Creating origami: modular egg

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:47

Every first Sunday after the spring full moon celebrate the bright feast of the Resurrection of Christ - Easter. The attribute of the holiday, of course, is the Easter egg. It symbolizes new life.

In this article we will teach you how to make your own hands using the 3D origami Easter egg technique. After reading the entire article to the end, you will understand the principle of operation and you can easily come up with your own Easter modular egg scheme and reproduce it.

Modular egg, origami: master class

273 triangular modules are required to complete the job. The color scheme may be different. You can use all modules of the same color or, as in our example, two color shades. Optionally, the color range can be increased. From one sheet of A4 paper, 32 parts are obtained.

Let's start preparing. To do this, we consider how many sheets we need: we divide 273 parts by 32 pieces. Makes approximately 9 sheets.

It is worth considering the fact that in no case, when making an origami "modular egg", you can not use thin sheets of paper, as the module will turn out to be fragile and may tear in the processassemblies. If, nevertheless, you only have thin paper at hand, then try making modules from two layers.

The principle of obtaining blanks for modules

Getting Started:

• Fold sheet A4 in half, cut, then work with each half of the sheet separately.
• Take one half and fold in half in the same way. Using a clerical knife, cut the fold line.
• Putting the two resulting halves together, combine the corners again and cut off in the middle of the fold.
• Repeat this way until you get sheet blanks measuring 5.5 x 3.5 cm. If everything is done correctly, then you will get 16 blanks from one half of the sheet.
• Do the same with the second half of the sheet.

If you work with both halves at once, then the last cuts may be inaccurate, or you simply won’t be able to make them because of the thickness and then assemble a beautiful modular origami egg.

For beginners, it is best to cut each fold separately with a knife, then it will be even, and the details will turn out to be standard. This will help you assemble a praiseworthy item.

Creating parts for origami "modular egg"

Now you need to add 273 triangles with two pockets from the received blanks. We perform these modules for origami "Easter egg" as follows:

1. Take a 5.5 cm x 3.5 cm rectangular blank and fold it in half horizontally so that the 5.5 cm long sides meet.
2. Bend the resulting part in half vertically andunbend. This is necessary in order to mark the middle of the rectangle.
3. Fold the edges of the rectangle to the middle, that is, to the fold that we have outlined.
4. Turn over the resulting product.
5. Lower edges, obtained in the process of bending, lift up. There should be, in the end, a detail in the form of a paper cap.
6. Bend the remaining corners through a large triangular part, as if bending around it.
7. Unfold the edges that were raised from below.
8. After that, repeat steps 6 and 5 in reverse order. First, we bend the corners according to the resulting marks, after which we raise the lower edges up.
9. The resulting part is bent in half, corner to corner.

As a result, we get a finished module that has two corners and two pockets, which we wrote about at the very beginning.

Build modules

As you can see, the modular origami egg, the assembly diagram of which was provided above, is not difficult to make. A little difficulty can overtake at the very beginning, but if you adapt, then this can be easily de alt with.

Start by assembling the circular row. Since the second row holds the modules of the first one, it means that we collect two rows at once, and the subsequent ones are already added to the product in 1 row:

• In order not to confuse the number of modules in the rows, put yourself two piles of 8 pcs. in each, to your right and to your left. This is the number of modules needed for one row.
• We take,on the right are two modules and add them one to the other, then on the left we take one module and insert the corners into the pockets located in the middle of the first and second modules from the right pile.

• We attach the third module to the second, on the right side of the first row and, inserting it into the pockets, we hook it with the help of the second module of the second row.
• Continue by attaching the 4th module of the 1st row and the 3rd module of the second.
• We do the same until we reach the 8th module of the first row. It must be connected in a circle with the first eighth module of the second row.

These first two rows are very difficult to assemble, as it is necessary to hold all the parts together tightly so that they do not fall apart. We spent 16 white modules in them.

The third row is much more convenient to do compared to the first two, but still it is worth holding the entire structure firmly with your hand to avoid breakage. We also count 8 modules and in the same way insert them all into the pockets of the second row. This completes the third row of the "modular egg" origami design.

Increasing modules in the design

In the fourth row, change the color, if desired. It will be necessary to increase the number of modules to 12 pieces. Increase as follows:

• It is necessary to insert the module into the pocket of the previous row with only one corner, and leave the second free, so we do it to the middle of the structure.
• In the middle of the row, insert into both pockets and continue to the end - the last two corners are again in two pockets. Thus, wewe get a row of 12 modules.

Total spent modules is 36.

• Fifth row - again white, 12 pieces. We do it in the same way - each corner of the module in its own pocket.
• Increase the sixth row to 18, assemble with white corners.
• Seventh row also 18 white pieces.
• Eighth row - 18 pink details.
• Increase the ninth row to 27 white.
• The tenth and eleventh row - also 27 parts each.

Total number of modules is 183 pieces

Reducing modules in the design

On the 12th row, we begin to reduce the number of modules. You can use the method of skipping corners or insert 2 corners into one pocket, try any of them and you will understand how it will be more convenient for you to work.

In the event that you use insufficiently thick paper, then the "several corners in one pocket" method will not work, since the whole origami "modular egg" design may break.

• So, in this row you should get 18 pink pieces.
• Next, the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth rows are made in 18 white parts each.
• The sixteenth row is equal to 12 pink modules.
• The seventeenth and eighteenth rows are equal to 12 white. They will complete our modular Easter egg design.