only thing you need to do is to vote here. The rules are very simple: you vote with a link to your kusudama blog or to your kusudama gallery. One person one vote and that's it!

We need at least 20 votes for Stella rombica

30 votes for True star

40 votes for Cake rose

50 votes for Triple Twist

and 60 votes for this thing without name

VOTE HERE!!!

Rose de Sahara by Miyuki Kawamura

2009-07-12T01:49:00.000-07:00

Another model by Miyuki Kawamura. Very easy and it's joined without glue. I mean absolutely without glue! The flaps are big enough and the pockets hold the flaps really good.

30 units, paper size 7,5*7,5 cm

The diagram was published in Origami Tanteidan Magazine 96

Twin boat by Tomoko Fuse

2009-07-08T13:11:00.000-07:00

I found this model in Tanteidan Magazine 107. First I thought it was a Miyuki Kawamura's model. But was too easy to fold (that actually it's not a problem in Kawamura's models) and great to assemble (really strange for this author) that I started wondering about my new born inmunity for Kawamura's models!. Then comparing my model with the author's I noticed the real creator was Tomoko Fuse. Oops! A very nice polyhedron tough, highly recommended!

For this one I used origami paper size 5*5 cm, it's about 5 cm in diameter.

I enjoyed so much the proccess that I couldn't help but make another one. This time with paper size 7,5*7,5 cm.

I didn't know what to do with such a small thing (the first one), so I put it inside a Bila de la japonezi. A little bit fun, right?

Spring is in the air?

2009-07-01T21:18:00.000-07:00

Kusudama Spring. Paper size 5,5*5,5 cm, about 10 cm in diameter.
The diagram can be found here.

Family portrait

Pair Blade by Miyuki Kawamura

2009-06-28T00:28:00.000-07:00

I first saw this model at the Meenakshi Mukerji's gallery and it didn't impress me much. But few days ago I was surfing Flickr and I found this amazing model made by Déli, and I did absolutely fall for it.

30 units, paper size 7,5*7,5cm - about 15 cm in diameter. Easy to fold, all units are joined with glue.

Was published in Origami Tanteidan Magazine 91.

Marbling Star by Miyuki Kawamura

2009-06-27T03:15:00.000-07:00

This model was published in Origami Tanteidan Magazine 102. Here is the diagram:

Like other models by Miyuki Kawamura, the units are very easy to fold. This one was not easy to assemble. But actually it's possible... and of course, I used some glue to join them together!

30 units, dodecahedral shape (point: 3 units, hole: 5 units). Paper size 7,0*7,0 cm, about 12 cm in diameter.

The author's model looks like this:

but I decided to increase a little the angle (step 4) to get a more solid shape:

Amaryllis by Miyuki Kawamura

2009-06-24T05:33:00.000-07:00

Icosahedral model - 30 units. point: 5 units, hole: 3 units

Dodecahedral model - 30 units. point: 3 units, hole: 5 units

Bila de la japonezi

2009-06-21T05:58:00.000-07:00

I saw this one at the romanian origami forum. You can find the tutorial here. Thanks Paco!!!

2009-06-13T22:59:00.000-07:00

Kusudama from the book Hana no kusudama by Mariko Kubo.

Stella Conica type 2 by Miyuki Kawamura

2009-06-10T02:14:00.000-07:00

This was another attempt to understand the logic of Miyuki Kawamura's models. It don't come easy for me. They are very beautiful, interesting, and the modules are easy to fold, but getting them together is beyond my understanding! This one was joined with glue and the process was insanely long... Maybe there's an easier way to go but I don´t get it!

Kusudama No 37

2009-06-07T09:09:00.000-07:00

A variation of the kusudama No. 37 from the book "Hana no kusudama" by Mariko Kubo.

Crystal of ice by Mio Tsugawa

2009-06-07T07:29:00.000-07:00

This model consists of 30 modules, paper size 7,5*7,5 cm. The modules are easy to fold, but they're joined together with glue. You can order the diagram

here.

Blutenball

2009-06-06T23:47:00.000-07:00

In general, I like making this model. The only inconvenience is that you have to use some glue to join 30 pieces. Paper size as usual 7,5*7,5 cm. You can find a tutorial here, and a video instruction here.

This little one consists of 6 modules entirely on glue.

Lovely heart var. 2 by Mio Tsugawa

2009-06-04T13:08:00.000-07:00

This kusudama entirely justifies its name! It's a really lovely work created by Mio Tsugawa. Paper size 5,5*5,5 cm. The diagram can be ordered here.

Kusudama No 36

2009-06-02T01:40:00.000-07:00