Origami

Why origami Electric Origami - Just as a magician appears to create objects out of “thin air,” students will create three dimensional structures from two dimensional materials and then bring them to life to with digital electronics. Creativity and formalism, the combination of which allows us to both build on the work of others and share our contributions. – Folding instructions – 3D drawings – Electrical schematics

Origami Formalism Folding diagrams

Origami Formalism Folding patterns Robert Lang Robert Lang uses a computer program called TreeMaker to design his creations and aTreeMaker laser cutter to gently score the paper for quicker & easier folding.

A little origami historyorigami history Origami: "Ori" is the Japanese word for folding and "kami" is the Japanese word for paper. It began in China in the first or second century – Japan in the sixth century For centuries there were no written directions for folding origami In 1797, How to Fold 1000 Cranes was published the first written set of origami instructions for folding a crane

More Recent Origami For centuries, origami patterns had at most thirty steps; now they can have hundreds Complex origami is also more practical Folding techniques applied to many things – medical, electrical, optical, or nanotechnical devices, strands of DNA – Applications with fixed size and shape but needing to be packed tightly and in an orderly way Mitsubishi commercial David Hart

Getting started Make a crane – Interactive instructions Interactive instructions – YouTube YouTube – Folding diagram on the next slide – Crease pattern:

The bird base

Folding diagram Symbols

Something new

Something modular Simple Origami Cube