Kusudama Origami Lamp : 38 Steps (with Pictures)

I have always loved origami and in this case, I decided to make a lamp with one of the figures that I like the most, this is "Little Roses Kusudama" created by Maria Sinayskaya. Although in this case, I modified a little the folds that I have seen in her diagrams so that the paper would not have more marks than necessary and I also made some changes to be able to turn it into a lamp. I hope you like it.

Supplies

Wire
Heat-shrink tubing
3D printing filament (the files for printing those parts are in step 21)
Glue gun
Lightbulb (led g4 5w 110-130v 6400k)
Plug
Pair of scissors
Cutter
Pliers
Bulb socket
Switch
Watercolor pencil
Screwdriver
Insulated Spade Connectors
Lighter
Parchment paper block

Step 1: Before Starting

These were some notes that I needed during the creation of the project to understand some measures and the order in which I had to do some things. However, for the creation of the lamp, it is not necessary that you understand them, I just wanted to show it as part of my process :)

(The numbers were to understand the height of a tetrahedron, so I could make the union of the origami figure with its 3D printing base)

Step 2: Papers

For this figure, you need 30 pieces of paper that have a 2:1 ratio.

I used a parchment paper block, each paper was 24.8 x 35 cm, I folded this in half (as the second image shows) and then I folded triangles to get perfect squares that I then folded in half and cut. This gave me 12.4 x 6.2 cm papers.

In case you want to use the 3D modeling that I upload in this instructable for the 3d printed parts, it is necessary that your rectangles are the same size as mine (12.4 x 6.2 cm)

Step 3: Module

Step 3 (this one) through step 18 shows how to create the basic module for this figure.

It is necessary to repeat these steps with the 30 papers.

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Fold in half, marking the center

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Rotate figure

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In this fold, it is important that the tip marked in yellow is touching the edge marked in yellow and that the edge marked in red is touching the center of the figure (also marked in red)

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Rotate figure

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Follow the same steps for the other 29 papers

Step 19:

Unfold the papers, paint the edges with a watercolor pencil as shown in the images and create a gradient with water.

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When they have dried, fold them again

Step 21: Lamp Base

I created the files in Inventor, saved them as stl files, and printed them with Cura and an ender 3 pro printer.

(You may find the videos of the modeling process here: https://youtu.be/1kB0O8TLwfQ - https://youtu.be/k7rYmI79OqQ)

Step 22: 3D Print

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To join the origami figure to the base of the lamp, it is necessary to modify 3 of the modules, cutting them 1 cm from the center.

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Glue the 3 modules

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Step 27: Assembling the Modules

To show you how the modules are assembled, I decided to make a video of how I put mine together.

(To join them I usually imagine triangles each time I join 3 papers (creating a point - tetrahedron) and then I think that there should always be 5 triangles joined)