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Froebel Star

Maria — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:05:57 +0000

I’ve been saving and bookmarking tutorials for this star since last year and this holiday season I finally decided to give it a try!

This star has lots of names – Froebel Star, German Star, Swedish Star, Danish Star or Moravian Star are just a few to mention. You can read more about the history of Froebel Star (and learn which name is not correct) here.

The star is made out of four rather long strips of paper, a width-to-length ratio may vary from 1:25 to 1:30. This is not exactly an easy star, it takes at least a few tries to get it right, but after folding around 20 of them I feel like I’ll never forget it! They are so addictive!

There are plenty of tutorials on the net explaining how to make it, so I just added a couple of links to the ones I used.

Name:	Froebel Star, German Star
Designer:	Traditional design
Units:	4 units for a star
Paper ratio:	strips measuring from (1:25) to (1:30)
Assembled with:	no glue
Paper size:	130 / 1.535 / 2*60 cm
Model size:	~ 4 / 6.5 / 8.5 cm
Paper:	Tracing paper
Video:	Froebel Star – video tutorial

Once you have mastered the star, you may want to make something more challenging out of them! I made this kusudama with a total of 6 stars (they’re only 3D on one side) – check out the video below to learn how it can be done.

Name:	Froebel Star Kusudama
Units:	6 Froebel Stars (flat on one side)
Assembled with:	no glue
Paper size:	1.5*30 cm
Model size:	6.5 cm
Paper:	Tracing paper
Video:	Froebel Star Kusudama – video

To make a Christmas wreath with Froebel stars you will need 8 of them. Insert points of one star into another one (look at the picture to see how they are positioned relative to each other). Before you insert the points, add a dab of glue to hold them in place.

Name:	Froebel Star Wreath
Units:	8 Froebel Stars
Assembled with:	glue
Paper size:	1*30 cm
Model size:	11 cm
Paper:	Tracing paper

I used tracing paper for all these stars because it’s not only thin and strong at the same time, but also available in large sheets, which is pretty handy when it comes to cutting long strips.

Froebel Star

Origami Christmas Wreath

Maria — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:07:33 +0000

Name:	Origami Christmas Wreath
Units:	8
Paper ratio:	square
Assembled with:	glue
Paper size:	15 cm
Model size:	~20 cm
Paper:	Double-sided origami paper, painted with gold paint
Diagram:	Tutorial on MartaOrigamis blog (Portuguese)

This is an origami Christmas wreath I made last year. It’s folded from 8 square sheets of paper (15 cm), painted with gold (though I don’t quite remember whether I did it before or after folding… hm) and then decorated with paper fasteners. All units are just glued to each other.
I think this wreath will make a wonderful decoration for the Holidays! To learn how to fold it, check out the link in the description section.

Origami Christmas Wreath

Origami Wreath

Maria — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:14:42 +0000

These are two new origami wreaths of my own design I’m very excited about! Each of them has 12 points but is folded from only 6 sheets of paper, which I believe is a pretty good deal.
I used rectangular sheets of paper to make the wreath on the left and square sheets to make the one on the right. Can’t decide which I like the most!

Name:	Origami Wreath
Designer:	Maria Sinayskaya
Units:	6
Paper ratio:	rectangle (2:sqrt(3)) for the left wreath,square for the right
Assembled with:	no glue
Paper size:	7.56.5 cm7.57.5 cm
Model size:	~ 8 cm
Paper:	Double-sided kraft, Paper Frog
Diagram:	Not available

Origami Wreath

Eifel Star

Maria — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:11:41 +0000

This very nice and simple modular origami star by Hans-Werner Guth, Eifel Star, is made from 12 square sheets of paper without gluing. I folded it quite some time ago but I still remember that I enjoyed it a lot, that’s why I actually made two of them in a row!
Follow the links below to learn how fold and assemble this star!

Name:	Eifel Star
Designer:	Hans-Werner Guth
Units:	12
Paper ratio:	square
Assembled with:	no glue
Paper size:	7 cm (black-gold star)
	5 cm (white star)
Model size:	~ 8.5 cm (black-gold star)
	~ 6 cm (white star)
Paper:	Foil, kami, wrapping paper
Diagram:	Diagram
Video (assembly):	Video

Eifel Star

8-Pointed Origami Stars

Maria — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:00:08 +0000

Name:	8-Pointed Origami Stars, still unnamed
Designer:	Maria Sinayskaya
Units:	8 units for each star
Paper ratio:	rectangles (1:3) and (1:2sqrt(2))
Assembled with:	no glue
Paper size:	~ 3*9 cm
Model size:	~ 7-8 cm
Paper:	Wrapping foil
Diagram:	Not available yet

I was very lucky last year to buy this wrapping foil paper during the holiday sale. There was only one roll of it and I never saw this paper again since then. It folds like a dream and even though the reverse side is not pure white, I’m very happy with this paper anyway. So with the holiday season coming up, I hope I find something interesting this year too!

8-Pointed Origami Stars

6-Pointed Origami Stars

Maria — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:00:29 +0000

These are some of my latest origami stars I’ve been creating recently. All of them are folded from 6 square sheets of plain kami paper without glue. These stars are very stable and easy to assemble at the same time, but they do require very neat and precise folding. If folded inaccurately they just don’t lay flat on table surface (and strongly resemble propellers).

Name:	6-pointed origami stars, unnamed
Designer:	Maria Sinayskaya
Units:	6 for each star
Paper ratio:	square
Assembled with:	no glue
Paper size:	7 cm
Model size:	~ 7-9 cm
Paper:	Kami, TOYO (Japan)
Diagram:	not available yet

6-Pointed Origami Stars

Maria — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:34:37 +0000

Name:	6-pointed modular origami stars, still unnamed
Designer:	Maria Sinayskaya
Units:	6 for each
Paper ratio:	square
Assembled with:	no glue
Paper size:	7.5 cm / 5 cm
Model size:	~ 9 cm / 7 cm
Paper:	Double-sided kraft, Paper Frog (Germany)
Diagram:	Not available yet

6-Pointed Origami Stars

8-Pointed Origami Stars

Maria — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:52:53 +0000

[See image gallery at goorigami.com]

Name:	8-pointed modular stars
Designer:	Maria Sinayskaya
Units:	8 for each
Paper ratio:	square
Assembled with:	no glue
Paper size:	7.5 cm
Model size:	~ 9 cm
Paper:	Double-sided, KOMA (Japan)
Diagram:	–

8-Pointed Origami Stars

Gudrun Stars

Maria — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:43:50 +0000

[See image gallery at goorigami.com]

Name:	Gudrun Star (Stern Gudrun)
Designer:	Carmen Sprung
Units:	8
Paper ratio:	rectangles (2:3)
Assembled with:	no glue
Paper size:	4*6 cm
Model size:	~ 6 cm
Paper:	wrapping
Diagram:	Stern Gudrun by Carmen Sprung

Gudrun Stars