foldworks1d ago

Several of the papers/workshops for Bridges 2026 in Galway feature origami.

The full programme is not yet available, but all papers are at https://archive.bridgesmathart.org/2026

Here are the direct links; some papers have origami instructions to follow (or they are in a supplement)

Curved Crease Pattern Generation for Cylindrical Surface-of-Revolution Origami with Circular Holes Around the Axis of Rotation
Eckhard Hennig
https://archive.bridgesmathart.org/2026/bridges2026-269.html

There is a Lot of Mathematics in Twirls, But Where, Exactly? A Conceptual Framework for a Class of Modular Origami
Wojtek Burczyk
https://archive.bridgesmathart.org/2026/bridges2026-293.html

Three in One: Superposition of Wallpaper Patterns in Origami Models
Rachel Quinlan
https://archive.bridgesmathart.org/2026/bridges2026-301.html

Origami Tessellations by Frank van Kollem
Paula A. Versnick
https://archive.bridgesmathart.org/2026/bridges2026-519.html

Planar Modular Origami
Tung Ken Lam
https://archive.bridgesmathart.org/2026/bridges2026-629.html

Constructing Origami Pixel Images
Neel Shrestha
https://archive.bridgesmathart.org/2026/bridges2026-637.html

Workshop on Pleating Weave Simulations
Goran Konjevod
https://archive.bridgesmathart.org/2026/bridges2026-641.html

(edit: added a paper that doesn't have the word origami in the title)

#origami #bridges2026 #BridgesMathArt #MathArt #geometry #mathematics #papercraft #design #craft

The Bridges Archive: 2026

Joek van MontfortJul 16, 2025
Cynthia arrived in good shape in Amsterdam, ready to shine at TurtleStitch.org/ten and at 4pm today #bridgesmathart #bridges25
Craig S. KaplanJul 14, 2025
Hello from Eindhoven! This morning we kicked off Bridges 2025, our annual conference celebrating mathematics and the arts. I might post a few photos during the week, but honestly I'm not that reliable. You're much better off checking out Martin Skrodzki (@msmathcomputer), who's posting a steady stream of everything he sees at the conference. #BridgesMathArt
Show threadfoldworksOct 31, 2024
@th @mcc Yes, and a fascinating story about “Marjorie Rice and Her Pentagonal Tilings” by Doris Schattschneider http://archive.bridgesmathart.org/2018/bridges2018-1.pdf
“The large pentagonal tiles that pave the way to the entrance of the Tekniska Museet in Stockholm may appear to be randomly placed. But they are not; they follow a definite but unusual pattern. Also unusual is the history of how the tiling came to be, and who discovered it. Marjorie Rice, who was not a professional mathematician, discovered this tiling while pursuing for years her self-assigned task of finding all types of convex pentagons that can tile the plane.”
#bridgesmathart #MathArt #tiling #geometry #pattern
foldworksSep 2, 2024
My dyed bandana from the #BridgesMathArt workshop ‘Dyeing to Make an Orbifold’ by Bobby Stecher and Carolyn Yackel https://archive.bridgesmathart.org/2024/bridges2024-545.html Looks great but still running blue dye weeks later…
#tiling #geometry #MathArt #shibori #dye
The Bridges Archive: 2024 paper

R. Sunder-RajAug 24, 2024

About 4 years ago, I was messing around with this pattern. A simplified form eventually ended up being used in the chain maille piece that I had in the Bridges Art Exhibition this year.

It consists of edge-touching rings of edge-touching nonagons

In the center, you can see a ring surrounded by a ring of 6 rings surrounded by 12 and then 18

It has rotational, but not mirror symmetry, even though it might look like it should.

#chainMaille #BridgesMathArt #mathart #mathsart #nonagons

foldworksAug 6, 2024
Hats on a soccer ball by @jonpaulsballs #BridgesMathArt #aperiodic #monotile #tiling #geometry
foldworksAug 6, 2024
These hexagon tilings are from the rest rooms of the STEM Building, VCU, Richmond, VA, USA. The building was one of several used for the #BridgesMathArt conference.#TilingTuesday
Two metal partitions divide the tiles in half and the reflections match the original tiles: this only happens in the middle stall of three: the other two do not have this fortuitous alignment -- unless it was deliberate? (Now posting as the WiFi would not work for dozens of overseas delegates.)
R. Sunder-RajAug 3, 2024

My pieces in the #bridgesMathArt gallery this year:
A #chainMaille approximation of a pattern of edge-touching 18-gons and a Maple-specific “Manipulations“ print along with a crocheted squiggle of the type that I used in creating the image. #Maplesoft

That really is a photo of a 1990s-era Maple install disk in the background 😁. There is some information as to why in https://www.maplesoft.com/mapleconference/2023/art/PDFs/MCAG23-Sunder-Raj.pdf

Frank FarrisMar 18, 2024
Today I am 25,000 days old! In June I’ll complete my 40th year at Santa Clara University and my 6th year as the Chair of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. I make mathematical art, starting with concepts from smooth function spaces, such as Fourier series. My book Creating Symmetry, The Artful Mathematics of Wallpaper Patterns from Princeton was my attempt to summarize my career, but new things keep popping up! Lately I’ve been thinking about the very old topic of color wheels. I’ve ordered this robe from Print All Over Me to submit for the Bridges Fashion Show this summer. #introduction #bridgesmathart #colorwheelwednesday. Thanks to @gwenbeads for encouraging me to be here!