Mathematical Origami

(mathigon.org)

37 points | by signa11 1 day ago

6 comments

  • voidUpdate 1 hour ago
    It should probably be noted somewhere that this is more "papercraft" than "origami", and the thing you download is just the net of the solid, not instructions to make what's in the picture.

    Also saddened by the lack of Catalan solids

    • rtkwe 1 hour ago
      Some of the platonics have folding instructions not just the papercraft net but yeah I wish some of the more interesting ones had actual instructions for the thing being shown too.
      • voidUpdate 40 minutes ago
        Ah, I didn't see those
        • timdiggerm 22 minutes ago
          You didn't scroll past the first section before commenting?
          • voidUpdate 17 minutes ago
            I looked at the page, and decided I wanted to see how to origami some of the archimedian solids, which are lower down the page. I don't find platonic solids as interesting so I didn't click on them. I saw they existed but you can't see that they have folding instructions unless you click on them
  • ciroduran 39 minutes ago
    Kusudama is your keyword if you want to learn how to do these :)

    The 5 intersecting tetrahedra is particularly cool, and I've used these instructions to assemble it http://origametry.net/fit.html

  • andybak 40 minutes ago
    At the danger of spamming this (well - posting it for the second time in 6 months) - I'm still trying to find the select demographic who appreciate this:

    https://ixxyxr.github.io/polyhydra-web/?m=3

  • saivan 1 hour ago
    I was lucky enough to meet the guy behind mathigon for dinner a long time ago. He's brilliant! I'm always excited to see what he is up to! Glad to see this voted up.
  • cloudhead 1 hour ago
    This is not origami.
  • perennialreport 48 minutes ago
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