Workshop on Impossible Paper Folding: Curves Over Pleats
Goran Konjevod

Proceedings of Bridges 2025: Mathematics and the Arts
Pages 639–646
Workshop Papers

Abstract

In this workshop, I show how to fold freely drawn curves over a field of pleats, a technique which enables relatively general “drawing” by folding, while keeping the resulting sheet mostly flat. I developed this technique in recent years and have used it to create various designs and patterns which can be used on their own as reliefs, or as surface decorations for freestanding sculpture. Instead of pleating, crumpling can be used as an alternative in forming the ground over which curves are folded.

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