Modular Origami Tutorial: Star Festival (Nobuko Okabe) 

I'm really glad to hear that. Keep folding - and especially smiling. :)

I'm glad I could help!

I'm glad you like it!

My schedule is still a tutorial on the first Saturday of the month. But if I manage to squeeze an additional video in, I will. :)

I'm glad you like it! And I've indeed got some exciting models planned for the coming months!

happyfolding.com - enjoy origami online Awesome!!! I'm looking forward to them!!

That's a good idea. Also, I agree, using paper clips or something similar makes assembly a lot easier. Without clips, I got very frustrated and I want to enjoy origami, not grumble because of it. :)

I'm glad you like the model, Nobuko will be thrilled to know.

Practice makes perfect. :)

Thanks, I'm happy to hear you like the video!

I'm sure they appreciate the effort you make for them!

Thanks, I'm glad to hear that!

Thanks!

Thanks, I try my best.

Congrats!

I agree, Nobuko designed a stunning model!

Aw, thanks, I'm really glad to hear that!

Oh, das muss aber ein langer Abend gewesen sein. :)

Glad you like it!

I'm really happy to hear that - both that you find them easy to follow, and that you feel like I'm right there with you! And of course I'm glad you appreciate model selection and me making time for these videos. :)

Hey Sara, could you please help me with how to make a model where one side is variant 3 and one side is variant 2? I just need help with one individual model, to see how it will look from both sides. Is there a way you could take time out from your schedule and fold one unit of such variants?

You're welcome!

grazie

yeah please give the link sara

Thanks!

Thanks!

Ah, don't ask how many I folded before I made this video. But I found adding paper clips makes things a lot easier. Imagine, at first I didn't add clips or anything while putting together the star. Yikes, that wasn't so fun!

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A waterbomb base. I'm glad you like it!

+OrigamiMKR I haven't used that paper type yet, but the description given at origami-shop.com sounds like it would work well for the turtle.

There's actually a tutorial for that fantastic fox on RU-vid already: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-h1_2Rgjopeo.html - and with permission from Hoàng Tiến Quyết. So you're lucky and can start folding right away. :)

Yes, I agree!

There'll be future kusudama tutorials for sure! While you're waiting for a new video, have you already seen these two? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mJ6SsdzpClc.html and ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GBtKVRUwlv4.html

I agree that it's more manageable with thinner paper. I also did assemble the model without clips, but I like to share these tips that might help others out there more. Plus, I do believe it makes the process much easier and more pleasurable. :)

I fear I won't be posting tutorials for each variant. But I am sure you can figure it out from the diagrams once you've mastered one assembly method.

@@Happyfolding OK thankyou

Thanks for the photo, it looks really good. There's no evidence of your struggle, although I feel your pain. Did you use something to fasten the modules while putting all of them together. For me, that made the process a lot easier.

Hahaha, I think I had more wire than paper on this by the time it was finished. The fold-over clips you recommended did their job, but it took me a good while to figure out why it looked like I was missing a module. When I finally figured out the internal flap that had pulled itself out of place, this began a cat and mouse game of fix-one-flap-pull-another-out-of-place-somewhere-else-in-the-circle that felt like a never-ending game of whack-a-mole. I ended up using large paperclips on each of the points to hold those flaps in place, which created a conical structure that was tough to work with, especially when I discovered that my new clips were in the way of the front and back foldings, forcing everything to be rearranged. When my initial foldovers on the back side started coming out, I almost threw the whole thing in the trash, but after writing a comment here saying that I had given up, I couldn't hit the button to post it. I thought about all the time that you had worked on this tutorial and how long I had worked on getting this flailing mess to become a coherent whole, so I decided I owed it to both of us to try one more time. And then...it was done. I carefully took the last paperclip out and...there was a Star Festival sitting on my table. I think sometimes my experience of your channel is more like "MadFolding/HappyFolded." But hey, I didn't come here for easy. I came here to learn, and you deliver, both in new designs and the value of having a little patience with myself. :)

Thanks, I've added it to the submissions!

It must be you - I clearly hear Nobuko. :)

I'm sorry to hear you found this video to be too difficult to fold along to. If it's a bit too challenging right now, try folding some easier models to hone your skills and then come back to this one. This is what I've done many times in the past, and it's always been so rewarding to see how I progressed, finally managing to master the complex folds that were too difficult for me before.