Origami Flexagons, paper folding. 14 models by Paul Jackson
A feature of the book is a compendium of over 100 nets for making paper models of some of the more interesting flexagons, chosen to complement the text. These are accurately drawn and reproduced at half full size.
An attractive feature of the book is a collection of nets, with assembly instructions, for a wide range of paper models of flexagons. These are printed full size and laid out so they can be photocopied.
This book contains: • A brief introduction on the history of hexaflexagons • Instructions on how to make 13 different fun flexagon models • 40 pages of easy tear-out pages with pieces to assemble your hexaflexagons People are still ...
An attractive feature of the book is a collection of nets, with assembly instructions, for a wide range of paper models of flexagons. These are printed full size and laid out so they can be photocopied.
Some of this extensive collection are in the form of puzzles to be solved, others have rather mysterious properties.
... Flexagons making of, 10—11 materials for, 10 projects for, 13—15, 17—19, 23—25, 27—29 qualities of, 4—5, 6, 9 templates for, ii, 24—25 types of, 4, 5, 8—9, 20—21 Hexa flexagons, 8 Hexa—hexa flexagons, making of, 17—19 Hexa—tetra flexagons ...
They continue to be a marvel. This volume, originally published in 1959, contains the first sixteen columns published in the magazine from 1956-1958. They were reviewed and briefly updated by Gardner for this 1988 edition.
Provides step-by-step instructions for folding paper kites, boats, hats, boxes, butterflies, cups, fans, flowers, spiders, and mobiles and includes little known facts about origami
... flexagons have a special flex whose only function is to switch from one mode to another. 2.2 Octa-, Hexa-, Tetra-, and 8-Flexagons There is still no consistent nomenclature for flexagons of any kind, although many systems have been ...
Some of this extensive collection are in the form of puzzles to be solved, others have rather mysterious properties.