This is the money kusudama. Make one and you’ll have $150 you need to unfold before you spend it.
Sorry, couldn’t resist. It’s a wedding gift for my BEST FRIEND who’s marrying my OTHER BEST FRIEND and guess who’s performing the ceremony?! ME
The model is the Dollar Crocus from Lukasheva’s first book. I had wanted to make it with tens, but it wasn’t economically feasible. That being said, I was super pleased with the succulency the pink tips lent it. It was incredibly disorienting to work with money. It is NOT paper, and for all that I use tons of different kinds of paper, this was the most NOT paper material I’ve folded. Also, the print on the paper made connecting the units very confusing for the first couple.
Thing I loved about this model: the accordion-like reverse folds gave the design a remarkable ability to absorb the force that typically makes kusudama start to become spheres early on (think anything with rigid units?). It was flat until I had like eight left and BAM it was round.Also, the inside was quite interesting. :D
