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.