Everyone loves origami. But, have you ever seen modular origami? The University of Maine Presque Isle will be hosting a display and free workshops given by Eva Szillery.
Click here to learn more and see some amazing examples of modular origami.
Read more from the press release from University of Maine Presque Isle:
http://www.umpi.edu/files/home/pdf/modular-origami.pdf
EVA SZILLERY obtained her Ph.D. in Mathematics in Hungary
at the prestigious Eotvos Lorand University. She started folding
modular origami as an application for the teaching of mathematics.
Szillery is the Director of the Maine Junior Engineering
Technical Society [MJETS] and the State Director of the American
Mathematics Competitions. She is also the founder of the
Maine Origami Society. In 2005, Szillery received the University
of Maine Pulp and Paper Foundation Educator Recognition
Award for Programming Excellence for her work with the
MJETS and the Maine Mathematics, Science and Engineering
Talent Search programs.
What is Modular Origami?
Modular origami involves several identically folded paper units
(or modules) assembled into a finished model. Modular origami
is really geometric modular origami, often polyhedral geometric
origami. As you can see from the examples on display, the external
appearance of this origami is artistic, often floral. It’s hard to
believe that any geometry is involved in the construction. However,
most models are based on the Platonic or Archimedean
solids, others on fractals or Hyperbolic paraboloids. In fact, there
is an easy way to fold an approximation to a (partial) hyperbolic
paraboloid out of paper.
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