Intermediate Origami Classes for 2025

Starting in January 2024, and continuing in 2025, Teresa is teaching an origami class for intermediate-level folders on the fourth Saturday of every month (except July and August) at the North Port Public Library in North Port, Florida.

The Intermediate-level classes feature origami models that are somewhat more complex and challenging than the models taught in Teresa's origami class for beginners. Intermediate folders are expected to already know most of the basic origami folds and the symbols used to represent them in origami diagrams. The pace of instruction in this class is a bit faster than in the beginners' class, and Teresa assumes that Intermediate students will need less individual help than beginners, but one-on-one assistance from the instructor will still be provided as needed.

REGISTRATION FOR 2025 INTERMEDIATE ORIGAMI IS OPEN NOW!

To see the class schedule and learn more or register online, you can access the library's event calendar by going to https://scgovlibrary.librarymarket.com/events/month and selecting North Port Public Library. (Don't forget to click on the "Confirm Selection" button at the bottom of the page.)

If you aren't sure whether or not you are ready for Intermediate-level origami, try taking one of Teresa's Beginner-level classes first. For more information about Beginner origami classes, click here.

Models Folded by Intermediate Students at January 2024 Class

Here are some lovely versions of an origami model called the Heart-Shaped Flowery Plate, designed by Tomoko Fuse. This model is a good example of modular (or unit) origami -- a type of origami which entails folding a number of modules (or units), usually identical, and then assembling them without the use of tape, glue, or other adhesive.

For more information about this model, click here.
 

The Heart-Shaped Flowery Plate requires four units. Folding each unit is challenging because of three tricky steps which give the unit its three-dimensional shape. The assembly is also challenging because the units can slide out of position during the final steps of the assembly process. The model is not completely stable until all of the units have been firmly locked in place.

In addition to the model shown above, Teresa's Intermediate students learned to fold the following models in 2024:

• Flower Bowl, designed by Kazukuni Endo -- a very challenging non-modular model
• Octagonal Tato with Color-Change (traditional Japanese design)
• Rose Box, a non-modular design by Maria Sinayskaya
• Cubic Box with Stopper (Strip Closure), designed by Tomoko Fuse
• Transformation Sonobe -- a 30-unit stellated icosahedral ornament, designed by Fumiaki Shingu
• Skella Beta -- a very challenging 30-unit skeletal icosahedron, designed by Maria Sinayskaya
• Fleximasu -- a modular action toy designed by Paolo Bascetta
• Tsuzura -- modular cubic gift boxes with fan-folds on the lids, designed by Tomoko Fuse
• Mexico Sunburst Star -- a modular star designed by Sok Song
• Robin Star -- a modular star designed by Maria Sinayskaya
• Brontosaurus -- a challenging non-modular dinosaur, designed by Samuel Randlett
• King David's Crown -- a modular design by Laura Kruskal, with modifications we made in class
• Japanese Brocade -- a three-dimensional modular hanging ornament, designed by Minako Ishibashi
• Lightning Bolt -- an octahedral modular hanging ornament, designed by Michael G. LaFosse
   

(Many thanks to Eva Krik for taking the photos shown above and giving permission for them to be displayed on this site.)

Models Folded by Intermediate Students in 2025

So far in 2025, Intermediate students have learned how to fold the following models:

• Deep Love Box -- a non-modular Valentine's Day box, designed by Leyla Torres
• Secret Heart Box -- a heart-shaped modular box, designed by Akiko Yamanashi
• Two-Piece Heart Coaster -- a snap-together modular design by Francis Ow
• Hidakazari Tato -- a pinwheel-shaped tato with challlenging fan-folds, designed by Tomoko Fuse
• Rose Box -- with a challenging sink-and-twist fold, designed by Tomoko Fuse