kusudama-rama

[wombat1138]

...okay, I have to admit I was wrong. When I first got Tomoko Fuse's latest book, Floral Origami Globes, I wasn't very impressed by it and considered returning the thing, due to the tedious prospect of having to make at least 12 identical 2-piece modules for every finished kusudama. However, once I stumbled onto the concept of mix'n'match color schemes within each kusudama, I was hooked.

And now I have beads all over the floor that desperately need to be put away before tomorrow, when the cleaning lady sweeps through and the wombat-consort comes home from his trip, and I can't stop making kusudama. See, I've got all these odd pieces, and I think, "Well, instead of trying to rubber-band all these modules together, it'll be easier for me to make a few more so I can just assemble the entire kusudama and store it that way." And then I space out and fold something the wrong way, or grab the wrong color of paper without noticing it, and then I've got two *more* modules that need to be paired off and matched up, and then *another* kusudama needs to be made, and...

(I have no idea wtf I am going to do with all these kusudama. Maybe put them into a box and eBay them off that way. I managed to get rid of one this morning by using it as a space-filler in a box of jewelry. They're breeding like rabbits. Halp.)

Comments

[qadgop.livejournal.com]

I forget which Buddhist teacher it was who, when his student started getting caught up in the minutiae of something, suddenly yelled out KATZ!! Whereupon the student was enlightened.

Put down the piece you've got in your hand. Yeah, that one, right there; don't finish it. Find that box you mentioned, drop it in. Sweep up the stuff on the floor, drop it in. Put the box away, and go make popcorn or something. Not out of beads.

[eeedge.livejournal.com]

Now you have me intrigued. I'll bet that they would be interesting to try to do with the children. They're old enough now to be coordinated enough to do a paper folding reasonably well.

By the way, your Klein bottle hat continues to be something we pull out to show random guests.

[redswordheart.livejournal.com]

Pretty! I want to learn to make those.

Post pictures of your kusudama! Please?