Ball made with sphere magnets

Creating a ball from magnetic spheres

I have owned a set of magnetic spheres for some time now and used it to build several sculptures and structures. Here, I would like to show how you can build a magnetic sphere (i.e. a ball) from triangles. You will need either:

• 120 nickel-plated sphere magnets OR
• 120 chrome-plated sphere magnets

Buy sphere magnets in the web shop

Step-by-step instructions

1. Shape 6 spheres into a circle.
2. Grasp the circle in two places and squeeze to create a triangle.
3. Put together 20 of these triangles.
4. Combine 10 of these triangles as depicted and repeat with the remaining triangles.
5. Connect the two formations.
6. Carefully shape everything into a ball (see video).