A modular origami form in which multiple identical pyramidal paper units are assembled, traditionally by sewing or gluing and in modern practice often by interlocking folded flaps and pockets, into a single spherical or ball-like shape. The word kusudama, meaning medicine ball, originally described small cloth bags of fragrant herbs and flowers hung in the home on May 5th to ward off evil and disease, a custom traced to Japan's Heian period; the folded-paper form developed from this older custom, and modern designers such as Tomoko Fuse have extended kusudama into an important precursor of the wider modular origami genre.
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OriginTraced to a Heian-period Japanese custom of hanging herb-filled cloth balls on May 5th; the paper-folded form developed from this custom and, through designers such as Tomoko Fuse, became a foundation of modular origami. 1 Distinguishing Technique or ResultMultiple identical pyramidal or petal-shaped paper units are folded separately and then joined, traditionally by thread or glue and in modern practice by interlocking flaps, into a single spherical form. 1 Connections
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Bone Folder is used in Kusudama Pattern.
Sources
1. Kusudama (Wikipedia)
WikipediaForm section, second sentence, on traditional origami-flower kusudamaQuote, Form section, second sentence, on traditional origami-flower kusudama
Traditional kusudama can be made from origami flowers, such as the traditional origami lily.
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