Credits and Resources:
Designer: Philip Shen
Text-based Instructions copyright 2025 by Bilge Ozel
accessorigami.com
For video instructions for this model by Jo Nakashima, you can visit the following link:
youtube.COM
Folding Level: Intermediate
Description:
This model is folded from 6 squares. The finished star is a twelve point three-dimensional masterpiece.
You can make the model from any type of paper; you can use different colors if preferred.
For any feedback, ideas or suggestions, please feel free to contact accessorigami@gmail.com
Part 1 - Making the piece:
1. Holding the paper in the diamond orientation, make a triangle fold from right to left.
Crease and open the fold again.
2. Now, make a similar triangle fold from the opposite side towards you.
Crease and open flat.
3. Turn the paper over from left to right and rotate it so one of the edges is nearest you.
Fold the left edge over to meet the right, forming a two-layered rectangle.
Make a vertical center crease and then open flat.
4. Fold the top edge down to meet the bottom, forming another two-layered rectangle.
Make a horizontal center crease and then open flat.
Turn the square over again from left to right.
Notice that you now have two mountain folds: one vertical and one horizontal.
We will now use these lines to help us make cupboard folds.
5. Take the edge nearest you and fold it up to meet the horizontal mountain crease.
6. Take the opposite edge and fold it down to meet the horizontal crease as well.
You will have a long rectangle with two edges meeting at the center.
7. Open the folds you made in steps 5 and 6.
Take the left edge and fold it over to meet the vertical mountain crease.
8. Take the right edge and fold it over to meet the vertical crease as well.
You will have another long rectangle with two edges meeting at the center.
9. Open the last two folds you made.
Turn the square over from left to right and hold it with one of the edges nearest you.
On this side, the lines of the cupboard folds you just created are mountain folds.
Now let the middle part of the paper sink or collapse inwards to form a square area, using those mountain creases.
While doing the collapsing process, you can hold the corners of the model and squeeze them.
Make sure the four corners are all sharp and triangular. The model will first start to resemble a table with a cloth draped over it. Keep pressing down at the center of the square as far as possible. The edges of the square will start to move closer together until they touch at the center.
The model will now resemble a print X shape. 4 flat wings are formed on the outer sides of the model with the folded edges of the wings facing the ceiling. The open sides, with the raw edges of the paper, are facing the table.
10. Focus on the wings of the model. Arrange them so they form the four diagonal lines within an imaginary square as follows:
one wing forming the upper right diagonal, one wing forming the upper left diagonal, one wing forming the lower right diagonal, and one wing forming the lower left diagonal.
Focus on the lower right diagonal wing. There is a vertical line extending upwards on the surface of the wing. If we assume that this line divides the wing in two, the part nearest the middle point of the model is square, and the part on the outside is triangular.
We would like this triangular piece to go inside the square piece with the help of that vertical line.
To do this, insert your finger inward from the edge of the wing that touches the table until you feel the triangle start to bulge. While providing control with your outside hand, you will feel a line.
Press inward from this line and ensure that two triangular pieces are formed.
The wing created in Step 9 has generally decreased in size. In other words, you have completely sent the triangular piece into the square shape and the shape of the wing created in Step 9 is now only square.
11. Apply the operations you did in Step 10 to the upper left diagonal wing.
The operation we apply in this step and in Step 10 is called “reverse fold” in origami.
12. Now the wings forming the lower right diagonal and the upper left diagonal have decreased in size. The other two wings remain unchanged.
Part 2 - Making more pieces
Follow the steps above to make five more similar pieces.
Part 3 - Assembly
13. When assembling the pieces, make sure they are arranged as described in Step 12 above, in other words, all the pieces you make will have short wings that form the lower right diagonal wing and the upper left diagonal wing.
Holding piece 1 in this position, squeeze it with your hand to make it flat or two-dimensional. The wings should no longer be spread out like a cross, but should be partially -stuck together. In other words, the unit should now be like a long, flat strip, with short and long wings on the left side, and short and long wings on the right side. Hold the piece so it is upright, like a wall that is in front of you from left to right, with its longer, open side touching the table.
Now, place the piece flat on the table, making sure its longer, open side is still facing you.
The outline of the unit as a whole is four-sided, with a longer edge nearest you, two sloping sides and the shorter edge furthest away.
Note that the short wing on the left side is hidden between the piece and the table.
Take Piece 2. Hold it vertically in a flat position, so that the longer, open side is facing the right side.
Take Piece 2. Hold it vertically in a flat position, so that the longer, open side is facing the right side. When you hold it between your fingers in this way, nearest you, the short wing will be underneath the longer wing, while furthest away from you, the short wing will lie on top of the longer wing.
Now, hold the short wing nearest you, bend it away from you and place it inside the pocket of Piece 1.
While holding the short wing for this process, the open side of Piece 2 should be pointing to the right. Make sure of this.
When we open the first piece, there will be a small movable triangular flap on the right side of the pocket. This piece does not concern us at all.
However, just to the left of this moveable flap, we will find a triangular structure that will seem as if it is stuck to the bottom of the pocket.
