Mathematical Origami

(mathigon.org)

52 points | by signa11 1 day ago

6 comments

  • ciroduran 1 hour 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

  • voidUpdate 2 hours 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 2 hours 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 1 hour ago
        Ah, I didn't see those
        • timdiggerm 1 hour ago
          You didn't scroll past the first section before commenting?
          • rtkwe 31 minutes ago
            Less than a half dozen of the things on that page have a set of actual origami instructions available. I can completely see missing the few out of all the others because they're the less interesting items on the page.
          • voidUpdate 1 hour 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
  • andybak 1 hour 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 2 hours 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 2 hours ago
    This is not origami.
    • stronglikedan 45 minutes ago
      Sure it is - just a bunch of origamis stuck together.
      • rtkwe 28 minutes ago
        Most of them don't have origami instructions if they have instructions at all. I didn't find any beyond a few of the platonic solids.
  • perennialreport 1 hour ago
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