This Viral Trend From Japan Involving Aluminum Foil Is Taking The Internet By Storm

by Jenny

Aluminum foil is a basic, boring, yet useful tool. It's used mostly for baking and cooking, but it also has many other uses such as packaging and keeping things at a stable temperature. Recently, however, a jeweler in Japan started a new viral trend involving aluminum foil.

Twitter user @puchuco709 states that they took an entire 52-feet-long roll of aluminum foil, and then hammered it and polished it into extremely smooth, metallic balls of foil. People who saw the project on Twitter adored the idea and started re-creating it themselves, starting the viral trend. It's unique and definitely a fun, challenging craft to make. The only thing left to do now is to find a use for it.

The process start with a ball of foil crinkled up like this one (this is an entire roll of foil).

The process start with a ball of foil crinkled up like this one (this is an entire roll of foil).

Then the process continues with repeated hammering...

Then the process continues with repeated hammering...

...and repeated hammering...

...and repeated hammering...

...and more hammering...

...and more hammering...

...and then an extreme amount of polishing by hand.

...and then an extreme amount of polishing by hand.

The ball starts to look more and more polished as time goes on.

The ball starts to look more and more polished as time goes on.

Subtle differences as time goes on.

Subtle differences as time goes on.

Then the polishing continues.

Then the polishing continues.

By the end, the creation looks like this!

By the end, the creation looks like this!

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The final creation is polished one last time to complete it.

The final creation is polished one last time to complete it.

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This tedious-yet-inexpensive craft has taken the internet by storm.

This tedious-yet-inexpensive craft has taken the internet by storm.

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It's difficult to imagine that this came from just a big old scrunched up piece of aluminum foil!

It's difficult to imagine that this came from just a big old scrunched up piece of aluminum foil!

Sekaiminzoku

Other people have created other versions of the project.

Other people have created other versions of the project.

Sekaiminzoku

This beautiful one left a little bit of the foil texture on the ball.

This beautiful one left a little bit of the foil texture on the ball.

Puchuco709

While this person polished theirs so much that it became a reflective surface.

While this person polished theirs so much that it became a reflective surface.

Here's the project in video form:

Here's what people have said about the viral trend, weighing in on the cultural differences between this trend and American trends.

Here's what people have said about the viral trend, weighing in on the cultural differences between this trend and American trends.

Most people found it to just be a lot of fun.

Most people found it to just be a lot of fun.

Others found the humor in it.

Others found the humor in it.

Others noted the fact that this project takes a lot of commitment.

Others noted the fact that this project takes a lot of commitment.