Lets Make Origami

After finishing the last post about sonobe balls, it got me wanting to fold some more of them and this time try doing a 30-unit ball.  So I had my wife pick out some dual-sided origami paper and I went to town.  I used the same size pieces of paper to fold, so that I could accurately compare the new, 30-unit ball with the others I posted pictures of.  As I was looking through my origami paper, I came across all of the other 12-unit sonobe balls I had folded.  It was a pleasant surprise, because I thought that most of them had been demolished by one of my kids; apparently just the ones folded out of foil paper.  So, here are some pictures of the 30-unit ball I folded today next to the other balls to give a good comparison. 

The 30-unit sonobe ball (on the left) designed by Steve Biddle next to a 12-unit ball and a US quarter.  The 30-unit ball is roughly the size of a golf ball (or maybe a little smaller) when done.

The large 30-unit sonobe ball surrounded by all of the smaller 12-unit sonobe balls that I had folded in the past.

I was playing around with the camera and liked how this picture turned out.

Once again, an excellent book to find the instructions on how to fold this particular sonobe ball pattern is Essential Origami by Steve and Megumi Biddle.  Enjoy.