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4-Cubes is an
elegant hexoid that can be viewed either as four
cubes joined edge to edge or as a single large
cube from which four smaller cube-shaped sections
have been removed. The design is not only
aesthetically pleasing but also particularly
satisfying to fold and assemble. Ref: M1030 / Diagrams not yet
available.
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The
Enigma Cube is a curious but attractive
sculpture in the form of a cube surrounded by
curved collars. Several modular methods are known
but the 6-part version shown here, developed from
Ed Sullivan's XYZ, is in many ways the most
interesting, particularly in the way that the
form continues to develop after the modules have
been assembled. Ref: M1005 / Diagrams can be found
in Paper Crystals - David Mitchell - Water Trade
2000 - ISBN 0-9534774-2-8
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Andromeda is a good example of a
sculptural form that is entirely derived from the
paperfolding design process and so is unique to
modular origami. The design combines two distinct
elements - a twelve pointed star and a nolid
octahedron - which are produced, from the same
sheets of paper, using two quite distinct folding
geometries. Ref:
M1001 / Diagrams can be found in Paper Crystals -
David Mitchell - Water Trade 2000 - ISBN
0-9534774-2-8
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Curvaceous is made from two sets of
modules, each of which is derived from an
entirely different folding geometry. It is this
mix of geometries which produces the gently
'curved' faces of the form. The two sets of
modules are shown in separate colours in the
picture. Ref:
M1029 / Diagrams not yet available.
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Proteus can be described as a
30-part pierced delta icosidodecahedron, but
despite this verbal handicap it is one of the
most beautiful of all modular origami sculptures. Ref: M1002 / Diagrams can
be found in Paper Crystals - David Mitchell -
Water Trade 2000 - ISBN 0-9534774-2-8
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Electra
60 is
a beautiful sculpture made by combining sixty
Electra modules. The picture shows a five colour
version but the sculpture is probably at its best
when made from paper decorated with a random or
organic design. Ref: M1000 / Diagrams can be found
in Paper Crystals - David Mitchell - Water Trade
2000 - ISBN 0-9534774-2-8.
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Cloud
of Stars is a modular ball made up of twelve
five-pointed stars. The tips of each star rest on
the points of a (largely hidden) 20-point Stubby
Star, which provides the foundation of the form.
The sculpture is made from thirty compound
modules (each of which is in turn composed of
three modules). Ref: M1007 / Diagrams for the
original version can be founed in Paper Crystals
- David Mitchell - Water Trade 2000 - ISBN
0-9534774-2-8. Revised version not yet
diagrammed.
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This complex
seeming sculpture, known as Darkstar, is in fact a simple
hexoid. The
modules are folded from silver rectangles using
the natural folding geometry of the shape.The
sculpture has narrow slits in the sides of the
points where two raw edges of the paper meet and
therefore works much better in black than in any
other colour. Ref: M1033 / Diagrams not yet
available.
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Nexus is a macro-modular
sculpture made by linking twenty Artifact
macro-modules together with joining pieces to
create a sculpture with intricate interior space.
The design uses 240 modules in all. Nexus is best
displayed hanging. Ref: MA1010 / Diagrams not yet
available.
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The Elite
Hypercube is a complex macro-modular sculpture
made by combining 20 Elite macro-modules using
joining-pieces and requires 672 modules in all.
The name relates to the fact that this sculpture
exists in four dimensions - the normal three plus
a great deal of time. Ref: MA1008 / Diagrams can be found
in Building with Butterflies - David Mitchell -
Water Trade 1999 - ISBN 0-9534774-1-X.
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