The sharp corner of this fixed triangular piece will be pointing towards us.
When we check the surface of this fixed triangular piece, we also find a vertical line that divides the triangle in half.
The short wing of Piece 2 that we are placing inside the pocket, should be placed exactly on top of this triangular structure. Make sure that this short wing does not slide to the right or left inside the pocket.
15. Thus, the short wing of Piece 2 has been placed inside the long wing of Piece 1 that points to the left. However, since this wing is placed in the middle of the long wing, there is a protrusion of the long wing on the left side. If we check the surface of Piece 1 facing the ceiling, we can see that two small vertical lines extend. The vertical line on the left actually shows us the triangular tip of this long wing.
Now focus on this triangular section. Hold the model and lift it slightly off the table without disturbing the position of the wings. Rotate the model 90 degrees clockwise. The sharp corner of the long wing will point away from us.
Make sure the short wing of unit 2 does not move. Now, insert your finger from the open side of this triangular section facing left. This is a pocket, but there is another pocket inside this pocket. Open this pocket slightly with your finger. The back of the triangular piece facing 1 o'clock will go inside this pocket. To do this, press the back of the triangle and push it into the pocket.
In fact, there is a locking mechanism to connect these wings together. After this process, the long wing of Part 1 has actually become shorter. Now, attach a paperclip to this shortened wing piece where the triangle goes inside and disappears. since we will need to find this part as it will be referred to in the following steps.
16. There are currently 3 short wings and 3 long wings. The section where you attached a paperclip or made any markings should remain on the left side. When you hold it in this manner, you should see that Piece 1 has a long wing pointing to the right. Also, when the model is in this position, one of the short edges of Piece 1 should point to the table and the other to the ceiling. While the model is positioned in this manner, take Piece 3. Place the short wing of Piece 3 on the left inside the long wing on the right of Piece 1. While doing this, the longer, open side of Piece 3 should face to the left.
17. You will see a vertical line extending on the part where you applied the placement process, that is, on the surface of the long right wing of Piece 1. Just as in Step 15, using this vertical line as a reference, press the triangular part forming the tip of the wing from its own line and push it inwards. While doing this, slightly open it with your hand and allow the triangular part to enter there and disappear. When you do this, the right long wing of Piece 1 will be shortened. Just like in Step 15.
18. Now there are two long wings facing the ceiling and two long wings facing the table. There are also two short wings facing you. The part where the paperclip is attached or marked is on the left.
Now, turn the model slightly so that the short wings are facing the ceiling. When you turn the model, the part with the paperclip or mark should be on the bottom. Now hold Piece 4 like a plus sign. In other words, the long wings should point right and left, and the short wings should point to you and the opposite side. The open side of Piece 4 should point to the table. Hold Piece 4 like this. Make sure that the short wings facing the ceiling on the main body fit inside the long wings of Piece 4. While doing this, slightly separate the open layers of Piece 4. Of course, you can make the two short wings fit inside the long wings of Piece 4 at the same time. However, this may be difficult. So, make sure that one wing fits first, then the other wing. When this process is done, your 4th Piece is actually still in the same position. In other words, the long wings are pointing right and left, and the short wings are pointing to you and the other side.
19. Now, first apply the locking mechanism step that you applied in Step 15 to connect the wings together. To do this, press the triangular parts at the ends of the right and left long wings of Piece 4 along their own lines and push them inwards. Thus, the long wings of Piece 4 have also been shortened. In this case, the 4 short wings are positioned as if they form a plus sign and they are facing towards the ceiling.
20. Now focus on the long wings facing you and turn the model slightly so that these wings are facing the ceiling. When the model is in this position, it may be difficult for it to stand straight, since it has two long wings facing the table. In this case, it is okay for the long wings, which should be facing the ceiling, to be slightly facing you. Hold the short sides of the 5th piece so that they point to the right and left. Also, have the open side of the 5th piece face the table. Make sure that the short wings of the 5th piece fit into the long wings that extend slightly toward you on the main body.
While doing this, slightly open the inside of the long wings with your hand. It may be very difficult for the short wings to fit in at the same time. Therefore, first let one wing fit in, then the other wing.
Gently open the wings. Do not allow the model to be distorted. After this process, the short wings of the 5th piece are hidden inside the long wings that are slightly facing you. However, the long wings of the 5th piece are facing you and the opposite side. You will notice that there are short wings on the sides of these long wings that are facing you and the opposite side. But, don't worry about this part for now. The operations in this part are included starting from Step 22.
21. Now it's time to connect the wings. Lightly press on the triangular parts of the long wings facing you from their own lines and push them inwards. Again, the triangular parts at the ends of the wings have disappeared and the 4 short wings have been positioned to form a plus sign.
22. Focus on the short and long wings facing you. Open the long wing by inserting your hand from the open side and make sure the short wing enters there.
23. Press on the triangular part at the end of the wing facing you from its own line and push it inwards.
Thus, the triangular part has disappeared and a short wing has been formed here again.
24. Repeat the operations in Steps 22 and 23 for the long and short wings facing the opposite side. In this case, the 4 short wings have been positioned in the form of a print plus sign once more.
