Kusudama Origami Lamp

I have always loved origami and in this case, I decided to make a lamp with one of the figures that I like the most, this is "Little Roses Kusudama" created by Maria Sinayskaya. Although in this case, I modified a little the folds that I have seen in her diagrams so that the paper would not have more marks than necessary and I also made some changes to be able to turn it into a lamp. I hope you like it.

1. Wire
2. Heat-shrink tubing
3. 3D printing filament (the files for printing those parts are in step 21)
4. Glue gun
5. Lightbulb (led g4 5w 110-130v 6400k)
6. Plug
7. Pair of scissors
8. Cutter
9. Pliers
10. Bulb socket
11. Switch
12. Watercolor pencil
13. Screwdriver
14. Insulated Spade Connectors
15. Lighter
16. Parchment paper block

These were some notes that I needed during the creation of the project to understand some measures and the order in which I had to do some things. However, for the creation of the lamp, it is not necessary that you understand them, I just wanted to show it as part of my process :)

(The numbers were to understand the height of a tetrahedron, so I could make the union of the origami figure with its 3D printing base)

For this figure, you need 30 pieces of paper that have a 2:1 ratio.

I used a parchment paper block, each paper was 24.8 x 35 cm, I folded this in half (as the second image shows) and then I folded triangles to get perfect squares that I then folded in half and cut. This gave me 12.4 x 6.2 cm papers.

In case you want to use the 3D modeling that I upload in this instructable for the 3d printed parts, it is necessary that your rectangles are the same size as mine (12.4 x 6.2 cm)

Step 3 (this one) through step 18 shows how to create the basic module for this figure.

It is necessary to repeat these steps with the 30 papers.

Fold in half, marking the center

Rotate figure

In this fold, it is important that the tip marked in yellow is touching the edge marked in yellow and that the edge marked in red is touching the center of the figure (also marked in red)

Rotate figure

Follow the same steps for the other 29 papers

Unfold the papers, paint the edges with a watercolor pencil as shown in the images and create a gradient with water.

When they have dried, fold them again

I created the files in Inventor, saved them as stl files, and printed them with Cura and an ender 3 pro printer.

(You may find the videos of the modeling process here: https://youtu.be/1kB0O8TLwfQ - https://youtu.be/k7rYmI79OqQ)

To join the origami figure to the base of the lamp, it is necessary to modify 3 of the modules, cutting them 1 cm from the center.

Glue the 3 modules

To show you how the modules are assembled, I decided to make a video of how I put mine together.

(To join them I usually imagine triangles each time I join 3 papers (creating a point - tetrahedron) and then I think that there should always be 5 triangles joined)

I attached one of the wires from the socket to one of the wires from the long cable, covering it with heat shrink tubing.

I used one of the insulated spade connectors on the other socket cable.

I glued the socket with silicone to the base of the lamp

With a little pressure I put the switch in the base

I used the other insulated spade connector on the other wire of the long cable and attached these connectors to the switch.

I removed the plug cover

I loosened the screws a little and put the other ends of the long cable on top of them, then I tightened the screws again and covered the plug

Time to try it....

Enjoy it :)