Artfully Folding Hexagons, Dodecagons, and Dodecagrams

Year: 2013 Authors: Greg N. Frederickson

Core claim

Carefully designed hinged dissections can fold regular hexagons, dodecagons, and {12/2} stars into similar higher- or lower-level forms with attractive symmetry and few pieces.

Topics

folding dissections, geometric symmetry, kinetic art, paper folding

Domains

geometric dissection, regular polygons, star polygons, symmetry, kinetic art, puzzle design, architectural form, paper craft

Methods

hinged dissection design, symmetry-based layout, physical modeling, animation

Media

paper, 16-inch cherry wood, industrial tape, mp4 animation

Source status

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