25. Now there are only two long wings left. Position the model so that these long wings are pointing towards the ceiling. The part you attached the paperclip to or marked is on the left. Hold the 6th piece so that the short wings point right and left. The short wings of the 6th piece should fit inside the long wings facing the ceiling on the model. When doing this, the open side of the 6th piece should face the table. Make sure of this. First insert one wing, then the other. It may be difficult to insert both wings at the same time.
26. Push the triangular sections at the ends of the wings that are still facing the ceiling inwards, by pressing on their own lines.
27. Make sure that the short wing right next to it fits inside the long wing facing you.
28. Push the triangular section at the end of the wing inwards, by pressing on its own line.
29. Place the short wing on the opposite side inside the long wing right next to it.
30. Push the triangular section at the end of the wing inwards, by pressing on its own line.
Result: It can be said that the short wings that form 6 plus signs are positioned facing the table, ceiling, you, across, right and left. It can also be said that the model has 4 chambers facing down and 4 facing up. At this stage, you can remove the paper clip you inserted or destroy the sign you placed.
31. Position the model so that 4 chambers face the ceiling and 4 chambers face the table. Focus on the chamber facing the ceiling and on the right. In other words, focus on the chamber closest to you and on the right. This is a room with a floor and two walls facing you and to the right. Of course, the room does not have a ceiling and two other walls. The floor and both walls of the room are square.
First, focus on the floor of the room. This floor has two sides facing you and to the right, and there is a sharp corner that intersects these sides. Focus on both edges of the floor of the room facing you and to the right. By placing your thumbs under these edges, lift the base slightly into the air and make a triangular fold on both edges. The triangles should meet in the middle and the edges of the triangles should almost touch each other. The fold made here is actually like folding a kite. In this case, while the edges are folded towards the middle, a section of the walls is also folded. While doing this fold, both the wall facing you and the wall facing right are folded in a triangular shape. Thus, two long triangular folds were formed, starting from the sharp corner of the base and extending towards the corners of both walls close to the ceiling. Make sure that the corners of the triangular folds are sharp. Both the corners of the triangles starting from the base and the corners extending towards the corners of the walls close to the ceiling should be sharp.
Pay attention to this when ironing the fold you made. However, you should be very gentle while ironing here. There may be tears due to the shape of the fold. For this reason, the triangular folds you made should be slightly inclined and therefore a hole or an opening should be formed in the middle of the room, i.e. near the bottom of the walls.
32. Now focus on the edges of the walls facing the ceiling. Hold both edges facing you and to the right and press them into the room at the same time. The shape of the fold you made here is again a triangular shape. Check the upper corners of the walls. The corners of this triangular fold you made should be exactly against these corners and should be sharp enough. This triangular fold also has a sloping structure like the triangular fold made in the previous step. Now, a triangular hole has formed here as well, spreading to the bottom of the walls and the floor of the room.
33. Apply the triangle folds made in Steps 31 and 32 to all the rooms. Make sure the corners of your triangle folds are sharp, but do not press too hard on the middle parts. Be careful when ironing the folds in these areas. Otherwise, tears may occur. The triangle folds you make should be slightly curved and there should be an opening in each room.
Once you have completed all the triangle folds, a star with 12 sharp points is formed. You can position the star as you wish.
Compiled: April 2025
For non-commercial use only.
This text copyright 2025 by accessorigami.comMOD29 - MODULAR ORIGAMI - OMEGA STAR BY PHILIP SHEN (FROM 6 SQUARES)
MOD29 - MODULAR ORIGAMI - OMEGA STAR BY PHILIP SHEN (FROM 6 SQUARES)
Credits and Resources:
Designer: Philip Shen
Text-based Instructions copyright 2025 by Bilge Ozel
https://www.accessorigami.com
For video instructions for this model by Jo Nakashima, you can visit the following link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV2-wYxpkxg
Folding Level: Intermediate
Description:
This model is folded from 6 squares. The finished star is a twelve point three-dimensional masterpiece.
You can make the model from any type of paper; you can use different colors if preferred.
For any feedback, ideas or suggestions, please feel free to contact accessorigami@gmail.com
Part 1 - Making the piece:
1. Holding the paper in the diamond orientation, make a triangle fold from right to left.
Crease and open the fold again.
2. Now, make a similar triangle fold from the opposite side towards you.
Crease and open flat.
3. Turn the paper over from left to right and rotate it so one of the edges is nearest you.
Fold the left edge over to meet the right, forming a two-layered rectangle.
Make a vertical center crease and then open flat.
4. Fold the top edge down to meet the bottom, forming another two-layered rectangle.
Make a horizontal center crease and then open flat.
Turn the square over again from left to right.
Notice that you now have two mountain folds: one vertical and one horizontal.
We will now use these lines to help us make cupboard folds.
5. Take the edge nearest you and fold it up to meet the horizontal mountain crease.
6. Take the opposite edge and fold it down to meet the horizontal crease as well.
You will have a long rectangle with two edges meeting at the center.
7. Open the folds you made in steps 5 and 6.
Take the left edge and fold it over to meet the vertical mountain crease.
