Puff Star
This fold took its inspiration from the little puffed stars we used to make by tying overhand knots in perf strips. (Remember perf strips?) Also, one night, I got to wondering, what happens if you make a bird base from a pentagon?
As it turned out, the model was much cooler when made from a decagon. Some purists eschew folds made from convex polygons other than squares. I am not one of them.
These look spiffing on a Christmas tree.
Want a CP? This one’s for 8½ × 11 and this one’s for A4. They were made to extend to the sides of the paper, so you’ll see a quarter inch or so missing. You can always shrink to fit in the print dialog.
The Puff Star (both A4 and American Letter versions) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License.
Do you have the sequenced CP and photo diagram for the puff star? I would greatly appreciate it if you post it. By the way, your blog is wonderful! Thanks a lot for the info!
September 11th, 2007 at 11:57 amTry here.
September 11th, 2007 at 12:13 pm[…] Richard Feder of Fort Lee, New Jersey writes in to say, “Hey, what’s the deal with the Puff Stars? How do I fold a Puff Star? Does CP stand for something? How will I know if I have folded a Puff […]
March 6th, 2008 at 6:03 amHello Oschene, this is my first visit to your site and I’m glued to some of your works. I like Puff Star very much but couldn’t get the diagram. May I ask for it? I’m very new to origami as well; could you please tell me what CP stands for?
April 15th, 2008 at 7:28 amCrease pattern. Try clicking on the link in the comment above yours.
April 15th, 2008 at 7:53 amHello,
December 22nd, 2008 at 9:29 amI succeed to finish the puff star but it is absolutly awfull. Could you give me more explanations and pictures to succeed to do well the other sides after the 19th picture because there is not. It is for my christmas tree.
Thank you very much and sorry for my bad english (I am french).