Octagonal Star Geometric Progression, (backlit) 3 of 3 Originally uploaded by EricGjerde. Repeating patterns of kites and squares, arranged around a central octagonal star. I really like this particular arrangement of shapes, and hope to some day exploit it further. There are many options as to folding and pleat assignment here, and I hope you’ll allow me the indulgence of sticking to the one that seems most appropriate to my own tastes. I continue to be inspired by Islamic Art, and the wealth of geometric patterns that exist within the body of that work. However, I’m still in touch with my geometric roots, and my love of fractals- thusly patterns that are able to grow endlessly serve two purposes for me. 1.) They are wonderful patterns that often match designs from ancient buildings and artwork 2.) they are geometric tessellations of a non-euclidean space- something with a fractal dimension that I’m unable to calculate. This factors in somewhat with the concepts of tessellations of hyperbolic space, but it’s not quite the same. I don’t have …

Guess what we bought??? Originally uploaded by EricGjerde. We were extremely excited about being able to get this piece, which is going to hang on the wall in our living room once we build a suitable frame for it. (Joel’s frame was good, but we wanted one a little bigger to help tie the room together.) I’m glad we got there first, as there were other people looking to pick up this piece too. (Sorry about that!) We both were fascinated by this piece when we saw it online, but once we were able to pick it up in person and hold it, look at it from all angles, etc we knew that we really wanted to take it home with us. Thanks, Joel, for letting us acquire this wonderful piece! For those of you who feel left out, Joel has a portfolio page here with a number of available works. Take a look, it’s worth it. We can’t express how much we like this piece and the reaction to it by visitors in our …

This is a beautiful and intriguing work by Chris Palmer, from the Bridges 2004 conference. He’s been working primarily with silk and cloth for a while now, it seems, and these photos attest to the depth of his skill. Wow. More pictures available at: http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~sequin/ART/BRIDGES2004/origami/index.html Thanks for the link, Richard!

rahmen_iter_wie_linien Originally uploaded by ionoi. Check out the beautiful work by Aldo Tolino of Vienna on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ionoi Wonderful iterative folded surfaces, shapes and other deliciousness. His blog, here: http://ionoi.blogs.sonance.net/ I’ve got some other goodies from him to post, but that can wait until tomorrow! -Eric