| The Public Paperfolding History Project
x |
|||||||
| Water Absorbing Designs | |||||||
| This
page attempts to record what is known about the origin
and history of the design which move as a result of
absorbing water. Please contact me if you know any of
this information is incorrect or if you have any other
information that should be added. Thank you. ********** 'Joujoux En Papier' by Tom Tit, which was published in Paris by Paul Lechevalier in 1924 contains 'La Main Sanglante', a hand whose fingers curl when placed in water.
********** The extended version of 'El Mundo de Papel' by Dr Nemesio Montero, which was published by G Miranda in Edicions Infancia in Valladolid in 1951, contains instructions for making 'El Tormento del Agua' where a human figure writhes in apparent agony when water is dripped onto it.
********** |
