Finally, if you want some more pictures of how to assemble the modules and a handy table of some of the things you can make with them, try for another diagram by Meenakshi Mukerji. Another interesting site is, which focuses on cubes. Some of these may be found on Meenakshi Mukerji's website at The last time I looked, only two of the links worked, but there are some good pictures. There are also a bunch of ways you can make the modules which add interest to the final product. Lavavej, instructions for which you may find on his website,, since they are much clearer with his photographs. Another way to assemble the Sonobes was created by Stephan T. There are many ways to put them together, which you can find on the web at One of them, using only three units, was created by Toshie Takahama, and so we call this assembly Toshie's Jewels in her honor. Different unit types work better than others for these larger unit kusudama and I have found a few that just don’t work due to the angles that the units go in at being to wide which prevents you from making a 6 unit pyramid.These modules were created by Mitsunobu Sonobe, and so we call them Sonobes.These units first appeared in the book Origami for the Connoisseur, by Kunihiko Kasahara and Toshie Takahama. I will just warn you that I typically have to use glue or tape to keep the units together since the angles tend to be shallow and a lot of tension is on the units. To do it the icosahedron style, have a grouping of 5, 3 unit pyramids surrounded by 2 rings of groupings containing 6 pyramids. Check out my post history and you should see at least one 270 unit model I made following this pattern. Now that you have the idea you can continue putting the pyramids in so that every 5 unit pyramids (there will be 12 in total) is surrounded by two rings of 6 unit pyramids. After that you can do 5, 5 unit pyramids radiating from your original 5 unit pyramid. Then do a ring around that making 5, 6 unit pyramids and then do a ring of 10, 6 unit pyramids. Start with putting together 5 units to form a five sided pyramid. I do a lot more dodecahedrons so I can explain that better. Now to make a 270 unit model, thanks these shapes and add “rings” around it. In a 30 unit dodecahedron you have 5 units coming together to form a 5 sided pyramid or prism shape and 3 of these shapes converge at an axis. In a 30 unit icosahedron you have 3 units coming together to form a 3 sided pyramid and 5 of these pyramids converge at an axis. I would recommend looking at pictures of 30 unit versions of both to get an idea what it looks like. There are two ways main ways to do it- the icosahedron method and the dodecahedron method. Hi, I have folded a ton of 270 unit kusudama ms so hopefully I can help. Help! Request Photo Original Diagram Tutorial Discussion
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