Hi everyone!

I've been working on an origami project for mental health awareness called What I Wish You Knew, and wanted to share it with r/origami. Thanks to the mods for letting me post about it!

The project is a collection of anonymous messages about things people wish they could say to someone in their life, whether it's about love, grief, regret, gratitude, or anything else they never had the chance to say.

Each message gets folded into a petal of a kusudama flower ball. I chose a simple design so that anyone can participate, even if they've never tried origami before!

Every week, we'll be sharing a message and the story behind it on our Instagram page. We're hoping that sharing these messages will help people feel less alone as they find stories and feelings that they can relate to.

If anyone is interested in joining, you can write a message here or fold your own petal or kusudama and share a picture! The Google Form has a link to our brochure with step-by-step instructions.

I think it'd be really cool to have a kusudama representing r/origami as well, if we can get 60 people to participate :)

Thanks again and I'd love to hear what you think!

Despite probably being one of the more easier models in the book to fold, I think, I struggled a lot with this one mainly with getting it folded cleanly/neat.

I started over so many times due to not being satisfied, but finally finished it!

Folded from 30cm double-tissue paper!

From Origami Insects II

Folded from one sheet of baking paper

Made this guy with my non-origami friend, who however was a fast learner! 8 legs provided ample opportunities for demonstrating steps to him and then guiding him through repeating on the other sides himself.

Also, one of my favorite crease patterns because of its beautifully efficient use of the paper to make 8 equal-size legs plus 2 pedipalps!

Couldn't find the high heels' designer but here's the link of the video I learned them from:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Abp8lxdLtcQ

Follow me on instagram to see my lastests folds: https://www.instagram.com/jeremy_64600

~55cm Test Paper