Mio Tsugawa

Paste Type / ペーストタイプ

Mitsuwari Asanoha Variations Vol.1 / 三つ割麻の葉バリエーション Vol.1

Mitsuwari Asanoha Simple type / 三つ割麻の葉 シンプルタイプMEMOThese works are variations of the ‘Mitsuwari Asanoha’, which is one size smaller than the standard tem tem temari. While the Mitsuwari Asanoha is made from square paper, this simplified vers
Paste Type / ペーストタイプ
Arabesque joint / アラベスクジョイント

Suzaku / 朱雀（すざく）

Suzaku / 朱雀Work's DataAuthor© Mio TsugawaCreatedMarch 2010MadeMarch 2010DrawingFebruary 2026Number of parts30 piecesPaper size7.5 × 15 cm (Half-square paper)Joining materialsNot use (Not glued)Joining methodArabesque jointSuzaku Variation /
Arabesque joint / アラベスクジョイントModular Type / モジュラータイプ
Modular Type / モジュラータイプ

Horus / ホルス

MEMOThis is a modular-type work connected with Arabesque-joint. Not glued parts to assemble. It has a folding technique as Neith-style folding, comparable to Lirith in difficulty. The piece's name, Horus, refers to the sky god of Egyptian m
Modular Type / モジュラータイプ
Paste Type / ペーストタイプ

Mitsuwari Asanoha / 三つ割麻の葉

MEMOThese are a variation of the Them Them Temari. There are two major differences from the standard Tem Tem Temari. First, the points where three parts are gathered and the points where four parts are gathered are swapped.Second, it is a s
Paste Type / ペーストタイプ
Arabesque joint / アラベスクジョイント

Lilith / リリス

MEMOThis is a modular-type piece connecting parts with arabesque joints. Created in 2016.Its form is very similar to "Neith of Giovanni". The difference is that the flower where the five parts come together is single- petal in Neito, while
Arabesque joint / アラベスクジョイントModular Type / モジュラータイプ
Paste Type / ペーストタイプ

Elf egg / エルフエッグ

Elf egg: Forest elf / エルフエッグ：森のエルフMEMOThis is a variation of the Elf series in the shape of a Tem Tem Temari. All of the pieces in the Elf series can be made into a round shape like a Tem Tem Temari. This technique is the same as making Elf
Paste Type / ペーストタイプ
Arabesque joint / アラベスクジョイント

Neith Variations / ネイトバリエーション

Neith of Giovanni / ジョバンニのネイトMEMOThis is "Neith," a work I created in 2016. It consists of 30 parts and is a modular piece that can be assembled without the use of glue. The name comes from ‘Neith’, a satellite of Venus said to have been di
Arabesque joint / アラベスクジョイントModular Type / モジュラータイプ
Paste Type / ペーストタイプ

Kiku temari / 菊てまり

MEMOThis is a variation of the Yume Temari. It has 60 parts and is folded with half-square paper.The point where the five parts are gathered, a flower resembling a chrysanthemum crest blooms.Like the Yume Temari, the inside of the kusudama
Paste Type / ペーストタイプ
Paste Type / ペーストタイプ

Yume temari / 夢てまり

MEMOThis is a glue-type kusudama that can be put together using glue. It was made in 2013 and is part of the Tenten Temari series, which has 60 parts.It is hollow inside, so you can put bells inside or fill it with potpourri.接着剤を使って組み立てる貼り合
Paste Type / ペーストタイプ
Arabesque joint / アラベスクジョイント

Neith / ネイト

MEMOI changed the fluttering triangles of the work of Arabesque into pointed triangles. While Arabesque is folded with square paper, Naith is made with paper half the size of a square. This piece was made in the process of making "Nato," wh
Arabesque joint / アラベスクジョイントModular Type / モジュラータイプ
Paste Type / ペーストタイプ

Elves Variations Vol.1 / エルブス バリエーション Vol.1

Light elf / 光のエルフForest elf / 森のエルフField elf / 野のエルフMEMOThese are variations of the work of Flower elf. Fold them using paper with a 1:4 ratio. Assemble the parts with adhesive. Unlike blooms made from square paper, these are small and cute
Paste Type / ペーストタイプ
Arabesque joint / アラベスクジョイント

