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HowTo: Paper Plate Geometry

Oh, what fun you can have with a little math + a little origami.

Bradford Hansen-Smith folds intricate geometric sculptures entirely from paper plates and is kind enough to offer a few HowTo's to get you started. Examples of his work below; scroll all the way down for the HowTo.

Conch shell on a dark background.

Artistic paper sculpture resembling a decorative basket.

Origami 3D geometric sculpture made of interlocking paper shapes.

Abstract white sculpture with geometric shapes and sharp protrusions on a wooden table.

BASIC FOLDS

  • The First Fold

Geometric progression demonstrating the steps to draw a semicircle from a circle.

  • The Three Diameters

Diagram illustrating the process of constructing a circle with labeled steps A, B, C, and D.

MAKE A SPHERE

Diagram illustrating the process of manipulating shapes with a hobby pin, labeled A, B, and C.

MAKE A TETRAHEDRON

Instructions for folding and assembling a geometric shape, including illustrations of a dome and an octahedron.

MAKE AN OCTAHEDRON

Diagram illustrating the stages of folding a paper into a pyramid shape.

MAKE AN ICOSAHEDRON

Illustration of geometric transformation and edge relationships between polyhedra.

For more details on each diagram, click through.

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