Aaron Cho

Statement

Tessellations, both viewing them and folding them, are mesmerizing to me. When I started folding them, I began with relatively simple designs and fairly small grid patterns. As I became more adept, the process of creating larger and larger grids was both more time consuming and satisfying as it allowed me to produce more intricate patterns. In the simpler models, the geometric shapes were more standard and evident, but this design explores the unusual and beautiful idea of creating space through pushing curves into the third dimension. The resulting model creates complex geometric shapes which invite the viewer to think more deeply about its underlying geometry.

Artworks

Rosette Medallion, designed by Joel Cooper, folded from a 64 pleat hexagonal grid on chamois colored elephant hide paper, is a topologically interesting rose-like structure created by forcing its curves into the 3rd dimension