origami ball/ornament?

[philipinorigami101]

Its almost Christmas time, so i wanted to do something for the Christmas tree this year. i have been looking at some origami ornaments and i came a cross this one here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/52295352@N ... illing_xu/
I tried to guess the folds, but i guess it can't be done with a square. Anyone know the diagrams to make that kind of ball? I have been seeing these kind of origami for sometime now and i wanted to know how to make them? Merry Christmas!

[phillipcurl]

Merry Christmas to you too
In tanteidan 17, there is a cute little Santa ornament. Its pretty simple to make.
I made one for my tree. Only problem is, i didn't have red/white paper, so I made an African-American Santa!

[Brimstone]

it is a nice ornament indeed. I made a rough CP of how I think it can be done:

Color side up
Black: Reference
Red: Partial mountain
Blue: Partial valley

[Brimstone]

I kept working on it and it is not a 1 x 2 thing it is more a 60 ° thing.

Take a strip of paper that is 1 x 4.
Color side up divide the long side in 16 ths (all valleys).
Starting at the top left corner, make a mountain crease that ends at the bottom 4th crease. From the top second crease (careful I said second skip the first), make a mountain crease that ends up at the bottom 6th. Continue until the end of the paper.
Repeat the previous process starting from the bottom left and ending at the top 4th.

Collapse in a "ball" like shape.

[chris_t]

I'm not sure that new ratio is right, Brimstone. If I'm understanding right, I think it gives 45 degree angles. I tried your original CP and it works pretty well, but I reckon maybe the same pattern on a 1x3 rectangle rather than 1x2, as it's difficult to close up at the back. It's a nice design though and well worked out.

[smarcelab]

That ornament looks like a "Bauble". The diagrams are available in the book "Festive Folding", by Paul Jackson. According to the book the origin is "unknown".

The recommended paper ratio in the book is 4:1 (12" x 3" for a small bauble or 36" x 9" for a huge one).
It starts dividing the paper in 3rds, and then each division in half, till you get to 24 divisions in total. Then you fold the diagonals. The model is long enough to be locked by tucking one edge under the other.

I hope this helps!

[Brimstone]

That ornament looks like a "Bauble". The diagrams are available in the book "Festive Folding", by Paul Jackson. According to the book the origin is "unknown".

The recommended paper ratio in the book is 4:1 (12" x 3" for a small bauble or 36" x 9" for a huge one).
It starts dividing the paper in 3rds, and then each division in half, till you get to 24 divisions in total. Then you fold the diagonals. The model is long enough to be locked by tucking one edge under the other.

I hope this helps!

It certainly helps. Thanks a lot.

[LeafPiece]

During this time of year I usually put the paper aside and start folding ribbon, but that's a pretty nice ornament. I might try fold something similar

[chris_t]

Been experimenting with this.



The one on the left is from a ratio of 1:3, in 24 divisions (last 2 divisions overlapped to give the join).

The one on the right is from a ratio of 1:4 - again 24 divisions, same overlap, as described by Marcela. Both follow the same basic CP as Brimstone's, but with different aspect ratios, and the second has different angles as a consequence.

Both work, just depends on your preference, really.

I think I might do a bunch of these - in more inspiring colours, obviously! They will go nicely on a Christmas tree. Thanks to Brimstone for the CP and philipinorigami for the inspiration.

[Brimstone]

Thanks to Brimstone for the CP and philipinorigami for the inspiration.

Thank you for continuing experimenting and getting the model on the left, because all I could accomplish was the one on the right that didn't please me. Now I'll have to try that one.

[chris_t]

So, I made a bunch of these, threaded loops to hang them by, and gave them to my mum as a Christmas present. No Christmas tree to hang them on this year, but she came up with this alternative format, which I think looks quite good:

[Brimstone]

Chris_t those look great, congratulations.