Origamics: Mathematical Explorations through Paper Folding, 2018
Kazuo Haga, 2008
22.8 x 15.3 x 7.5 cm
This binding is a manifestation of its content, exhibiting a radiating variation on an origami fold used in many engineering applications, the Miura fold. The binding is caught in the process of unfolding and appears to expand outwards from the lower corner, just as giant solar arrays for space satellites bloom outward from their compact launch configuration. The leaves of the volume are folded identically and sewn over three raised cords, and the covers are pieced together from individually cut millboard facets. The binding is covered in goatskin with inlaid titling, and Japanese paper endsheets allude to origami tradition.
Goatskin, cotton thread endbands, Japanese paper pastedowns and flyleaves. Created 2018.
Photography of finished binding by Tim Gurczak.
Kazuo Haga, 2008
22.8 x 15.3 x 7.5 cm
This binding is a manifestation of its content, exhibiting a radiating variation on an origami fold used in many engineering applications, the Miura fold. The binding is caught in the process of unfolding and appears to expand outwards from the lower corner, just as giant solar arrays for space satellites bloom outward from their compact launch configuration. The leaves of the volume are folded identically and sewn over three raised cords, and the covers are pieced together from individually cut millboard facets. The binding is covered in goatskin with inlaid titling, and Japanese paper endsheets allude to origami tradition.
Goatskin, cotton thread endbands, Japanese paper pastedowns and flyleaves. Created 2018.
Photography of finished binding by Tim Gurczak.
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