Eos’s Passacaglia with 4:7 / 4:7のエオスズパッサカリア

Eos's Passacaglia with 4:7 / 4:7のエオスズパッサカリアEos's Passacaglia with 4:7 Transform 2 / 4:7のエオスズパッサカリア 変身2MEMOThis is a piece of Eos's Passacaglia folded using paper with a 4:7 ratio. The original piece is made using paper with a 1:2 ratio. 1:2
Arabesque joint / アラベスクジョイントModular Type / モジュラータイプ
Flap and Pocket joint / フラップ & ポケットジョイント

Norimaki Unit – Nonoji / のり巻きユニット – ののじ

Guru-guru Nonoji / ぐるぐるののじNonoji / ののじMEMOThese are variations of the Norimaki Unit. Each part consists of two pieces of different sizes.No adhesive is needed when combining the two pieces into one part, nor when assembling the parts into t
Flap and Pocket joint / フラップ & ポケットジョイントModular Type / モジュラータイプ
Modular Type / モジュラータイプ

Elves / エルブス

Flower elf / 花のエルフWind elf / 風のエルフWind elf Different color / 風のエルフ 色違いMEMOThese works are variations of Bloom ver.4petals, created 2010. They are made with paper with a 1:4 ratio.Adhesive is used for assembly. ブルーム ver.4花弁のバリエーションです。1:4 の比率
Modular Type / モジュラータイプPaste Type / ペーストタイプ
Bind Type / 糸括りタイプ

Hemerocallis middendorffii var. esculenta/ 日光黄菅（にっこうきすげ）

Work's DataAuthor© Mio TsugawaCreatedFebruary 2005MadeFebruary 2005DrawingSeptember 2025Number of parts40 piecesPaper size15cm (Square paper)Joining materialsThreads, string sJoining TypeBind typeMEMOThis kusudama is a bind type that put to
Bind Type / 糸括りタイプ
Flap and Pocket joint / フラップ & ポケットジョイント

Norimaki Unit “Usou henge” / のり巻きユニット「有相変化（うそうへんげ）」

MEMOThis is a variation of the ‘Norimaki Unit’ series created in 2023. It is a simple subtype derived from Usou Musou. While playing with the parts of Usou Musou, I discovered that curling the paper at this width makes them line up vertical
Flap and Pocket joint / フラップ & ポケットジョイントModular Type / モジュラータイプ
Flap and Pocket joint / フラップ & ポケットジョイント

Origami zaiku Vol.2 No.2 / 折り紙細工第二巻二号

Chrysanthemum "Rocca" / ロカ菊MEMOThe Origami zaiku Series consists of decorative parts for embellishing 1/4-unit squares, and adhesive is used to decorate. The Rocca chrysanthemum has petals the same size as the Rossano chrysanthemum and look
Flap and Pocket joint / フラップ & ポケットジョイントModular Type / モジュラータイプ
Flap and Pocket joint / フラップ & ポケットジョイント

Mitsudomoe unit Deko Variations Vol.19 / 三つ巴ユニット凸 バリエーション Vol.19

Mitsubishi-domoe / 三つ菱巴（みつびしどもえ）MEMOThis is a variation of the Mitsudomoe unit protrusion. Combine two parts of different sizes to create a single part. No adhesive is required either when combining the parts or when assembling the parts in
Flap and Pocket joint / フラップ & ポケットジョイントModular Type / モジュラータイプ
Decoration part / デコレーションパーツ

Origami zaiku Vol.2 / 折り紙細工第二巻

Chrysanthemum "Rossano" / ロサーノ菊MEMOThe Origami zaiku Series consists of decorative parts for embellishing 1/4-unit squares, and adhesive is used for assembly. Rossano chrysanthemum has petals that is one size smaller than Dante chrysanthemu
Decoration part / デコレーションパーツPaste Type / ペーストタイプ
Flap and Pocket joint / フラップ & ポケットジョイント

Mitsudomoe unit Deko Variations Vol.18 / 三つ巴ユニット凸 バリエーション Vol.18

Kumikomi-domoe / 組みこみ巴（くみこみどもえ）MEMOThis is a variation of the Mitsudomoe unit Deko. Two parts of different sizes are combined to make one part. No glue is needed when combining the parts or assembling them.The pointed cap covering the trian
Flap and Pocket joint / フラップ & ポケットジョイントModular Type / モジュラータイプ
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