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Modular Origami — 3D anaglyph images

These are 3D anaglyph images of different modular origami models. Red-cyan glasses are required for proper viewing. Each image was generated from two photographs taken with a digital camera and combined using Make Anaglyph script-fu plugin for The GIMP. The offset between images when taking pictures was determined by intuition with no helper devices used.

I feel that regular flat images of modular origami (many of which you can find on this site, too) often do a poor job of showing a model's real character. Especially complex origami solids tend to become just puzzling patches of different colors on two dimensional photographs. They do so much more than traditional origami models because threedimensionality is inherent to their design and their abstract form makes it harder for the viewer to recognize 3D cues from the image. Therefore, despite all shortcomings of anaglyph images, I think they can enhance the experience in interesting ways and provide additional useful information to the viewer. This could come in handy especially if you want to recreate a model based on its picture. Even basic depth perception helps better understand the folding process. On the other hand, at least with this particular 3D technology, I find three-dimensional pictures to be complementary to regular, flat images, but in no way capable of replacing them.

Models folded and photographed by Michał Kosmulski. Modules designed by their respective authors.
Click on images to enlarge them. Links in image titles lead to pages with more information about each particular object.

Gasherbrum (four intersecting triangles, 4 × 3 × 1) Model and units designed by Robert Lang (instructions in PDF linked from that page), 12 units. [ 2D image ]

Octahedron Made from the sunken variant of Michał Kosmulski's PVM (Pyramid Vertex Module), inverted unit assembly (14 modules: 8 sunken vertex units and 6 connector units). [ 2D image ]

Makalu (six intersecting pentagons, 6 × 5 × 1) Model and units designed by Robert Lang, 30 units. Instructions available in Origami USA Annual collection 2002. [ 2D image ]

Annapurna (ten intersecting triangles, 10 × 3 × 1) Model designed by Robert Lang, but this one is made from Michał Kosmulski's Sturdy Edge Module (StEM) instead of Robert Lang’s units (30 units, 4:1 paper). [ 2D image ]

Spiked dodecahedron Made from a modified version of Francis Ow's 60 degree module (scroll down the linked page for original unit folding instructions) (30 modules). [ 2D image ]

Great stellated icosahedron (stellated dodecahedron) Made from M. Mukhopadhyay's super simple isosceles triangle module (module also attributed to Jeannine Mosely and Roberto Morassi) (30 modules). [ 2D image (different coloring) ]

Spiked icosahedron Made from custom modules (30 modules).

	Tom Hull's Five intersecting tetrahedra (FIT) Made from Francis Ow's 60 degree module (30 modules). [ 2D image and notes about folding ]

Truncated octahedron with inverted spikes on all faces Made from a modified version of Francis Ow's 60 degree module (scroll down the linked page for original unit folding instructions) (36 modules). [ 2D image and notes ]

Spiked pentakis dodecahedron Made from Michał Kosmulski's Simple Edge Unit (SEU), Sonobe-like variant made of square paper (60 modules). [ 2D image ]

14-spoked wheel (tetradecagonal prism) Made from Michał Kosmulski's Sturdy Edge Module (StEM) (70 modules: 28 from 1:2√2 paper and 42 from 1:√2 paper). This construction isn’t mathematically exact but is close enough for practical purposes. [ 2D image ]

Abstract composition “T” Made from Michał Kosmulski's BBU (Building Block Unit) (75 modules: 36 × A1, 30 × A2, 6 × D1, 3 × E4). [ 2D image ]

Buckyball (90 edges) Made from a variant of Thomas Hull's PHiZZ unit (90 modules). [ 2D image ]

Decorated rhombicuboctahedron Made from Robert Neale's penultimate module (120 modules). [ 2D image ]

Menger Sponge (level 1) Made from Business card cube module (192 modules: 120 for the body and 72 for coating). Public transport tickets were used for the units. [ 2D image ]

Buckyball (210 edges) Made from a variant of Thomas Hull's PHiZZ unit (210 modules). [ 2D image ]

Hamiltonian cycle of the cube Made from Michał Kosmulski's BBU (Building Block Unit) (240 modules: 144 × A1, 96 × E1 variant). [ 2D image ]

Menger Sponge (level 2) Made from Business card cube module (3456 modules: 2400 for the body and 1056 for the outer shell). [ 2D image ]