8. Take the right edge and fold it over to meet the vertical crease as well.
You will have another long rectangle with two edges meeting at the center.
9. Open the last two folds you made.
Turn the square over from left to right and hold it with one of the edges nearest you.
On this side, the lines of the cupboard folds you just created are mountain folds.
Now let the middle part of the paper sink or collapse inwards to form a square area, using those mountain creases.
While doing the collapsing process, you can hold the corners of the model and squeeze them.
Make sure the four corners are all sharp and triangular. The model will first start to resemble a table with a cloth draped over it. Keep pressing down at the center of the square as far as possible. The edges of the square will start to move closer together until they touch at the center.
The model will now resemble a print X shape. 4 flat wings are formed on the outer sides of the model with the folded edges of the wings facing the ceiling. The open sides, with the raw edges of the paper, are facing the table.
10. Focus on the wings of the model. Arrange them so they form the four diagonal lines within an imaginary square as follows:
one wing forming the upper right diagonal, one wing forming the upper left diagonal, one wing forming the lower right diagonal, and one wing forming the lower left diagonal.
Focus on the lower right diagonal wing. There is a vertical line extending upwards on the surface of the wing. If we assume that this line divides the wing in two, the part nearest the middle point of the model is square, and the part on the outside is triangular.
We would like this triangular piece to go inside the square piece with the help of that vertical line.
To do this, insert your finger inward from the edge of the wing that touches the table until you feel the triangle start to bulge. While providing control with your outside hand, you will feel a line.
Press inward from this line and ensure that two triangular pieces are formed.
The wing created in Step 9 has generally decreased in size. In other words, you have completely sent the triangular piece into the square shape and the shape of the wing created in Step 9 is now only square.
11. Apply the operations you did in Step 10 to the upper left diagonal wing.
The operation we apply in this step and in Step 10 is called “reverse fold” in origami.
12. Now the wings forming the lower right diagonal and the upper left diagonal have decreased in size. The other two wings remain unchanged.
Part 2 - Making more pieces
Follow the steps above to make five more similar pieces.
Part 3 - Assembly
13. When assembling the pieces, make sure they are arranged as described in Step 12 above, in other words, all the pieces you make will have short wings that form the lower right diagonal wing and the upper left diagonal wing.
Holding piece 1 in this position, squeeze it with your hand to make it flat or two-dimensional. The wings should no longer be spread out like a cross, but should be partially -stuck together. In other words, the unit should now be like a long, flat strip, with short and long wings on the left side, and short and long wings on the right side. Hold the piece so it is upright, like a wall that is in front of you from left to right, with its longer, open side touching the table.
Now, place the piece flat on the table, making sure its longer, open side is still facing you.
The outline of the unit as a whole is four-sided, with a longer edge nearest you, two sloping sides and the shorter edge furthest away.
Note that the short wing on the left side is hidden between the piece and the table.
Take Piece 2. Hold it vertically in a flat position, so that the longer, open side is facing the right side. When you hold it between your fingers in this way, the long wing on the bottom of the piece is facing away from you, while the long wing on the top is facing you. Similarly, the short wing on the top is facing the opposite side, and the short wing on the bottom is facing towards you.
Now, hold the short wing nearest you, bend it away from you and place it inside the pocket of Piece 1.
While holding the short wing for this process, the open side of Piece 2 should be pointing to the right. Make sure of this.
When we open the first piece, there will be a small movable triangular flap on the right side of the pocket. This piece does not concern us at all.
However, just to the left of this moveable flap, we will find a triangular structure that will seem as if it is stuck to the bottom of the pocket.
The sharp corner of this fixed triangular piece will be pointing towards us.
When we check the surface of this fixed triangular piece, we also find a vertical line that divides the triangle in half.
The short wing of Piece 2 that we are placing inside the pocket, should be placed exactly on top of this triangular structure. Make sure that this short wing does not slide to the right or left inside the pocket.
15. Thus, the short wing of Piece 2 has been placed inside the long wing of Piece 1 that points to the left. However, since this wing is placed in the middle of the long wing, there is a protrusion of the long wing on the left side. If we check the surface of Piece 1 facing the ceiling, we can see that two small vertical lines extend. The vertical line on the left actually shows us the triangular tip of this long wing.
Now focus on this triangular section. Hold the model and lift it slightly off the table without disturbing the position of the wings. Rotate the model 90 degrees clockwise. The sharp corner of the long wing will point away from us.
Make sure the short wing of unit 2 does not move. Now, insert your finger from the open side of this triangular section facing left. This is a pocket, but there is another pocket inside this pocket. Open this pocket slightly with your finger. The back of the triangular piece facing 1 o'clock will go inside this pocket. To do this, press the back of the triangle and push it into the pocket.
In fact, there is a locking mechanism to connect these wings together. After this process, the long wing of Part 1 has actually become shorter. Now, attach a paperclip to this shortened wing piece where the triangle goes inside and disappears. since we will need to find this part as it will be referred to in the following steps.
