I love sliceforms. What are they you say? Well, they are exactly what the term says...slices of a form. For example, I decided to make a sliceform of a sphere. I used my designing software with the Cameo Silhouette and created this sphere. I used the Pythagorean theorem to determine the size of each of the circles. The largest circle is four inches and the slices are .5 inches apart. The smaller circles were then calculated to be 3.873 in., 3.464 in. and 2.646 in. I have included the PDF and .Studio files if you would like to make sliceforms at the end of this post. They would look great as a decoration for a party or as an ornament. The shapes took me hours to make so please pass them along and appreciate what math can do! Marley loves it too! Amazing that it lies flat when put together. Sliceform Sphere I saw a sliceform of a torus on the internet. I made it and then decided it was not pretty enough so I created my own version. The pink torus is the scalloped version and the blue torus is the zigzag version. This time the toruses makes me think of flowers instead of food (a donut). I love the way the variations of color are created by the shadows of the slices and the spiral in the center. There is so much going on mathematically as well as artistically. It makes me so happy! Sliceform Torus For the mathematical people there are villarceau circles which create this shape. Here is an explanation from Wolfram Alpha. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/VillarceauCircles.html The cube sliceform makes me think of the dividers in a box for glassware so that the glasses do not touch one another. They have practical applications. Sliceforms are amazing! Sliceform Cube Here is the PDF of the sliceforms. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7oGIyVDbRGYRGpKR1hsV0F5QlE/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-BWEPJ__LziGrwh3aYSg9WQ Here is the .Studio file. I used cardstock to create my models. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rqTtLYvZQJW5SEHniv9J2iXtO6Ia4jqI/view?usp=sharing Check out this blog entry. I have included the math behind making the sphere slice form. https://papercraftetc.blogspot.com/2019/04/maker-faire-at-pennington-school.html
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This Peace Dove Pop-Up can be mailed as the hexagonal base and dove lie flat for mailing. It will fit in an A7 envelope which is 5.25 in. x 7.25 in. Peace Dove Pop-Up laying flat. I Foil Quilled the message "Peace on Earth" on the hexagonal base. Here if the PDF. I used Neenah brand 65 lb WhiteGold metallic cardstock from Office Depot https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EN3-uK0-KJyJLHKZgerj0iA_w83KAHGw/view?usp=sharing Here is the .Studio file. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Hl3eKGv709iYdgBXQ3nk_kV-Q0sf5FU6/view?usp=sharing Here is the SVG. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YqqEYFiVgB8MA3MDoBGsp2RoTJvm56oq/view?usp=sharing Cut out the hexagonal base. Fold the piece starting at the top, four mountain folds, one valley fold, one mountain fold, one valley fold and four mountain folds. Fold the two tabs on the sides of the three squares. Turn the piece over and apply glue to the two rectangles adjacent to the center hexagon as shown above. Fold the piece in half at the hexagon. Part of the hexagon is now hidden from view as the rectangular area will be creating a ledge. Apply glue to the bottom tab as shown above. Apply glue to the opposite top tab (not shown). Adhere both sides down to make a hexagon sleeve. Push the center hexagon inward. Bend the hexagon into the center of the piece. Bend the other side of the hexagon into the center of the piece. This is what it looks like when the pieces are bent inward. Apply glue to the tabs as shown. Adhere the glue by pressing down in the center. Pop-up the hexagonal base. Glue the wings on to the dove. Glue the two sides together with the wings protruding on either side. Insert the dove into the hexagonal base and glue. Glue on the olive branch to the beak. Bend the sections of the hexagonal strip. Glue on the hexagonal strip to the base. Completed Peace Dove Pop-Up
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