Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

nullagravida t1_iwzm2d5 wrote

ok so I have a question about origami— is it paper sculpture, where you push and pull until the desired results take shape? or is it a mathematical thing where you plan out the folds and then go step by step to what was designed?

if it’s the first one I can get behind it, mentally. but if it’s the second one NGL it sounds like the worst kind of tedium

1

H3ISEN OP t1_iwzmn8d wrote

So this kind of origami is known as box pleated which means that the starting square is made into a grid through folding and unfolding, then the crease pattern (which is basically a map of all the folds) is creases onto the paper using the grid points as references. The folding requires no math as I got the diagrams from a book. Designing requires some math but it can be done without math.

2

nullagravida t1_iwzn1sw wrote

is there a video or something showing the technique? this is great thanks for starting to explain it. nobody ever seems to do that for us outsiders.

1

Vusarix t1_iwzuogp wrote

The Plant Psychologist has a video series on origami design, with much of the course covering boxpleating (bp) design

3