16. There are currently 3 short wings and 3 long wings. The section where you attached a paperclip or made any markings should remain on the left side. When you hold it in this manner, you should see that Piece 1 has a long wing pointing to the right. Also, when the model is in this position, one of the short edges of Piece 1 should point to the table and the other to the ceiling. While the model is positioned in this manner, take Piece 3. Place the short wing of Piece 3 on the left inside the long wing on the right of Piece 1. While doing this, the longer, open side of Piece 3 should face to the left.
17. You will see a vertical line extending on the part where you applied the placement process, that is, on the surface of the long right wing of Piece 1. Just as in Step 15, using this vertical line as a reference, press the triangular part forming the tip of the wing from its own line and push it inwards. While doing this, slightly open it with your hand and allow the triangular part to enter there and disappear. When you do this, the right long wing of Piece 1 will be shortened. Just like in Step 15.
18. Now there are two long wings facing the ceiling and two long wings facing the table. There are also two short wings facing you. The part where the paperclip is attached or marked is on the left.
Now, turn the model slightly so that the short wings are facing the ceiling. When you turn the model, the part with the paperclip or mark should be on the bottom. Now hold Piece 4 like a plus sign. In other words, the long wings should point right and left, and the short wings should point to you and the opposite side. The open side of Piece 4 should point to the table. Hold Piece 4 like this. Make sure that the short wings facing the ceiling on the main body fit inside the long wings of Piece 4. While doing this, slightly separate the open layers of Piece 4. Of course, you can make the two short wings fit inside the long wings of Piece 4 at the same time. However, this may be difficult. So, make sure that one wing fits first, then the other wing. When this process is done, your 4th Piece is actually still in the same position. In other words, the long wings are pointing right and left, and the short wings are pointing to you and the other side.
19. Now, first apply the locking mechanism step that you applied in Step 15 to connect the wings together. To do this, press the triangular parts at the ends of the right and left long wings of Piece 4 along their own lines and push them inwards. Thus, the long wings of Piece 4 have also been shortened. In this case, the 4 short wings are positioned as if they form a plus sign and they are facing towards the ceiling.
20. Now focus on the long wings facing you and turn the model slightly so that these wings are facing the ceiling. When the model is in this position, it may be difficult for it to stand straight, since it has two long wings facing the table. In this case, it is okay for the long wings, which should be facing the ceiling, to be slightly facing you. Hold the short sides of the 5th piece so that they point to the right and left. Also, have the open side of the 5th piece face the table. Make sure that the short wings of the 5th piece fit into the long wings that extend slightly toward you on the main body.
While doing this, slightly open the inside of the long wings with your hand. It may be very difficult for the short wings to fit in at the same time. Therefore, first let one wing fit in, then the other wing.
Gently open the wings. Do not allow the model to be distorted. After this process, the short wings of the 5th piece are hidden inside the long wings that are slightly facing you. However, the long wings of the 5th piece are facing you and the opposite side. You will notice that there are short wings on the sides of these long wings that are facing you and the opposite side. But, don't worry about this part for now. The operations in this part are included starting from Step 22.
21. Now it's time to connect the wings. Lightly press on the triangular parts of the long wings facing you from their own lines and push them inwards. Again, the triangular parts at the ends of the wings have disappeared and the 4 short wings have been positioned to form a plus sign.
22. Focus on the short and long wings facing you. Open the long wing by inserting your hand from the open side and make sure the short wing enters there.
23. Press on the triangular part at the end of the wing facing you from its own line and push it inwards.
Thus, the triangular part has disappeared and a short wing has been formed here again.
24. Repeat the operations in Steps 22 and 23 for the long and short wings facing the opposite side. In this case, the 4 short wings have been positioned in the form of a print plus sign once more.
25. Now there are only two long wings left. Position the model so that these long wings are pointing towards the ceiling. The part you attached the paperclip to or marked is on the left. Hold the 6th piece so that the short wings point right and left. The short wings of the 6th piece should fit inside the long wings facing the ceiling on the model. When doing this, the open side of the 6th piece should face the table. Make sure of this. First insert one wing, then the other. It may be difficult to insert both wings at the same time.
26. Push the triangular sections at the ends of the wings that are still facing the ceiling inwards, by pressing on their own lines.
27. Make sure that the short wing right next to it fits inside the long wing facing you.
28. Push the triangular section at the end of the wing inwards, by pressing on its own line.
29. Place the short wing on the opposite side inside the long wing right next to it.
30. Push the triangular section at the end of the wing inwards, by pressing on its own line.
Result: It can be said that the short wings that form 6 plus signs are positioned facing the table, ceiling, you, across, right and left. It can also be said that the model has 4 chambers facing down and 4 facing up. At this stage, you can remove the paper clip you inserted or destroy the sign you placed.
31. Position the model so that 4 chambers face the ceiling and 4 chambers face the table. Focus on the chamber facing the ceiling and on the right. In other words, focus on the chamber closest to you and on the right. This is a room with a floor and two walls facing you and to the right. Of course, the room does not have a ceiling and two other walls. The floor and both walls of the room are square.
