I found the instructions for making this spiral star on YouTube. It is called Gwiazdka, which is apparently Polish for "star." (If you know Polish and I am wrong, please let me know.)The inventor of this piece is Grzegorz Bubniak, and the YouTube video instructions were created by Mr. Bubniak himself. The units were pretty easy to make, and the assembly slotting was cool. The main difficulty for me in making the piece was that Mr. Bubniak's voice-over for the video was entirely in Polish, which, let's just say, added an extra dollop of challenge to the endeavour.
If you are interested in trying this piece (and perhaps learning a bit of Polish in the bargain), you can find the video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2SsCzf1no0.
We went out to Madrid (pronounced MAH-drid), NM, which is an old mining town now converted to an artsy conclave with lots of cool shops containing arts and crafts of all sorts. One store we went into had origami pieces that the folder had strung up and made into ornaments, just like you did here. Only hers weren't nearly as nice. And she was charging $12 to $25. Just thought you might like to know. :-)
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