A wider origami basket

Have you tried making this basket and found that the handles get in the way? Then you should try the following version which opens up the basket much wider. It’s based on an origami creation by Kazukuni Endo [遠藤和邦]:


1. Get a piece of square.
2. Fold a triangle diagonally and half it. Unfold.


3. Bring 2 triangles to the centre.
4. Fold in half, as shown.


5. Starting from the pointed end, fold a triangle inwards, as shown. Crease.
6. Repeat step 5 on the opposite side.


7. Turn over. Repeat steps 5-6 and ensure that the top + bottom triangles are aligned at where the arrows are pointing.
8. Open up. Use a ruler to get that white dotted line.


9. Fold in a triangle under the white dotted line.
10. Bring fold #1 to the blue dotted line. Crease well. Unfold.


11. Repeat step 10 for fold #2-4. As shown, newly added dotted lines represent the new creases formed. At this point, you might want to use a pen to mark all the crease lines.
12. Make 2 vertical creases, as indicated by the arrows.


13. Turn over. Make creases from the underside more prominent on this current side.


14. Turn over. Identify the red line.


15. Crease it.
16. Then bring the fold in, as shown.


17. Repeat steps 14-16 on all 3 other sides. You’ll end up with a base. The 2 peaks are named A and B.


18. Spread open the triangles of A and B, then make 3 tiny folds forward.
19. Bring B over to A.


20. Hook B’s fold onto A’s.
21. Fold back the triangles beginning with B first.


22. Followed by A to complete the locking.
23. You will end up with this basket. To make wider, bring the bottom part of the handle up to where the dotted line is.

16 Comments »
  1. From Stella

    Thanks for putting this up. I’ve already made a few. :-)

    2009.04.08 @ 6:45 pm

  2. From Liz

    Very cool. I’m going to have to try this and make it with my students. Thanks.

    2009.04.08 @ 7:38 pm

  3. From TaraB

    They are so cute!

    2009.04.08 @ 10:02 pm

  4. From Erin

    I like it when origami is functional! Big thanks for sharing.

    2009.04.09 @ 1:25 am

  5. From m

    Hi – I really like this basket. It’s easy to do, yet the instructions kept on throwing me off, making it more complicated than it is. It would help to use two-colored paper – provides better contrast to see.

    Thank you

    2009.04.09 @ 6:28 am

  6. From bloomize

    Oops, I don’t have that kind of paper.

    2009.04.09 @ 9:01 pm

  7. From Taylor

    This is something I’ve been looking for. Thanks!

    2009.04.11 @ 1:00 pm

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    2009.05.04 @ 6:00 pm

  9. From SiSi

    Awe, these are so cute!! Thanks for the tutorial:)

    2009.05.04 @ 10:13 pm

  10. From Zakka Life

    What a cute basket a great tutorial. I stumbled this post and gave it a thumbs up.

    2009.05.12 @ 11:39 pm

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  12. From ale balanzario

    The origami basket looks very cute, great tutorial. Great idea to give them away in a party,

    Thanks.

    Ale ;)
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    2009.05.15 @ 9:33 pm

  13. From Marie

    Thank you 4 the idea! it was very fun to make and it looks fantastic :)

    2009.05.28 @ 2:04 pm

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  15. From Briana

    These are adorable! Unfortunately, I keep getting stuck at step 15/16 =( What exactly is going on there?

    2010.01.05 @ 8:51 am

  16. From Martine Bakx

    Nice picture! I blogged you today…

    2010.03.30 @ 6:27 pm

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