Balaika

The origami balaika is created by Tomoko Fuse and is detailed in her book 'Home Decorating with Origami'. She describes it as an objet d'art in the book :) The design looks intricate and delicate and the more pleats there are, the better it looks.

Well, I managed to do the objet d'art and as suggested in the book, made two of them and glued them at one of the edges. It looks very difficult to make but the instructions provided are very clear and quite doable. The biggest problem was making those squashes after the pleating is complete. But after I had done an initial couple of practice ones, I was able to do that also reasonably well :)

Model Details:

Model: Balaika

Creator: Tomoko Fuse

Book: Home Decorating with Origami

Author: Tomoko Fuse

Difficulty Level: Low Intermediate

Paper Ratio: Square

Paper Size: 8 - 9 inches