Kusudama Flower - home decoration and more

Kusudama is a kind of origami,Paper model, which is a set of glued together elements forming a ball. Elements are made up of a square sheet of paper. Kusudama is considered the forerunner of modular origami. However, we should not confuse them, since elements in Kusudam are glued together, and in modular origami they are embedded in each other.

Miracle medicine

В древности японцы считали, что кусудама с embedded in dry flowers and herbs helps a patient to recover sooner. Perhaps, therefore, the very name of "kusudama" consists of two Japanese words: "kusuri" (medicine) and "tama" (ball). The most common version of kusudama is Kusudama flower. It is great for decorating the room. There are a lot of schemes for flower pottery.

How to do it?

Flower kusudama in most cases is done according to a certain algorithm:

1. Take a square piece of paper.It is very important that they are the same size. Many advise the beginner to take for his first kusudama notes, so as not to fool himself, carving out the same elements.
2. Each leaf is folded in a certain way, forming a petal (in simple versions) or a certain part of the flower (in more complex kusudam).
3. Each petal is glued or stitched together with another, collecting in a flower.
4. After each flower is glued or stitched with other flowers.
5. Before you glue the last flowers, you need to attach a rope or ribbon to them, for which the kusudama will be hung.

Decor for the Kusudam

There are many ideas about how to make a rope. Kusudama Flower can be decorated with a brush, and the rope itself is made of anything. Limitations only in your imagination. The decorated rope can be beads, beads, bows, various brushes.

Special material

In Japan, Kusudama flower is made fromspecial paper. At us such to find extremely problematic, therefore usually use a color paper. Kusudama, made from newspapers or magazines, and also from multi-colored wrapping paper looks very beautiful and original.

Decor for home and more

Kusudama flower will be a wonderful decorationfor your home. It can be done together with the children. The process of making kusudama requires accuracy and assiduity, plus it is a wonderful practice for the development of fine motor skills, the opportunity to expand the horizon of the child.

And, of course, Kusudama flower canused, as they say, to the destination. Place the dried flowers or herbs inside and hang them over the bed. The healing properties of aromatherapy are proved not by one generation of scientists.

Elements of Kusudama in themselves can becomean ornament for anything. Postcard with a petal attached to it will look original. Some newlyweds, breaking stereotypes, attach such petals to invitations to the wedding.

Try to decorate your life. And remember, there are a lot of options, and the only thing that can limit you is your imagination.