Faye E Goldman
I have been doing origami since elementary school. I was drawn to
modular origami by its structure and mathematical properties. This is
the medium in which I work. More recently, I found the Snapology
technique by H. Strobl, which allows creativity with very few rules
using only strips of material. I like to use beautiful ribbon which
seems to add another dimension to my work. Snapology has allowed me to
dig deeply into mathematical shapes. It has provided insights into
mathematical concepts and ideas. I wrote, 'Geometric Origami',
published by Thunder Bay Press. It is the first book completely
dedicated to the Snapology technique. The bottom line is that I make
these wonderful works because they look really cool
I started making eggs using the Snapology Technique about 10 years
ago. These eggs can be thought of as modified Buckyballs -
Goldberg polyhedra - Geodesic Icosahedra. The number of triangles
change but there are always 12 pentagons. These 4 eggs are based
on initial conditions of a snub dodecahedron (2,1). From the
center of a pentagon go 2 units away, then change the direction by
120 degrees and go another 1 unit. You will be at the center of
another pentagon. After the initial 6 pentagons are placed,
triangles are added making a tube. After 3 pentagons are equally
spaced the tube will angle inward until they meet with the last 3
pentagons forming a point at the top. The 4 eggs have vertices of
76, 79, 82 and 85.