Paper Sculpture: Fractal

    fractal from A4 paper - no extraneous creases using Ray Schamp's ingenious method
    - see his version of this fold (and also a breakdown of his working method) here

    More work by Polly can be found at www.polyscene.com

    Comments and faves

    1. ★

      selflesh, mamamasonic, paris berty, daniel64, and 76 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. rizoma (62 months ago | reply)

      cool. you can fold it until paper thickness stops you.

      [edit] thanks, it took me bussy this morning! ;D

    3. Ray Schamp (62 months ago | reply)

      How elegant! Yours is offset from mine giving a nice progression down the middle -- I like this new territory!

    4. polyscene (62 months ago | reply)

      Yes - Its interesting what a subtle difference can make to the design

    5. polyscene (62 months ago | reply)

      dear Rizoma - will you post up your version? :-)

    6. georigami (62 months ago | reply)

      I like this model very much. It somehow resembles a mask with the lower part being the teeth

    7. JOAN MICHAELS PAQUE (62 months ago | reply)

      Fantastic fractal!!

      JMP

      www.janmichaels.paque.com

    8. rizoma (62 months ago | reply)

      dear Polyscene
      I've done a small modification based on this model
      www.flickr.com/photos/rizomatik/468855536/

      also I've got some folded stuff, but I haven't recorded on photo yet.
      thanks for the inspiration

    9. Obregón Arquitectura (62 months ago | reply)

      its so interesting and delightful this fractal shape , I can not arrive to understand jet how is this pattern?

    10. polyscene (62 months ago | reply)

      Andres - Ray has made a crease pattern for this fold - go here to download it (click on "CP"). The blue lines are mountain folds and the red lines are valleys. You could try rizoma's CP too (little more extreme) :-)

    11. Obregón Arquitectura (61 months ago | reply)

      thanks Poly for the links,
      I really apreciat your work

    12. polyscene (61 months ago | reply)

      Andres - cant wait to see your huge folds in amazing membrane architecture

    13. gripspix (OFF) (55 months ago | reply)

      Hello, I am admin of a group called MINAS - Mathematics in Nature and Science, and we would like your photo in our pool!

    14. polyscene (55 months ago | reply)

      Thanks Gripspix
      Have added that

    15. Bruno&nikon (55 months ago | reply)

      beautiful !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    16. mwhammer (54 months ago | reply)

      very nicely done. crisp angles are not my forte, so i give kudos to you, bravo!

    17. lachance (36 months ago | reply)

      your my hero

    18. brettisagirl (35 months ago | reply)

      Wooww!!

    19. Robson Renê Albuquerque (5 weeks ago | reply)

      Very nice, bro.

    20. georigami (5 weeks ago | reply)

      Poly is a she.

    21. Robson Renê Albuquerque (5 weeks ago | reply)

      I know, Jorge, the message was for Robin. Forgive.

    22. georigami (5 weeks ago | reply)

      Now I'm embarrased

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