First, focus on the floor of the room. This floor has two sides facing you and to the right, and there is a sharp corner that intersects these sides. Focus on both edges of the floor of the room facing you and to the right. By placing your thumbs under these edges, lift the base slightly into the air and make a triangular fold on both edges. The triangles should meet in the middle and the edges of the triangles should almost touch each other. The fold made here is actually like folding a kite. In this case, while the edges are folded towards the middle, a section of the walls is also folded. While doing this fold, both the wall facing you and the wall facing right are folded in a triangular shape. Thus, two long triangular folds were formed, starting from the sharp corner of the base and extending towards the corners of both walls close to the ceiling. Make sure that the corners of the triangular folds are sharp. Both the corners of the triangles starting from the base and the corners extending towards the corners of the walls close to the ceiling should be sharp.
Pay attention to this when ironing the fold you made. However, you should be very gentle while ironing here. There may be tears due to the shape of the fold. For this reason, the triangular folds you made should be slightly inclined and therefore a hole or an opening should be formed in the middle of the room, i.e. near the bottom of the walls.
32. Now focus on the edges of the walls facing the ceiling. Hold both edges facing you and to the right and press them into the room at the same time. The shape of the fold you made here is again a triangular shape. Check the upper corners of the walls. The corners of this triangular fold you made should be exactly against these corners and should be sharp enough. This triangular fold also has a sloping structure like the triangular fold made in the previous step. Now, a triangular hole has formed here as well, spreading to the bottom of the walls and the floor of the room.
33. Apply the triangle folds made in Steps 31 and 32 to all the rooms. Make sure the corners of your triangle folds are sharp, but do not press too hard on the middle parts. Be careful when ironing the folds in these areas. Otherwise, tears may occur. The triangle folds you make should be slightly curved and there should be an opening in each room.
Once you have completed all the triangle folds, a star with 12 sharp points is formed. You can position the star as you wish.
Compiled: April 2025
For non-commercial use only.
This text copyright 2025 by accessorigami.comCredits and Resources:
Designer: Philip Shen
Text-based Instructions copyright 2025 by Bilge Ozel
https://www.accessorigami.com
For video instructions for this model by Jo Nakashima, you can visit the following link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV2-wYxpkxg
Folding Level: Intermediate
Description:
This model is folded from 6 squares. The finished star is a twelve point three-dimensional masterpiece.
You can make the model from any type of paper; you can use different colors if preferred.
For any feedback, ideas or suggestions, please feel free to contact accessorigami@gmail.com
Part 1 - Making the piece:
1. Holding the paper in the diamond orientation, make a triangle fold from right to left.
Crease and open the fold again.
2. Now, make a similar triangle fold from the opposite side towards you.
Crease and open flat.
3. Turn the paper over from left to right and rotate it so one of the edges is nearest you.
Fold the left edge over to meet the right, forming a two-layered rectangle.
Make a vertical center crease and then open flat.
4. Fold the top edge down to meet the bottom, forming another two-layered rectangle.
Make a horizontal center crease and then open flat.
Turn the square over again from left to right.
Notice that you now have two mountain folds: one vertical and one horizontal.
We will now use these lines to help us make cupboard folds.
5. Take the edge nearest you and fold it up to meet the horizontal mountain crease.
6. Take the opposite edge and fold it down to meet the horizontal crease as well.
You will have a long rectangle with two edges meeting at the center.
7. Open the folds you made in steps 5 and 6.
Take the left edge and fold it over to meet the vertical mountain crease.
8. Take the right edge and fold it over to meet the vertical crease as well.
You will have another long rectangle with two edges meeting at the center.
9. Open the last two folds you made.
Turn the square over from left to right and hold it with one of the edges nearest you.
On this side, the lines of the cupboard folds you just created are mountain folds.
Now let the middle part of the paper sink or collapse inwards to form a square area, using those mountain creases.
While doing the collapsing process, you can hold the corners of the model and squeeze them.
Make sure the four corners are all sharp and triangular. The model will first start to resemble a table with a cloth draped over it. Keep pressing down at the center of the square as far as possible. The edges of the square will start to move closer together until they touch at the center.
The model will now resemble a print X shape. 4 flat wings are formed on the outer sides of the model with the folded edges of the wings facing the ceiling. The open sides, with the raw edges of the paper, are facing the table.
10. Focus on the wings of the model. Arrange them so they form the four diagonal lines within an imaginary square as follows:
one wing forming the upper right diagonal, one wing forming the upper left diagonal, one wing forming the lower right diagonal, and one wing forming the lower left diagonal.
Focus on the lower right diagonal wing. There is a vertical line extending upwards on the surface of the wing. If we assume that this line divides the wing in two, the part nearest the middle point of the model is square, and the part on the outside is triangular.
We would like this triangular piece to go inside the square piece with the help of that vertical line.
To do this, insert your finger inward from the edge of the wing that touches the table until you feel the triangle start to bulge. While providing control with your outside hand, you will feel a line.
Press inward from this line and ensure that two triangular pieces are formed.
The wing created in Step 9 has generally decreased in size. In other words, you have completely sent the triangular piece into the square shape and the shape of the wing created in Step 9 is now only square.
