Origami Magic Ball (Dragon's Egg by Yuri Shumakov)

Origami Magic Ball Designed by Yuri Shumakov (originally called Dragon's Egg) Yuri's website: ****** My method is different from other tutori...

28cm x 14cm (you can use any rectangle of ratio 2:1) Make a grid 32x16 Divide in half Divide each part in half Keep dividing each part in half until you get 32 parts Divide in half Keep dividing each part in half until you get 16 parts Pleat the top segments Pleat on the vertical creases Unfold a little to make the next steps easily Fold the little diagonal Make the mountain fold and two more diagonals Repeat Repeat this pattern all the way on the first row Turn the valley fold into a mountain fold Note the position of the mountain fold of previous row and the new mountain fold Fold the little diagonals Turn the valley fold into a mountain fold Push from behind to make the mountain fold Fold the little diagonals on the right and on the left of the mountain fold Repeat this pattern Before making a new row, make a pleat as shown Mountain-fold the long line Valley-fold Reform the pleats Unfold one segment Squash-fold Turn this valley fold into a mountain fold Do the same way we did on the previous row On the last row we need only a valley fold Valley-fold the corner Reverse-fold the other corners Valley-fold the last corner Reverse-fold all the corners on the other side Unfold one end Use tape to join the ends Remake the folds Magic Ball finished!