I love origami and had a phase during which I was very much into modular origami. There are so many types of modular origami, as I discovered in the books I borrowed from the public library or bought from elsewhere. I tried maybe two or three types and found sonobe modular to be the easiest to do. Sonobe, that's all I know by name. It's important to know the lingo so we origamists can communicate.
One day at a friend's house, as we prepared to start dinner, my friend's mother started folding these little trays. The trays were then used to hold bones and such, stuff discarded from the food dishes. I love origami but so far the stuff I made were just decorative and serve no useful purpose. I sometimes joke a sonobe ball can be kept in the car dashboard for throwing at bad drivers, but such action would probably escalate quickly. Anyway, I asked the woman to show me how to make it and was able to master it quickly. Later on, I showed my own mother and she's been making them regularly. I just made the ones shown below, as offer to my local Buy Nothing group.
What are they called? There must be a name for them. Some Japanese words, I prefer. I don't make them regularly and usually I would have to reverse-engineer one when I forget. If I know the name, I can look it up in YouTube. Better yet, I plan to use Jitsi Meet's record feature to make a YouTube video, just for my own feeble memory to rely on when needed.
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