11. Apply the operations you did in Step 10 to the upper left diagonal wing.
The operation we apply in this step and in Step 10 is called “reverse fold” in origami.
12. Now the wings forming the lower right diagonal and the upper left diagonal have decreased in size. The other two wings remain unchanged.
Part 2 - Making more pieces
Follow the steps above to make five more similar pieces.
Part 3 - Assembly
13. When assembling the pieces, make sure they are arranged as described in Step 12 above, in other words, all the pieces you make will have short wings that form the lower right diagonal wing and the upper left diagonal wing.
Holding piece 1 in this position, squeeze it with your hand to make it flat or two-dimensional. The wings should no longer be spread out like a cross, but should be partially -stuck together. In other words, the unit should now be like a long, flat strip, with short and long wings on the left side, and short and long wings on the right side. Hold the piece so it is upright, like a wall that is in front of you from left to right, with its longer, open side touching the table.
Now, place the piece flat on the table, making sure its longer, open side is still facing you.
The outline of the unit as a whole is four-sided, with a longer edge nearest you, two sloping sides and the shorter edge furthest away.
Note that the short wing on the left side is hidden between the piece and the table.
Take Piece 2. Hold it vertically in a flat position, so that the longer, open side is facing the right side. When you hold it between your fingers in this way, the long wing on the bottom of the piece is facing away from you, while the long wing on the top is facing you. Similarly, the short wing on the top is facing the opposite side, and the short wing on the bottom is facing towards you.
Now, hold the short wing nearest you, bend it away from you and place it inside the pocket of Piece 1.
While holding the short wing for this process, the open side of Piece 2 should be pointing to the right. Make sure of this.
When we open the first piece, there will be a small movable triangular flap on the right side of the pocket. This piece does not concern us at all.
However, just to the left of this moveable flap, we will find a triangular structure that will seem as if it is stuck to the bottom of the pocket.
The sharp corner of this fixed triangular piece will be pointing towards us.
When we check the surface of this fixed triangular piece, we also find a vertical line that divides the triangle in half.
The short wing of Piece 2 that we are placing inside the pocket, should be placed exactly on top of this triangular structure. Make sure that this short wing does not slide to the right or left inside the pocket.
15. Thus, the short wing of Piece 2 has been placed inside the long wing of Piece 1 that points to the left. However, since this wing is placed in the middle of the long wing, there is a protrusion of the long wing on the left side. If we check the surface of Piece 1 facing the ceiling, we can see that two small vertical lines extend. The vertical line on the left actually shows us the triangular tip of this long wing.
Now focus on this triangular section. Hold the model and lift it slightly off the table without disturbing the position of the wings. Rotate the model 90 degrees clockwise. The sharp corner of the long wing will point away from us.
Make sure the short wing of unit 2 does not move. Now, insert your finger from the open side of this triangular section facing left. This is a pocket, but there is another pocket inside this pocket. Open this pocket slightly with your finger. The back of the triangular piece facing 1 o'clock will go inside this pocket. To do this, press the back of the triangle and push it into the pocket.
In fact, there is a locking mechanism to connect these wings together. After this process, the long wing of Part 1 has actually become shorter. Now, attach a paperclip to this shortened wing piece where the triangle goes inside and disappears. since we will need to find this part as it will be referred to in the following steps.
16. There are currently 3 short wings and 3 long wings. The section where you attached a paperclip or made any markings should remain on the left side. When you hold it in this manner, you should see that Piece 1 has a long wing pointing to the right. Also, when the model is in this position, one of the short edges of Piece 1 should point to the table and the other to the ceiling. While the model is positioned in this manner, take Piece 3. Place the short wing of Piece 3 on the left inside the long wing on the right of Piece 1. While doing this, the longer, open side of Piece 3 should face to the left.
17. You will see a vertical line extending on the part where you applied the placement process, that is, on the surface of the long right wing of Piece 1. Just as in Step 15, using this vertical line as a reference, press the triangular part forming the tip of the wing from its own line and push it inwards. While doing this, slightly open it with your hand and allow the triangular part to enter there and disappear. When you do this, the right long wing of Piece 1 will be shortened. Just like in Step 15.
18. Now there are two long wings facing the ceiling and two long wings facing the table. There are also two short wings facing you. The part where the paperclip is attached or marked is on the left.
Now, turn the model slightly so that the short wings are facing the ceiling. When you turn the model, the part with the paperclip or mark should be on the bottom. Now hold Piece 4 like a plus sign. In other words, the long wings should point right and left, and the short wings should point to you and the opposite side. The open side of Piece 4 should point to the table. Hold Piece 4 like this. Make sure that the short wings facing the ceiling on the main body fit inside the long wings of Piece 4. While doing this, slightly separate the open layers of Piece 4. Of course, you can make the two short wings fit inside the long wings of Piece 4 at the same time. However, this may be difficult. So, make sure that one wing fits first, then the other wing. When this process is done, your 4th Piece is actually still in the same position. In other words, the long wings are pointing right and left, and the short wings are pointing to you and the other side.
