Helen’s Book

The Art Of Paper Craft by Helen Hiebert No question about it: Helen Hiebert put together a book, The Art of Paper Craft, that is a must-have instant-classic for people who love working with paper. I am pleased to be one of her contributors, and am happy to have the project of mine which she…

Frieze Symmetry, intro #3: Square Bases & Gyration Points

I am going to be writing about what's missing from everything I've looked at about learning the seven frieze groups. It  has to do with two tools: square bases and gyration points. To get started, I emphatically want to say that the easiest way to understand the frieze groups is to make them yourself. A…

Making Game Cards with Kindergarteners

5 year-olds in the summertime could use a bit of number play. Get them invested, make it a game, get them coming back for more. Kent Haines wrote about a card game that he played with his daughter using a deck of cards. No point in spending two bucks on a deck of cards when…

Round-up of Holiday Season Projects

Making things out of paper seems to be something we do during the holiday season. Here's some projects that I've written about with links to the full posts that explain them, that seem appropriate for the season. This first one, the Spiraling Ornaments was surprisingly well-liked. All year, when I visited different places, I'd see ones…