How to Fold an Espiral

This espiral origami decoration is a really rewarding origami form to make. While there is a bit of effort and concentration involved, the end result is such a cool decoration that you'll probably end up making a few more to decorate your personal space with and to give to friends. All you need is some origami paper and good folding skills.

1. Assemble four sheets of origami paper.
   
   
2. Start with the colour-side of the paper facing down. Fold the paper in half diagonally and open it back up.
   
   
3. Fold point A and the rest of the paper to the right to meet the centre.
   
   
   
   • Fold point B and the rest of the paper to the left to meet the centre.
4. Fold point C (see picture) the same as you folded point A. (They will overlap.)
   
   
   
5. Fold point D the same as you folded point B. (They will overlap.)
   
   
6. Pick up the unit in half at the centre crease. (All the flaps made in the last few steps will be on the inside.
   
   
7. Bring points E and F together to fold the unit in half. Crease well and unfold.
   
   
8. Fold point E down to the crease you made in the last step.
   
   
9. Turn the unit over. Fold point F down on the middle crease.
   
   
10. Repeat the above process. At this point, you have made one completed unit. Make 3 more of these. Unfold the last two folds in each unit so that it is a long triangle with three creases.
    
    
11. Now assemble them. This is tricky, so make sure you have a good grip on all of them; they will slide around. Lining up the creases well is very important. Lay down two of the units side by side, with the long edges against each other.
    
    
12. Notice the line in the centre of both units.
    
    
13. Slide another unit in the top, over A but behind B. Slide it down to the centre. This is where you need to make sure you have a very good grip on the units.
    
    
14. Slide the last unit in from the bottom, but let unit A be on top this time, and unit B will be underneath.
    
    
15. Examine the crease on on unit D (see picture – the dotted line).
    
    
    • Fold up on the crease.
      
16. Examine the crease on the bottom half of unit A.
    
    
    • Fold to the right on the crease.
      
17. Examine the crease on unit C.
    
    
    • Fold down on the crease.
      
18. For this step, examine B, which D is covering. Carefully fold D down (but do not crease) just enough that you can fold B to the left. Put D back in its original position.
    
    
19. Repeat steps 15-18 until there is not enough paper to do any more layers. There are no more creases as guides, but fold them the same way.
    
    
20. Turn the model over and repeat steps 15-18 on this side. When there is not enough paper to make another layer, twist the tips clockwise to the way the spirals go. Do this on both sides.
    
    
21. Grip the tips on each side and pull apart. You're done!
    
    
22. Finished.
    
    

• Work in good lighting to make it easier to see what you're folding and to ensure that your folds remain neat.

• Don't lose track of what you're doing. Make sure that after every fold, what you did makes sense.

• Four sheets of origami paper