Curved Folding Origami Design, 2020
Jun Mitani, 2019
26 x 21 x 6 cm
Curved folding is a more recently developed area of the art and mathematics of origami, and so a binding in curved folds seemed a logical next step to follow my recent Miura-folded binding of Origamics by Kazuo Haga. The curvature in this book caused each step of the binding process to feel new to me, and created a struggle that required a meditative problem-solving approach a propos of 2020. The leaves of the volume are folded identically in a pattern inspired by fold 7.11 in the text. The text block is sewn all-along over three ramie tapes, and the covers are fashioned from folded and laminated card stock.
Pentland and Harmatan goatskins, chiyogami sunken doublures and endsheets.
Custom clamshell box covered in Iris cloth and lined with Ultrasuede®, with deeply set leather-covered channels.
Jun Mitani, 2019
26 x 21 x 6 cm
Curved folding is a more recently developed area of the art and mathematics of origami, and so a binding in curved folds seemed a logical next step to follow my recent Miura-folded binding of Origamics by Kazuo Haga. The curvature in this book caused each step of the binding process to feel new to me, and created a struggle that required a meditative problem-solving approach a propos of 2020. The leaves of the volume are folded identically in a pattern inspired by fold 7.11 in the text. The text block is sewn all-along over three ramie tapes, and the covers are fashioned from folded and laminated card stock.
Pentland and Harmatan goatskins, chiyogami sunken doublures and endsheets.
Custom clamshell box covered in Iris cloth and lined with Ultrasuede®, with deeply set leather-covered channels.
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