How to make origami flower cube

origami flower cube

The original cube with a picture of the classic Kusudama module is very nice and quickly assembled, but some skills are needed in this matter:

origami flower cube

To collect a cube with a side of 6 cm. It will take 3 sheets of A4 paper to be divided into 2 parts. 6 sheets – 6 faces.

origami flower cube

We select from the format A5 a square with a side of 15 cm.

origami flower cube

Find the second diagonal and add the “pancake” (all corners will meet in the center)

origami flower cube

We turn over:

origami flower cube

The lateral staircase is connected with the middle, the valley fold:

origami flower cube

The same with the other side. BF “door”:

origami flower cube

We plan the folds on the corners:

origami flower cube

Return the corners. They need to be bent inside.

origami flower cube

The corner should exactly be bent, not hidden under the top layer as if we were doing a box.

origami flower cube

This action is repeated for each corner:

origami flower cube

The upper corners we pull aside, lowering the middle parts:

origami flower cube

It turns out like this:

origami flower cube

The same we do with the bottom corners. We got a catamaran:

origami flower cube

I like to play around with the pockets I’ve got, to make a turntable

origami flower cube

Pockets need to be flattened, as in classical cubic

origami flower cube

Here you can see how this is done:

origami flower cube

All pockets in place:

origami flower cube

As in the classical Kusudam, we join the sides of the squares with the diagonals:

origami flower cube

We flatten out 8 small triangular pockets:

origami flower cube

We pull out the corners that were under the top layer. The edge of the cube is ready. We make 5 more of the same:

origami flower cube

The corner of one face is slightly smeared with glue (the very edges) and inserted between the petals of the flower. In this case, the corner falls into the center of the square. In the photo, I did not specifically bring to the center, so that the connection could be seen:

origami flower cube

It is easier to connect the two side faces and secure them to the third from above, and then collect all the others:

Cube found in this wonderful book:

 

courtesy: stranamasterov