Papercrafts and other fun things

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Experimenting with Slide Togethers

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After creating the slide togethers by George Hart, I decided that I wanted to create my own models. Here is the Product of My Experimen...
Sunday, July 28, 2013

Slide togethers by George Hart

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George Hart is my hero.  His website http://www.georgehart.com/ is fabulous.  His objective is to make math cool and I think he achieves th...
Friday, July 26, 2013

Origami Buckyball Puzzle

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Challenge: Make a Origami Buckyball ( A dodecahedron -  20 vertices, 30 edges, 12 faces (regular pentagons))  using three colors so that no ...

The Coolest sliceform - Hyperbolic Paraboloid

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The Museum of Mathematics in NYC created this hyperbolic paraboloid sliceform.  It is amazing to see the form take place as you put it toget...
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Thursday, July 11, 2013

Tangrams

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This post might be boring if you don't have a Cameo Silhouette but I am posting it anyway for any math teachers out there that need ...
Monday, July 8, 2013

Sliceforms are my new obsession

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                                I love sliceforms.  What are they you say?  Well, they are exactly what the term says...slices of a for...
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Thursday, June 20, 2013

Pentominoes are Five Perfect Squares

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Pentominoes are five squares that are arranged in various ways. After putting up the banner saying "Pentominoes are five perfect squ...
Tuesday, June 18, 2013

How to Make a Square from an Irregular Shaped Piece of Paper

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This activity could be an opening problem for a math class.  You can challenge the students to cut an irregular shaped paper into a square w...
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Saturday, June 15, 2013

Plain Envelope and Plain Card Pattern to Make with 8 1/2 x 11 paper

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Plain Cards with Envelopes Did you ever want to make a quick plain card?  Well, here is your answer using the Cameo Silhouette.  I hav...
Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Welcome to my new blog!

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Summer is fast approaching and I have decided to create a blog as a depository of all of my past and future papercrafts. I love to integra...
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Elaine Wolfe
I design paper models that integrate art, architecture, engineering, mathematics and technology to create unique designs. Adding technology, especially coding in TurtleStitch, has broadened the scope of my work and allows me to design more quickly and precisely. As a retired math teacher, I enjoy showing how creative projects can turn abstract ideas into hands-on experiences. I use a Silhouette Cameo to create precise scale drawings and to cut out my paper model parts. I post my free designs and detailed assembly instructions on my blog, papercraftetc.blogspot.com. In addition to papercraft, I create digital embroidery designs in TurtleStitch, combining coding with traditional embroidery techniques to highlight the beauty of mathematical ideas and show how code can become art. My projects translate these concepts into unique stitched and cut designs. You can find examples and tutorials on my dedicated TurtleStitch blog, TurtleStitch.blogspot.com. I am also a collaborator for MakeToLearn.org, a project that brings the art of making into learning environments by blending digital tools and hands-on creativity.
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