Paper Folding

I’m a big fan of, and enjoy, paper folding.

Unit Origami

Unit origami, also known as modular origami, is a paper folding technique where multiple, identical (or similar) units are folded from individual sheets of paper and then assembled to create larger, more complex shapes or structures. (My) Main Options The two types of unit origami that I do are: My Google Slides here. Advantages of …

Paula Krieg’s Page

Paula Beardell Krieg (X: @PaulaKrieg) is an Artist, BookArts Instructor, School of Visual Arts, arts-in-ed, and visual math teacher. Her paper-folding is great. Her website is Playful Bookbinding and Paper Works   I highly recommend her stuff.      

Burr Puzzle – Origami !!

10 The 6-piece Octagonal Ball Burr Puzzle is a classic puzzle, usually made of wood. It has 6 congruent pieces.  They fit together (quite easily, really) into a ‘ball.’ Two in the x-direction; Two in the y-direction; and (or course) Two in the z-direction. This can be made of paper. Origami. During the COVID-19 stay-at-home …

Origami Icosahedron

10 Annie Perkins (@anniek_p) shared (Twitter) how to make an icosahedron out of paper.  (BTW, her video really helps.) I had to make one. It turns out that the edges can be colored, using 5 colors, so that the 5 edges meeting at every vertex are all different. I used 5 colors. Picked Easter colors!  …