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Color origami ball

by slu6alka on July 16, 2008

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Intro: Color origami ball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

step 1: Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

step 2: cuting the parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

step 3: Folding the module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

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step 4: Glueing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

step 5: Done! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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Intro: Color origami ball

I'm going to show you how to make color origami ball. Actually it's not really a ball but it looks like a ball to me and because I don't know its real name I call it ball.

I made more pictures to show you how to make it. I think they will be enough for you to understand everything!

Good luck!

step 1: Materials
Before you start you must know that this is a lot of work and you need to be patient. It's going to take a lot of time!

You need:
- 5 sheets of paper A4 from one color ( I choose pink it'll be "outside color")
- 10 sheets of paper A4 from another color ( I choose blue it'll be "inside color")
- a pencil
- glue
- a ruler
- scissors
- and a small sheet of paper with measurement 9 cm x 9 cm ( if you don't have you can make it)

Image Notes
1. The pink sheets are more but this is only a picture:)
2. 9 cm
3. 9 cm

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step 2: cuting the parts
Take one sheet of paper ( it doesn't matter the color) and outline the small sheet (9x9 cm I'll call it white square). You must make 6 squares like the white square on one
sheet.
In this way make all the other sheets and then cut them. When you finish you must have 30 sheets from the outside color and 60 - from the inside color.

Image Notes
1. Here are the sheets after I cut them!

Image Notes
1. When you finish outlining the white square the sheet must look like this.
2. Imagine that this is A4 sheets
3. this is pencil when you finish with the outline cut this lines

step 3: Folding the module

Look at the pictures. I hope you understand everything because my explanations are not very good.

When you finish with the folding module you must have 2 pockets and 2 insertions.

Make all the sheets in that way. This is the part that you'll need a lot of time. You have to fold 90 sheets.

I made a video on how to fold it. I'm sorry for the low quality. i made it with my phone.

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 Image Notes
1. Use the pencil to make a small lines. It's easy to see where you have to fold the
paper.

Image Notes Image Notes

1. This will be the pocket 1. one of the pockets is ready

Image Notes Image Notes

1. This will be the insertion 1. The insertion is ready.

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 Image Notes
1. pocket
2. insertion

Image Notes
1. some of the modules that I made

File Downloads

folding the module.3GP (3 MB)

[NOTE: When saving, if you see .tmp as the file ext, rename it to 'folding the module.3GP']

step 4: Glueing
This is a tricky part. Be careful!!!

Step 1. Fist of all we'll make one of the points of our ball. Take 5 sheets from the inside color ( blue) and glue them like this (see the first 6 pictures). Put some glue on the
insertion and put it in the pocket.
Make 6 like this! Let's call them "little stars".

Step 2. Then take 5 sheets from the outside color (pink) and glue them with one blue "little star" (see pictures 7 and 8). This will be "star".
Then connect the 5 blue "little stars" with the "star" (see pictures 9-13)

Step 3. Then take 5 pink sheets and connect the blue "little stars" together. When you connecting them carefully try to close the stars. And when you finish you'll have
half of our ball. (see pictures 14-18)

Step 4. Then add pink sheets on every corner of the "little stars" which don't have one. You must glue 2 pink sheets on every "little star".( see pictures 19-24)

Step 5. When you finish you'll have one half from the ball and you have to make the other one. Make it with the same way but without step 4 (you won't have pink sheet
left).see picture 25

Step 6. When you're ready you have to connect the two halfs.

Step 7. This is easy just glue the left pink sheets from the first half with the blue sheets on the second half. Glue to the same way. see pictures 26-30

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 Image Notes Image Notes
1. Glue this part 1. the glue part is in the pocket
2. and after that put it in the pocket.

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1. Use the same method and add another part 1. adding the 4th part

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 Image Notes
1. Glue the pink parts to the same way. Don't forget when you glue the insertion
then to put it in the pocket.

Image Notes
1. This is picture number 9

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 Image Notes Image Notes
1. Make sure the glue is dry and then you can close the star. 1. connect here...
2. here
3. here...
4. ...and here
5. STEP 3

Image Notes
1. a half of our ball is ready

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 Image Notes
1. STEP 4

Image Notes
1. add pink sheet here...
2. and here

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 Image Notes
1. the 2 halfs are ready.Now it's time to connect them
2. STEP 5

Image Notes
1. the ball is ready

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step 5: Done!
Well that's it!

After the glue dry you can open and close the ball. It's nice in the two ways!

Enjoy your new origami ball !!!

Image Notes
1. the ball is ready

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Comments
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neeley says: Nov 7, 2009. 4:33 PM REPLY

Wow that is so cool. I will try it when I am not so tired!!!

nmbalazs123 says: Oct 1, 2009. 6:57 PM REPLY

CRAZY HARD!

bleach815 says: Aug 19, 2009. 6:25 PM REPLY

AWESOME TATS SO KEWL! im cutting out the paper squares now! wat if u use the whole sheet of paper to make the squaresO.O tat'll be a waste of paper
but u will hav the biggest spike ball ever!

pablo44 says: Aug 5, 2009. 5:25 PM REPLY

That is so cool. I am so gonna try it.

kmacgregor says: Jul 29, 2009. 12:16 PM REPLY

thank you so much for posting this!! iv been going mad trying to find out how to make it! :) x

inergy says: May 30, 2009. 1:17 PM REPLY

nevermind i got it :)

inergy says: May 30, 2009. 12:05 PM REPLY

i don't get how you did the pink ones, did you just glue them on the blue ones or glue them the same way you did the blue ones?

slu6alka says: May 30, 2009. 1:17 PM REPLY

I just glue the pink ones to the blue ones...

inergy says: May 8, 2009. 7:41 PM REPLY

i think this would take like 2 hours

yofatmama45 says: Mar 26, 2009. 3:43 PM REPLY

this quality is better than the ones on youtube i can aculy follow this one

ScArE220CCCastillo says: Mar 1, 2009. 5:41 AM REPLY

I think it's called as a star but nice instructable man!

