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How to Make an origami buckyball flower

May 18, 2010 05:01 PM

3D orange geometric shape with leaf-like patterns on a black background.

Feeling ambitious? With this guide, you'll learn how to make 3D buckyballs with origami, the traditional art of Japanese paper folding. For more information, including a step-by-step overview of the folding process, as well as to get started making your own colorful paper gift boxes, watch this free origami lesson.

When you consider the 30-unit stella conica a dodecahedron from 12 5-petal flowers, it is a small step to the truncated icosahedron or buckyball made out of 12 5-petal flowers and 20 6-petal flowers.

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