Moravian Star Origami
Instead of folding the strips in half offset them so one side is longer than the other.
Moravian star origami. This video could have been made extremely short however i have found that the repetition is very helpful when first learning this technique in paper foldin. Paper moravian star this paper moravian star is a traditional creation which has existed for over a hundred years. First make a moravian star instructions here and then string it up to make it into an ornament thread a string or mono filament through a needle.
We will be using the wide paper for our demonstration. It is not clear who created the first paper star of this type but the star is also called froebel star in honor of friedrich frobel a german educator who promoted paper arts as a mode of teaching children. Paper moravian star ball a paper moravian star ball is made of six moravian stars.
We are also using different color strips so it will make it easy for you to see the instructions. There will be almost no excess paper to cut off after a star is complete. It takes 4 strips of paper to make one moravian star so this pack of 100 strips can produce 25 stars.
The process involves inserting the tips points of the stars under layers of paper so they are inter connected. The 1 paper strips are just long enough to complete a german star. Free moravian star instructions.
If you are using a strip of paper that is just barely long enough to complete a moravian star then here is a useful tip. Learn how to thread a string through a star to make a moravian star ornament. Image contributed by origami resource center.
For example instead of folding 12 into two 6 parts fold it so that one part is 5 25 and the other side is 6 75. Use scraps of paper to practice with before attempting to use your good paper strips. The moravian star ball is actually assembled as a cube but the spikes and points softens the corners so it looks like a ball.
The original moravian star had 110 spikes but modern versions have become much smaller.
