Ellen Oppenheimer

Artist
Peralta Elementary School
Oakland, CA

Hyperbolic Forms
This very simple idea of making regular polygons into dimensional forms has so many variations and possibilities. How can anyone resist a format that is both a mathematical and literary description? Although paper and Origami are not my usual medium I grew up folding paper with my grandmother Lillian Oppenheimer who was a founding member of Origami USA. I love the feel of paper transforming in my hands and the amazing forms possible with such a basic material.

Hyperbolic Forms
Hyperbolic Forms
20 x 35 x 25 cm
Elephant Hide Paper
2021
Regular Polygons folded into hyperbolic polyhedrons (Each Polyhedron is about 5" x 5" x 5")