I had the idea for the origami chain after creating my origami finger fidget spinner model (origami fidget spinner video tutorial) which is made with a similar technique. And when I tried it, I was completely surprised by the strength of the chain. I was pulling on it as hard as I could but I couldn't break it.

In fact I was hoping that the chain would be able to support my weight, but it started to tear. In my tests, I was able to lift weights up to 16 kilos. The chain probably can stand more, but it's all the weights I have got. :-)

And of course with heavier paper (in the video I use the standard 80g / m² A4 copy paper), or by folding the sheet along its shorter side instead of the longer side, it's certainly possible to make stronger origami chains.

So let's make a contest and see how much it's possible to lift with an origami chain! Make a paper chain, try to lift things with it, and take photos or videos and share them and/or send them to me so that I can publish them in a next video. Please don't do anything dangerous though! Don't bet your life or health on a chain made with paper. You can send me your pictures and videos to stephane@origami.plus

We can also try to make the world longest origami chain. It could a very nice thing to do with multiple people (for instance in schools), a collaborative origami chain. :-)

Note: this origami chain is an original origami model created by Stephane Gigandet. You are more than welcome to make demos of the origami chain and to publish photos and videos of your folded origami chains, but please do not publish videos, tutorials, diagrams etc. that show how to fold it and instead link to this video. Thank you!

You can also make origami chain links with smaller pieces of paper, for instance to make an origami necklace or an origami ring. With one origami link, you can also make a bracelet. And with a similar technique and paper of different sizes, you can also make a lot of different "cookie cutter" shapes like triangles, squares, hexagons, stars etc.

If you fold this origami chain or another of my origami models, please send me pictures so that I can show them in the next videos and on my web site origami.plus.

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Thank you very much and happy folding!