Schedule

This duck is designed to be folded from a US $1 bill.

I'll discuss the various constraints we impose on origami and their effects on the process of creating and folding models.

I'll survey several results in computational origami and the broader area of geometric folding algorithms, with a focus on recent results. Want to learn about origami software, folding fonts, new ways to fold a cube, or things that you *can't* make from one piece of paper? Then come find out!

The past 25 years have seen the development of powerful mathematical methods for designing origami. Many of those methods are to be found at the heart of computational tools for origami design, both old and new. In fact, the field of computational origami tools has already grown too broad to fit within a single talk! In this talk, though, I will present some of my own thoughts and experiences using mathematical and computational tools for origami design. I’ll cover a few of the tools I use: what they’re good for (and what they’re not so good for) and some recent developments in the field.

In this presentation you are going to learn about the subtle similarities between tessellations and some types of modulars that allow design transfer from one style to another. This not only allows you a deeper understanding of how geometry of these two classes work, but also lets you create intricate modulars from corrugations and vice versa.

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This dog is special in that it has a scarf around the neck from a second piece of paper, so you could say it's a model from two pieces. There are some judgement folds for the shaping, and it has several closed sinks and 3D steps.