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

I passed this large cubic tiling at night in Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia (hence the soft photo).

Later I found out it was a hotel, Ketuk Pintu by Turukene. https://ketukpintubyturukene.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Hotel-6.jpg shows the hotel building and more of the tiling

#TilingTuesday #geometry #tiling #MathArt #photography #design #TravelPhotography #Yogyakarta #Java #Indonesia #cube

Inquiries-Week 10: Self-Descriptive

Introduction In this inquiry, we build a sequence from a single 2. The first rule of this sequence is that it has to describe itself. Starting with Two Here is a 2. 2 It says, "There are two here." The first number is a 2, so the next number has

Fractal Kitty

27 pieces.

I made it by from boromean rings at each corner, and then added the middle pieces. It still kind of works the same way, if you remove any one colour the other two are disconnected.

#geometry #mathart #mathsart #knots #3D #art

Another small creation for Pride Month, this one using the colors of the non-binary flag, to celebrate everybody who identifies that way, and all of their allies. Life is more beautiful when lived in color. Any and all colors.

#creativecoding #algorithmicart #proceduralart #mathart #generativeart #genart #processing #pridemonth

Revisiting a Genuary prompt and making another attempt at a generative metropolis.

"City of grey."

#creativecoding #algorithmicart #proceduralart #mathart #generativeart #genart #processing

#TilingTuesday but it's actually poorly drawn knotted ouroboroses outlining a ternary circle packing(wiθ 5/6/7 adjacencies) 🫟

#geometry #mathart #tiling #knots #abstract #mastoart

A wall in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia

Can you spot the repeat pattern?

#TilingTuesday #geometry #tiling #MathArt #photography #design #TravelPhotography #Denpasar #Bali #Indonesia

Finally completed this absolutely huge 81x81x81 Menger sponge in a survival Luanti world! This is a total of 160,000 sandstone blocks placed!

#luanti #mathart #fractal #MengerSponge