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 vianka99 says: Mar 20, 2009. 3:43 AM REPLY
yeah i called it a star too because if you opened it it looks like a star

slu6alka says: Mar 1, 2009. 8:18 AM REPLY

thanks:)

Kristen81 says: Jan 28, 2009. 12:40 AM REPLY

ok...nevermind...I answered my own question....because it falls apart...that's why.

Kristen81 says: Jan 27, 2009. 11:54 PM REPLY

I have a question... Instead of the folds to make the "flap", where you fold the top right corner at 45 degrees to the center line then fold the triangle over
that... To decrease bulk why not just fold the corner over (from pencil mark to pencil mark) then clip off the top corner to about 6mms? Not only that but it
might speed up construction a bit...

Rsbarr96 says: Nov 28, 2008. 9:31 AM REPLY

King of origami! The ball of spikes!

gmana says: Oct 12, 2008. 9:24 AM REPLY

ausum it takes long and its a but complicated but its cool

verticalfuzz says: Jul 31, 2008. 9:11 PM REPLY

thats very beautiful, but if its got glue, its not origami. its just art. try modding the unit design to creating a locking tab, or a tab design that allows the units to
fold-lock the tabs into place, like the sonobe unit, or the phizz unit. also, i must ask, did you come up with this design? if so, good job, regardless of the use
of glue, tessellating units are very hard to design. if not, i hope you will decide to give credit where credit is due.

slu6alka says: Aug 1, 2008. 2:51 AM REPLY

thanks. I'm glad you like it. Actually this is modular origami, but ok I agree with you about the glue. Like I said before I didn't come up with the design. I
saw it from a book, but I can't remember the title so I can't give credit. If I find the book I'll add the title.

SharkRetriver says: Aug 31, 2008. 5:38 AM REPLY

I know a good way 1. trace out the squares (step 1) using a ruler put 4 blank sheets beneath the template and cut it using a utility knife. You get 30
pieces ;)

slu6alka says: Aug 31, 2008. 10:01 AM REPLY

you're right that's a good way...I didn't think of that:)

verticalfuzz says: Aug 1, 2008. 1:53 PM REPLY

ha i know what modular origami is, xD... the sonobe and phizz units are scaleable modular units. unfortunately, it is very difficult to comp up with
'morphable' modular designs such as this one. i have only seen 1 successful such design

http://harrisonroseorigami.blogspot.com (lemme know wat u think)

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 slu6alka says: Aug 2, 2008. 11:35 AM REPLY
Some of them are good...

SharkRetriver says: Aug 31, 2008. 4:54 AM REPLY

Oh no i have US letter size paper/ ANSI A size paper :( 8.5X11 in ;( At least you could make 6 squares o.0

SharkRetriver says: Aug 30, 2008. 7:43 PM REPLY

All pink=small stelled dodecahedron
Mostly blue= great stelled dodecahedron

whopoder says: Aug 13, 2008. 11:04 AM REPLY

Good job! But did not understand how you fold that :( Hope somebody help me :D

Flumpkins says: Aug 11, 2008. 5:39 PM REPLY

Even though I will never make this, 5/5 +Added to favorites +O'Reilly book contest vote

AKA=THE SNOWMAN says: Jul 29, 2008. 11:24 AM REPLY

can you use 8.5 by 11?

slu6alka says: Jul 29, 2008. 11:57 AM REPLY

8.5 by 11 what? I didn't understand your question.

AznPanda says: Jul 29, 2008. 4:46 PM REPLY

8.5 inches by 11 inches

AKA=THE SNOWMAN says: Jul 29, 2008. 12:21 PM REPLY

paper. 8.5 by 11 inches size paper you said A4

slu6alka says: Jul 30, 2008. 3:48 AM REPLY

You can use it. I said A4, because I use A4, but if you can take from somewhere 90 square papers it's fine...you can use them.

AKA=THE SNOWMAN says: Jul 29, 2008. 11:10 AM REPLY

dude this is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mr. BeanyMvBeanBean says: Jul 22, 2008. 1:09 PM REPLY

Are you Golics?

slu6alka says: Jul 23, 2008. 2:57 PM REPLY

No, I'm not golics.

Mr. BeanyMvBeanBean says: Jul 23, 2008. 6:48 PM REPLY

Did you get this from one of his designs? P.S. sorry if I'm sounding nosy but I'm just curious... good thing I'm not a cat.

slu6alka says: Jul 24, 2008. 12:21 AM REPLY

I got this from a book.

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 Mr. BeanyMvBeanBean says: Jul 24, 2008. 3:00 PM REPLY
Oh, ok what book was it?

slu6alka says: Jul 25, 2008. 3:07 AM REPLY

sorry I don't remember the title of the book. It was a long time ago. I'm sorry.

Mr. BeanyMvBeanBean says: Jul 25, 2008. 10:05 AM REPLY

Ok, thanks

Mr. BeanyMvBeanBean says: Jul 23, 2008. 12:29 PM REPLY

Finally I finished!!!

Mr. BeanyMvBeanBean says: Jul 21, 2008. 10:30 AM REPLY

Wow I always wanted to know how to do this after I saw golics video on metacafe. Very nice.

explosivemaker says: Jul 19, 2008. 1:29 AM REPLY

wow...that is great.....I have to try this sometime.....5 STARS!!!

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