Experiments in Paper Engineering

**Miura Ori Tessellation Folds**
This is a part of my ongoing experimentation with permutations of Miura Ori folding. Here I am exploring how to incorporate a Miura Ori folds into a folio to encourage interaction.

**Flexagon**
Flexagons are fascinating structures that transform simple two sided paper into a circular multisided form. In this example I used the flexagon shape to tell a brief circular story of the interconnectedness of matter.

‘This Book is a Camera’

Paper camera book made using Kelli Anderson’s design for a working paper pinhole camera housed in a book structure. I made this book during Kelli’s 10 week paper engineering class through Type@Cooper. It is based on a bellows structure which is the only light tight collapsible structure and uniquely suited to being constructed from paper.

Paper Potential

Paper is simultaneously the humblest and the most exciting of materials. Its properties are more varied and complex than its representation as a blank white rectangle can capture. From this simple two-dimensional material come some of the most intriguing three-dimensional objects and explorations. It is accessible, inexpensive, and yet somehow magical.

I have loved paper as a three-dimensional and interactive material since childhood (I made a whole collection of paper clothes for my Barbie doll while home sick from school for a week) but have only recently started to explore the complexities of paper engineering. This is a collection of my recent paper experiments, hopefully with many more to come.