![]() ![]() Examples of Sononbe units forming closed spheres. Here is another set of instructions, this time for actually using post-its. There are lots of Sonobe-based examples on that site, and elsewhere. You just need to poke the new unit in with a bit of vigor, and the pocket easily opens up. when you slot the units together, some of the pockets will be stuck shut by a portion of the sticky strip.when you fold the sticky part of the post-it over, make the crease sharp but don’t press the sticky face down hard - you need to lift it up again for the next fold.align the post-it so the sticky strip is face up and running horizontally (when using the above instructions), so the sticky strip ends up inside the unit.When trying this with square post-its, there are some points to note: The origami-instructions site has some clear instructions for folding Sonobe units with normal, square paper. The Sonobe Unit has it’s own wikipedia page. Examples of PHiZZ units forming a tube and a closed sphere. When trying this with square post-its, just make sure you start with the post-its in the same orientation each time, sticky side up and along the top, so that when you ‘accordion pleat it into fourths’, the sticky strip is fully in one of those fourths, and then folded fully inside the unit. Tom Hull has written some clear instructions for folding his PHiZZ unit. The units only connect in threes, so the structures get bigger more quickly. This is the simplest of the units to fold. Tom Hull’s PHiZZ (Pentagon-Hexagon Zig-Zag) ![]() Those connections can be very fiddly and take quite a while, all the time your sweat is messing with the paper. This can become an issue when you get down to connecting the last few pieces needed to complete a large structure.
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