Atlantic Purple Sea Urchin

ModelAtlantic Purple Sea Urchin
CreatorRobert J. Lang
DiagramsOrigami Sea Life (John Montroll and Robert J. Lang)
Folded28. June 2006
Duration1 hour
Paper9in (22.86cm) square
Model sizediametre of base: 2in (5cm), total diametre 3.75in (7cm), height 1.5in (4cm)

Always wondered how people could accidenatly rip paper when folding? If so, try this model! If you still don't understand afterwards, I utterly admire you and propose you to be elected God of Origami. On my first try I did one wrong fold (duh!) and when trying to fix that the model ripped irreversibly. This is my second try. Almost all the end points have small rips, but the model itself worked out. I decided to twist the points instead of doing rabbit ears - honestly I don't think I could have done those on all of them. My folding isn't tidy enough, I guess, but it really is a complex model. And it did answer me a question I did not ask myself before: Lang must has a pact with the devil - how else could you create such a model???