Mirror Symmetry Collages in Folded Paper
Year: 2022 Authors: Paul Jackson
Core claim
Multiple folded sheets can be arranged as a mirror-symmetry collage to produce visually complex geometric effects that read more like fine art than decorative origami.
Topics
mirror symmetry, paper collage, geometric illusion, origami
Domains
symmetry, geometry, origami, fine art, decorative arts, visual composition
Methods
folding technique, collage arrangement, mirror symmetry, multi-sheet construction
Media
folded paper, multiple sheets, 25 x 25 cm paper
Paper text
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Jackson
Mirror Symmetry Collages in Folded Paper
Paul Jackson
Origami Artist, Israel; origami@netvision.net.il
Abstract
The paper will explain a folding technique using 2-, 4- and 8-fold mirror symmetry, not using one sheet, but using multiple sheets of folded paper, arranged as a collage. It will show how this manifestation of mirror symmetry can be used to create the illusion of squares or rectangles that appear to overlap and dissolve, often in visually pleasing and complex ways. The results are atypical of geometric origami, creating a visual language that is perhaps closer to fine art than to the decorative arts, with which origami tessellations and corrugations are often associated. (The full paper appears in the Bridges 2020 Proceedings, as the talk was originally scheduled for then.)
Figure 1: Origami paper (8-fold symmetry), cm