Date: 07/03/2025
Model: Octopus
From: Kamiori Studio
By: Tomoaki Hamanaka
Paper: 15cm red, yellow and blue polka dot kraft paper

I was attracted to this octopus model because it starts off with a 16-square grid, just like you might fold for a tessellation. It utilizes a lot of accordion folding techniques to get 8 limbs. By using 3 different bright colored papers, I could partially recreate a Splatoon tricolor turf war.

Date: 6/09/2025
Model: Chinese Thread Book
From: Paula's Orihouse
By: Paula Versnick
Paper: White sketch paper (1 9"x9"; 2 9"x4.5"; 4 4.5"x4.5"; 24 4.5"x2.25")

There are numerous variations on the Chinese Thread Book, a type of item holder with pockets stacked on top of pockets. Each layer doubles the number of pockets, and the model can be scaled up as many layers as one wishes. The most common version appears to be the 31 pocket version (1 large square, 2 medium rectangles, 4 medium squares, 8 small rectangles, and 16 small squares.) In this version, the smallest square pocket includes a chrysanthemum motif, hence the usage of the same size paper used for the 8 small rectangular pockets.

Date: 12/xx/2024 - 2/xx/2025
Model:  Various
From: Realistic Origami Roses - 本物みたいなバラの折り紙
By: Naomiki Sato
Paper: 15cm red/dark red biotope, 15cm duo ombre pink haze/scarlet dusk

Starting to learn how to make roses from Sato's book. Some roses start from square and some from pentagons cut from the square. The duo ombre paper provides a nice contrast between the black and colored sides, while biotope provides a solid color throughout.

Date: 07/03/2024
From: Difficult Origami for the First Time - はじめての難しい折り紙
By: Higashi Katsukawa
Paper: 24cm blue origami paper

This cute little jellyfish includes four long tentacles and two fin-like tentacles. After folding so many triangle grids for tesselations, the hexagon shape of the bell felt extremely familiar.

Date: 11/26/2023
From: The Elegance of Origami -  高雅な折り紙
By: Oriol Esteve
Paper: 11.5cm blue origami paper

This shark is made from 2 sheets of paper with a clever hook to hold the two halves together.

Date: 11/04/2023
From: The Elegance of Origami -  高雅な折り紙
By: Oriol Esteve
Paper: 15cm red origami paper

Using red paper with the white side out makes a neatly colored white cat with red highlights.

Date: 10/27/2023
From: The Elegance of Origami -  高雅な折り紙
By: Beth Johnson
Paper: 15cm pearl, hologram, origami paper

These look similar to the traditional basic goldfish model, but tesselation provides a unique scale pattern on the side. Using reflective paper provides additional texture, although they doesn't fold as flat as basic paper. A little tape was used to secure the backs of the pearl and hologram versions as otherwise the paper doesn't hold its shape well enough.

Date: 10/25/2023
From: The Elegance of Origami -  高雅な折り紙
By: Beth Johnson
Paper: 15cm dark grey, 15cm x 7.5cm light grey Tant

This was folded for a friend, and used a little glue to secure the coat to the body. The tesselation used to generate the texture in the coat what attracted me to the model.

Date: 9/xx/2023
From: Sweet Paper's New Origami YouTube channel
By: Sweet Paper
Paper: 25cm, 15cm, 10cm, various colors of origami and Tant paper (3 sheets per model)

These balls use 3 sheets of paper; two for the halves and one half-sheet for the belt. This means they have a working hinge and close neatly -- and you can put something inside of them. While a pokémon or other animal model is probably the most appropriate, I ended up just nesting a few balls instead.

Date: 6/xx/2023
From: Sweet Paper's New Origami YouTube channel
By: Sweet Paper
Paper: Various sizes, up to 32in x 16in

These bowls use odd cuts of paper but interlock very tightly into a beautiful and functional object. With truely massive sheets of paper, you can make a large bowl to hold all sorts of things.

Date: 3/xx/2022
From: Searching For New Origami Expressions - 表現を探求する新しい折り紙
By: Takuro Kashawamura - 柏村卓朗
Paper: 25cm orange origami paper

An extremely complex but satisfying to fold crab, with all the legs and claws you'd expect but folding down to a fraction of the original paper size.

Date: 11/xx/2021
From: Difficult But Interesting! Toudai Origami - 難しいから面白い! 東大折紙
By: Ryousuke Mashiko - 益子遼祐
Paper: 15cm double sided origami paper

A cute little crane bookmark, perfect for marking that model you're working on.

Date: 6/xx/2019
Paper: Large brown washi paper

This was folded as a prop Mr. Grizz statue from Splatoon 2's Salmon Run mode. It was used during Anime Expo 2019's Ultimate Karaoke Fighting Championship contest. The challenge for this round was for the two contestants to play "Salmon Run" on stage, trying to gather orange ballpit balls ("salmon eggs") while avoiding the karaoke staffers throwing other colored ballpit balls at them (and other obstacles), as the salmon run song played in the background.

The model was found online.

Date: 12/31/2018
Paper: 15cm origami paper

These boars were folded for New Year's 2019, the year of the boar.

The model was found online.

Date: 12/xx/2017
Paper: 15cm, 7.5cm triangle origami paper

These birds are folded from a triangle sheet (a square cut diagonally in half). A small and large model were paired together to make the ornament.

The model was found online.