Sonobe

Hi readers,

Today is the 6th day of fasting and I am feeling great today. As i promise to a friend to make a tutorial or maybe a compilation of tutorials of how to make sonobe ball. It is the simplest modular origami that will turn paper to a cube or a ball and can be made in various combination.


That is not me !!!! Just wanna show the huge sonobe

The Sonobe module is a unit used to build modular origami, created by Mitsonobu Sonobe. Each individual unit is folded from a square sheet of paper, of which only one face is visible in the finished module; many ornamented variants of the plain Sonobe unit that expose both sides of the paper have been designed.

Ok, boring and know the fun part is how to fold one unit:


or if it is not clear just click here: sonobe unit or here: wikiHow to Make a Sonobe Unit
The unit can be fold in many variation as this Lightning Bolt is a kind of sonobe variation. You can see the variations here: Sonobe Variation.

Now the tough part is how to assemble all the units together. You can join 3 units to make a diamond (Toshie Takahama’s Jewel), 6 unit to form a small cube, 12 units to form a large cube and other form which u can find how to join them here: Sonobe Assembly Guide and if you need a colourful guide on the assembly of 30 units please click here: Sonobe Assembly Guide
And lastly, this tutorial will not complete with a video, so enjoy, have fun, bye...