Hexaflexagons in the Summertime

This past Wednesday was my third three-hour meeting with a group of teenagers I am doing projects with this summer. I'm getting to know these young people a bit more, which is the best part of what I do. It means a lot to me to be able bring projects to them which they enjoy,…

Hexagon-Flexagon meets the Double Arm Trig

Although I intend the title of this post to refer to what I've been messing around with this weekend, I'm not really sure it means anything. What's been happening in my studio is that I've wanted to mix up some interesting lines with some interesting folds. After a person with the handle of GHS Maths posted a group of…

Hexagon-Flexagon: Post #4, Student Work

I'm ending this series of posts on hexagon-flexagon with images of work done by students in Michele Gannon's art classes in the Adirondacks.  I taught the students how to do the paper-folding. Michelle's considerable artistic influence supported the students' creative output.  Each of images that I am showcasing here is followed by the same image in…

Hexagon-Flexagon: Post #3, Instructions

After posting  about Hexagaon-Flexagons on November 10 and November 16, I started working on making a template for teaching this tricky paper invention. Even though this  structure is well covered on the net, what I want to add to the mix is something to make the folding easier. When I've taught this structure the part that people have the…