joseph wu - snowflake
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This collapse is similar tothe collapse that formsthe centre of the sand dol-lar in ,but cannot be done in themanner shown there be-cause it generates extracreases (which detractfrom the transparent ef-fect of the snowflake.
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6. Focus on one of theflaps, standing it up.
7. Flatten the flap, squash-ing the shaded area. Notethat the squash issymmetrical!
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8. Result of previous step.Repeat on other five flaps,
.alternating the thick partof the squash folds
Snowflake ©1997 by Joseph Wu
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Diagrammed on January 5, 1997
Start with a white hexagon. For best effect, use a sheet of translucent paper, such as tracing paper.
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9. Swivel. (Shaded areas are thicker.) 10. Mountain fold excess under flap.
11. Repeat steps 9 & 10 five times.
13. The centre completed. Turn over. 14. Swivel.
12.Valley fold three central points outward.
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15. Repeat 11 times. 16. The back completed. Turn over.
17. The completed snowflake.Make sure to look through it at a lightsource.
Notes: It is quite possible that someonehas already done this snowflake. Anyonewho has ever explored the symmetries ofhexagonal paper is likely to have donesome snowflake designs, and these are,necessarily, similar. I know that Yoshi-zawa has done similar work, and I'veseen similar ideas by Dr. Suzuki at the
convention in thesummer of 1996. There are probablyothers. Still, this was an original effort,the result of a challenge by Doug Philipsto design a snowflake for the cover of
. It is one of over 30 different de-signs, the result of an effort to simplifysome of the more complex ideas (be-cause Doug would have to fold 25 ofthem, and also to ease my diagram-ming). I hope you enjoy it, and that youwill use it as a stepping stone to design-ing your own snowflakes.
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