So, I found a way to fold non-convex polygons.
But it requires some unorthodox steps…
can you figure out what I did?
Published on February 25, 2006
So, I found a way to fold non-convex polygons.
But it requires some unorthodox steps…
can you figure out what I did?
If I had to guess, I’d say that you made slits in the paper, probably 6 of them along the middle of the 6 pleats.
I’m impressed by the nice light pattern this generates!
Finally, that took a while, nice though.
i think i know how you did that too but i just don’t know how to describe it…
~_~
Yes, Mr. Hull, you have hit the nail on the head. a tiny slit allows the paper to fold in a manner that a single sheet would not.
I know that “origami purists” would think this is horrible, and I can’t say that I’m really fond of the technique, but there’s no other physical way to make the paper fold like that.
I think a lot of these methods are more interesting when applied to mechanical, biological or nanotech purposes, or so I like to pretend in my head.
Although I do think there’s some good future use in knowing all the ways that a plane can be contorted with specific limitations. Not sure what it is, yet, but I think it’s out there.
Anyway, it looks pretty, so that’s good enough for me right now!
Arrrrgh. No wonder you said it was an unconventional aproach! And here I spent half the night trying to figure it out without doing just that! I came to the conclusion that I was a bumbling idiot and that even with two pictures I couldn’t figure it out! What about adding pentagons and tessellating it three dimensionaly into a curved plane (possibly a sphere). Joels masks and hat bring that idea nicely back into play.
yes, I have folded this same pattern in many ways, all of which necessitate a 3d approach, as well as some curving. these are all very interesting things in their own right, but I have always wanted to see this exact pattern- so here it is.
rest assured I don’t think I’ll be using much cutting again- it was too much work to always remember where the X-acto knife was when I needed it, and I kept making the cuts too long, etc.
better to just travel with my paper, and keep it simple!