19. Now, first apply the locking mechanism step that you applied in Step 15 to connect the wings together. To do this, press the triangular parts at the ends of the right and left long wings of Piece 4 along their own lines and push them inwards. Thus, the long wings of Piece 4 have also been shortened. In this case, the 4 short wings are positioned as if they form a plus sign and they are facing towards the ceiling.
20. Now focus on the long wings facing you and turn the model slightly so that these wings are facing the ceiling. When the model is in this position, it may be difficult for it to stand straight, since it has two long wings facing the table. In this case, it is okay for the long wings, which should be facing the ceiling, to be slightly facing you. Hold the short sides of the 5th piece so that they point to the right and left. Also, have the open side of the 5th piece face the table. Make sure that the short wings of the 5th piece fit into the long wings that extend slightly toward you on the main body.
While doing this, slightly open the inside of the long wings with your hand. It may be very difficult for the short wings to fit in at the same time. Therefore, first let one wing fit in, then the other wing.
Gently open the wings. Do not allow the model to be distorted. After this process, the short wings of the 5th piece are hidden inside the long wings that are slightly facing you. However, the long wings of the 5th piece are facing you and the opposite side. You will notice that there are short wings on the sides of these long wings that are facing you and the opposite side. But, don't worry about this part for now. The operations in this part are included starting from Step 22.
21. Now it's time to connect the wings. Lightly press on the triangular parts of the long wings facing you from their own lines and push them inwards. Again, the triangular parts at the ends of the wings have disappeared and the 4 short wings have been positioned to form a plus sign.
22. Focus on the short and long wings facing you. Open the long wing by inserting your hand from the open side and make sure the short wing enters there.
23. Press on the triangular part at the end of the wing facing you from its own line and push it inwards.
Thus, the triangular part has disappeared and a short wing has been formed here again.
24. Repeat the operations in Steps 22 and 23 for the long and short wings facing the opposite side. In this case, the 4 short wings have been positioned in the form of a print plus sign once more.
25. Now there are only two long wings left. Position the model so that these long wings are pointing towards the ceiling. The part you attached the paperclip to or marked is on the left. Hold the 6th piece so that the short wings point right and left. The short wings of the 6th piece should fit inside the long wings facing the ceiling on the model. When doing this, the open side of the 6th piece should face the table. Make sure of this. First insert one wing, then the other. It may be difficult to insert both wings at the same time.
26. Push the triangular sections at the ends of the wings that are still facing the ceiling inwards, by pressing on their own lines.
27. Make sure that the short wing right next to it fits inside the long wing facing you.
28. Push the triangular section at the end of the wing inwards, by pressing on its own line.
29. Place the short wing on the opposite side inside the long wing right next to it.
30. Push the triangular section at the end of the wing inwards, by pressing on its own line.
Result: It can be said that the short wings that form 6 plus signs are positioned facing the table, ceiling, you, across, right and left. It can also be said that the model has 4 chambers facing down and 4 facing up. At this stage, you can remove the paper clip you inserted or destroy the sign you placed.
31. Position the model so that 4 chambers face the ceiling and 4 chambers face the table. Focus on the chamber facing the ceiling and on the right. In other words, focus on the chamber closest to you and on the right. This is a room with a floor and two walls facing you and to the right. Of course, the room does not have a ceiling and two other walls. The floor and both walls of the room are square.
First, focus on the floor of the room. This floor has two sides facing you and to the right, and there is a sharp corner that intersects these sides. Focus on both edges of the floor of the room facing you and to the right. By placing your thumbs under these edges, lift the base slightly into the air and make a triangular fold on both edges. The triangles should meet in the middle and the edges of the triangles should almost touch each other. The fold made here is actually like folding a kite. In this case, while the edges are folded towards the middle, a section of the walls is also folded. While doing this fold, both the wall facing you and the wall facing right are folded in a triangular shape. Thus, two long triangular folds were formed, starting from the sharp corner of the base and extending towards the corners of both walls close to the ceiling. Make sure that the corners of the triangular folds are sharp. Both the corners of the triangles starting from the base and the corners extending towards the corners of the walls close to the ceiling should be sharp.
Pay attention to this when ironing the fold you made. However, you should be very gentle while ironing here. There may be tears due to the shape of the fold. For this reason, the triangular folds you made should be slightly inclined and therefore a hole or an opening should be formed in the middle of the room, i.e. near the bottom of the walls.
32. Now focus on the edges of the walls facing the ceiling. Hold both edges facing you and to the right and press them into the room at the same time. The shape of the fold you made here is again a triangular shape. Check the upper corners of the walls. The corners of this triangular fold you made should be exactly against these corners and should be sharp enough. This triangular fold also has a sloping structure like the triangular fold made in the previous step. Now, a triangular hole has formed here as well, spreading to the bottom of the walls and the floor of the room.
33. Apply the triangle folds made in Steps 31 and 32 to all the rooms. Make sure the corners of your triangle folds are sharp, but do not press too hard on the middle parts. Be careful when ironing the folds in these areas. Otherwise, tears may occur. The triangle folds you make should be slightly curved and there should be an opening in each room.
Once you have completed all the triangle folds, a star with 12 sharp points is formed. You can position the star as you wish.
Compiled: April 2025
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