Polyhedra Origami
Origami master john montroll presents a variety of classic polyhedra models including platonic and archimedean solids.
Polyhedra origami. Animated origami faces 2007 dover original publication 48 pp 8 1 4 x 11. It combines origami skill with mathematics. For a long time the folding of polyhedras and other variations is dominated by modular origami a category of paperfolding that models are assembled by many units of the same form.
Designing origami polyhedra is an interesting challenge. In the net method the faces of the polyhedron are placed to form an irregular shape on a flat sheet of paper with some of these faces connected to each other within this shape. These step by step instructions and two color diagrams show beginning and experienced paperfolders how to create 33 variations on the geometric forms known as polyhedra.
Polyhedral nets and modular origami. Polyhedra made with a single sheet of paper is somewhat more rare and difficult to fold. 64 polyhedra designs each made from a single square sheet of paper no cuts no.
This book unravels the mystery of geometry in origami with a unique approach. Polyhedra origami single sheet of paper this page is dedicated to origami polyhedra paper polyhedron models made from a single sheet of paper. These include 3d geometric shapes such as cubes tetrahedrons pyramids and more.
Such technic has been developed into a wildly splended state for example see books of lewis simon or tokomo fuse. It is cut out and folded into the shape of the polyhedron and the remaining pairs of faces are attached together. Sonobe polyhedra step 1.
Most are the crease and collapse type. There are many factors to take into consideration and it is difficult to satisfy all of these criteria at once. If you re going to fold really small modules you ll want.
The faces should have no lines or creases or as few as possible. Origami polyhedra design pdf 10 17 mb english isbn b00uvbhuvu author. The cube the octahedron and other prisms.
Modules designed by their respective authors. There are two traditional methods for making polyhedra out of paper. Click on images to enlarge them.
John montroll page. The first step is to find some paper.
