This is addictive. And shows the beauty of maths.
BRILLIANT SIMPLICITY • papercraftetc.blogspot.com
A while ago we found at Papercrafts and other fun things an inspiring article on slice forms.
I love sliceforms. What are they you say? Well, they are exactly what the term says... slices of a form.
Such a beautiful ornament that you can make with any type of paper. Make colorful experiments or even a play with text and/or drawings.
Note how interesting this structure is as its collapses naturally when slightly compressed.
KIDS CAN'T RESIST
This kind of project is especially interesting for big kids and teens: they can get really creative with the manipulation of geometric shapes as soon as they get the entire idea of slicing and fitting in. And we are not even talking about the torus yet.
In mathematics, a solid torus is the topological space formed by sweeping a disk around a circle. It is a geometric concept represented by a rotating disc around an axis, and in our world it can be related to the shape of a doughnut, a classic lifebuoy, or an O-ring.
Papercrafts and other fun things made stylish paper sliced solid tori too, of course, because maths are too much fun!
And they did it with such passion that their description is beautifully inspiring:
I saw a sliceform of a torus on the internet. I made it and then decided it was not pretty enough so I created my own version. The pink torus is the scalloped version and the blue torus is the zigzag version. This time the toruses makes me think of flowers instead of food (a donut). I love the way the variations of color are created by the shadows of the slices and the spiral in the center. There is so much going on mathematically as well as artistically. It makes me so happy!
What a wonderful project!
Check the original article to download the files for these shapes.
All images above from Papercrafts and other fun things, except the illustrated torus, that is from Wikipedia.
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