Inspired by Snowflakes: Constructing, Folding and Cutting Regular Paper Polygons to Create Art with Dihedral Symmetry

Year: 2004 Authors: Gwen L. Fisher; Nicole Silkton

Core claim

Regular polygons provide a practical basis for creating paper snowflake designs with any dihedral symmetry order through construction, folding, and cutting.

Topics

dihedral symmetry, paper snowflakes, regular polygons, Hawaiian quilts

Domains

group theory, geometry, symmetry, polygon construction, paper art, fabric art, quilt design, origami

Methods

Euclidean construction, paper folding, protractor construction, cutting and creasing

Media

paper, fabric, scissors, compass and straightedge

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