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I've
visited all the sites listed here, and have found them more or less
useful for one reason or another.
I will comment on them, and rate them with 1, 2 or 3 stars to facilitate
navigation.
If you're willing to give it a try, Internet can educate you in almost
anything under the sun. All you need is a good amount of curiosity,
persistence and a deeply ingrained wish to learn. It has made us all
rich this 'last generous frontier' in neoliberal market societies.
Most
of the sites are in English, and those I know in Spanish &
Portuguese, or other languages (Russian, Japanese, etc) are listed apart.
Should
any of the links fail, please let me know to correct the problem.
Last update 16 December 2008
- MODULAR MANIA
- A wonderful site. Not only has Meenakshi Mukhopadhyay uploaded
hundreds of images of models designed by herself or by others, but has
also taken the trouble of linking to instructions in her own site or in
others'. An absolute must for beginners and a delight for the initiates.
Lots of diagrams to learn!
- Helena
Verrill -
One of the very first. When her site moved and I couldn't find it for a
while I panicked. She has excellent instructions for the sonobe and
assembly, excelent 'triangular' or 60º units that work on double parity
(I found smth. very much like it in Tomoko Fusè's Unit Origami). And
don't miss her pages on tessellations and quilts!!! Altogether a must.
Some links on the quilts page don't work, but I puzzled out that here http://www.math.lsu.edu/~verrill/origami/quilts/quilt1-1.html
you can get back on the path.
- JAMES PLANK -
Most educational. His Penultimate Origami Page has clear diagrams for
Robert Neale's modules in 4 different angles (good maths!) though he
doesn't explain how to put them together. Many photos of models (very
bad pictures, they're old) and notes on color schemes. He created
the compound of 5 tetrahedra and provides instructions (I'm still
struggling with that one, it's a beauty).
- DAVID MITCHELL
- If you're keen on a systematic approach, this is a page for you. His
Encyclopedia of Modular Designs classifies models by family, # of
modules, assembly methods and what not. Great site to learn about the
reaches of modular origami. He has diagrams for the Eureka Cube
and a few others.
- TOM
HULL - Creator of the PHizz (zig zag) unit. Another pioneer in
the web. Clear instructions for folding, assembly of the dodecahedron
and most especially the torus! All very well explained. He created the 5
Intersecting Tetrahedra (FIT), offers instructions, explanations and
photos.
- MICHAL
KOSMULSKY - English version. An excellent site with original
designs and very good models, in particular fractals. He has designed
the Oxi module, and offers instructions and many details on how to use
it.
- FRANCIS
OW - A not so good page, but Ow created the 60ª module, besides
the 120º and 135º one (has folding instructions), classics to produce
edge polyhedra. He also folds hearts.
- ORILAND
- Yuri & Katrin Shumakov's site. Most attractive design, good
navigation. Contains traditional origami and a good number of modular
pieces - kusudamas, stars and some very interesting polyhedra. Very good
instructions.
- ROBERT
LANG - Has made great contributions in Mathematical Origami (not
the same as Modular Origami) . His site contains very interesting
articles and a beautiful gallery that includes some modulars, most
particularly polypoliedra,
- ORIHOUSE
- El sitio de la holandesa Paula Versnick. Hay otro
link que también funciona. Tiene muchos diagramas y
explicaciones detalladas de algunas de las creaciones de Heinz Strobl,
especialista en origami con tiras de papel (knotoloy o snapologia). Muy
instructivo.
- DAVID
PETTY - His Origami Emporium offers a great number of diagrams
of traditional origami and many modular rings. Most particularly his
"dice" modules to build polyhedra and structures. His
diagrams are excellent!
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Sites
in Spanish and Portuguese
- FERNANDO
NASCIMENTO - A wonderful site in Portuguese. Very well
organized, with photo instructions that are most helpful to understand
how to fold and assemble several classical models. Don't miss it!
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ORIGAMI MATEMÁTICO
- Prof. Jorge Lucero's page from Brasil. Instructions for his 6
interlaced square frames, articles on polypolyhedra, a very interesting
gallery. Has a version in English.
- RITA
FOELKER - Brazilian paper folder. Most models are classical
origami, but has a page on Origami & Geometry with several nice
models and instructions.
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Kazuyo Natsume
- Japanese paper folder residing in Argentina. Beautiful gallery of
modular pieces with technical information but no diagrams. In Spanish.
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jordi
mas trullenque - Spanish - Instructions for his Módulo Tornillo
and Módulo Zeta, and also for a beautiful 30-point star.
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LUIS
LÓPEZ - La Composición Modular. Spanish. Mostly dedicated to
the use of Modular Origami in the classroom. Several interesting pages
on polyhedra and 2D compositions and quilts.
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VICTORIA BABINSKY
- Trabajando desde México, el sitio ha sido totalmente reformulado
(todavía faltan algunas cosas, como en éste), pero tiene piezas
preciosas, algunos diagramas y datos útiles.
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CÁNDIDO
GALLARDO - Sitio dedicado a sus Pentabonitos, unos modulitos
hechos con tiras de papel formando pentágonos con los que hace cosas
asombrosas y modelos preciosos. Parece ser un módulo muy flexible en
sus posibilidades. Ojalá pasara las instrucciones del formato .doc a
formato web.
Sites
in other languages
- Haligami -
A Polish site created by Halina Rościszewska-Narloch. With English
version. Most colorful and creative. The galleries (organized by type)
include links to diagrams on the web. Has lots of models with the sonobe
unit and much, much more. There is a gallery dedicated to Heinz Strobl's
works (a creator of strip origami that he calls SNAPOLOGIA or
Knotology . Fantastic! Also has instructions.
- DON
ALBERT - In French. Most interesting. Has a large number of
models and instructions (not so explicit) for several modules of his own.
- KRYSTYNA
BURKZYK - Polish origamist. Part of her excellent site is in
English. Has a section on Regular Polyhedra and their origami models.
Lots of photos of models. Has built (or is in the process of building) a
Level 3 Menger Sponge! Many of her models are interesting applications
of Tomoko Fusè edge unit.
- MIO
TSUGAWA - A beautiful Japanese site specializing in Kusudamas.
The instructions are crystal clear and the models irresistible!
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ORIGAMI ART - Polish
site, no English version. Lots of origami diagrams, but few modulars.
Beautiful author galleries, one of them works with Modular Origami.
Besides images, they offer technical info and links to web diagrams.
- KUSUDAMAS NAROD
- Russian. It seems the Russians call all polyhedra 'kusudama'. There
are lots of models with instructions, the folding of bases and symbols.
- KLUB
ORIGAMI - Another Russian site. Good models and good diagrams.
Several stars and some classics. A good trick to navigate sites in
Russian, Japanese or other incomprehensible language is to look at the
links (usually in English), that way we get an inkling of the contents.
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