μ-reversefold
Over the Christmas break I went to Chinatown in San Francisco and got some new origami paper which is smaller than any of my other paper. I quickly decided to make one of my signature reversefolds with the new paper. I started creasing the paper and got to the sane point, which would have given me 4 rows of reversefolds. This would have been small, but not small enough for me. I like my folds to be more complicated.
Finished creases, back side
Finished creases, front side
Yes, that paper is less than 2 quarters wide. Of course, going one more level took a lot of careful and precise folding which took the rest of the night. The next day I started the accordion folds which are the base of the final product.
Accordion halfway done
Accordion finished
That took several hours. The last step is to pop in the reverse folds, one row at a time. This is the most time consuming part of the process and for this fold it took me several nights with a small crafting tool. Here it is with five rows finished.
Five rows finished
And after many painstaking hours of work, here is the finished product:
Finished fold
Finished fold, side view
Finished fold, 3/4 view
And for a little perspective here is a shot of the finished fold compared to the original paper:
Finished fold vs. unfolded paper
And just in case the quarter wasn’t enough, here’s the finished fold in my palm. Yes, it is that small. No, I won’t make you one. ;-)
Finished fold in the palm of my hand
All of these photos link to my newly created flickr account. The entire set is up there along with higher quality versions.