Tag 'hyperbolic'

"What does it look like when you crease the hyperbolic plane? This painting is an attempt at visualizing simple origami done with hyperbolic paper. Each plane has a mountain and valley fold perpendicular to each other. Done with your average Euclidean sheet of paper, it would be impossible to have both creases folded at a non-zero angle, but the hyperbolic plane can fold both ways at once. The creased plane can then be manipulated into different 'birds', or so I imagine."

I will also be speaking at JMM, giving a talk of the same title. You can find me somewhere in the vast program. If you're attending JMM, be sure to come say hi!

I made a sketch for this last night. Today when I came back to it, there was a dead fly on the web. Spooky!

The new page has some new photos and results of a couple fruit-drying experiments, such as slicing the apply from top to bottom, or removing the skin before drying. There is still much work to be done in this delicious field of research; let me know if you have any ideas!