by hokumguru on 6/19/25, 4:44 PM
Eric Demaine is one of the better intersections of origami and mathematics, you should also read up on Dr Robert Lang, the OG and perhaps the most famous American JPL-physicist-turned-origamist:
https://langorigami.com/On the flip side the late Eric Joisel created perhaps the most amazing curved-crease and natural folding that we’ll ever see, his works were truly amazing art: https://ericjoisel.fr/en/home/
by frakt0x90 on 6/19/25, 4:14 PM
by FuriouslyAdrift on 6/19/25, 2:42 PM
by srean on 6/19/25, 7:19 PM
Curved creases aside, the fact that folding a piece of paper gives you a straight line is itself quite amazing and deep.
Even if I couldn't trust a cheap ruler, a straight edge is a piece of paper away.
by TheCoreh on 6/19/25, 5:52 PM
These remind me of the Elliptic Curve pieces from another post on the HN front page right now (
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44315321) I wonder if the poster was inspired by that one to also post these here?
Anyway, these are pretty cool/unique looking! I hadn't seen curved origami like this before.
by esafak on 6/19/25, 3:13 PM
This duo must have the most fun job in all academia.
by boulos on 6/19/25, 8:14 PM
For folks interested in folding and origami, the documentary Between the Folds was excellent. I don't know if anyone recorded a Q&A when it did the film festival circuit, but if you could find one, it'd be worth watching.
by talkingtab on 6/19/25, 6:33 PM
The force from curved folds can be used in other ways. If you score a sheet of copper in a curved line, then fold it along the score you get a twisted form. If you have some poster board handy you can use the same technique as well. Vessels!
by maomaomiumiu on 6/20/25, 9:03 AM
Wow, I never realized you could create such intricate and beautiful structures with origami. This is seriously impressive work!
by bdbenton5255 on 6/19/25, 10:55 PM
Wonderful, a nice meeting place between modern and classical art. Arguably one of the most alluring features of classical art is the complexity and intricacy of detail.
by kazinator on 6/19/25, 5:31 PM
> There is a surprisingly old history to curved-crease sculpture, going back to the 1920s at the Bauhaus.
That's surprisingly recent.
by davidpfarrell on 6/20/25, 12:37 AM
I don't know what I expected to see, but the site was full of ... Curved-Crease Sculptures ...
Beautiful just the same!
by wiz21c on 6/20/25, 6:24 AM
Now let's ask our not-yet-AGI robots to fold origami and we will see how far they go...