Maria Sinayskaya advice for the creation of Origami, Modulars

When Maria Sinayskaya left Samara, Russia, in 2008, to live in South Africa, the single origami model that she knew how to fold was the traditional flapping bird. But, since the discovery of the world of origami and its many passionate, Maria was folding and creating non-stop, becoming, in the process, a prolific paper and designer folder.

Maria shares his creations on the page of its Web site and flicker.

I recently had the opportunity to ask Maria on his practice and his passion for origami. Here are his thoughts.

Why you are passionate about origami and modulars in particular?

I have a mathematical context and it would be no exaggeration to say that I love the geometry! Find it me really amazing that you can bend complex geometrical models just from leaves of squares of paper without cuts or glue. And besides this, I think modular origami is relatively easy for a beginner at the outset. On average, there are approximately 10 folds in each unit, and folding many of them takes time, but the final result is always worth it.

You have any advice to share about the origami design process?

Fold much! It is has so many various models out there, the simplest and the most notable of those who have discovered already, familiarize yourself with as many as possible.Fear not to change or modify a template. Changes in minor are not new models of course, but this practice allows to get a better feeling of works of the paper.Look at patterns of fold and you ask what changes, you can do and how it affects the model.Modular origami is not only on units, how you connect to them no importance too. Explore all the possibilities!Try to reverse engineering on a model that you like looking at a photo. It is the best exercise, I know, and there is nothing to lose! It is a great satisfaction if you succeed and there is good chance to achieve something new along the way. I do not think that I would have never aim a thing if there were diagrams available for all models, that I wanted to bend.Be prepared to discover that your new original design is not so "new or original" after all. It is not that difficult to design a modular model in reality. The only problem is that all the good are already taken.

Which work influence you in the world of origami?

There are a lot of origami designers that I admire the work: Tomoko Fuse (I am the biggest fan of it, there is so much you can learn from his books!), Kunihiko Kasahara, Mio Tsugawa, Meenakshi Mukerji and many many others. I am passionate of Krystyna Burczyk's work because his models are very artistic and mathematical in nature.

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Diagrams candle Maria Kusudama

This star created by Maria is based on an icosahedron. Is this you have bent it? Share with us your experiences or links to photos of your work!

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