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The website of
writer and paperfolding designer David Mitchell
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Name: Sonobe
Spiky Star Modules / Paper
shape / Folding geometry: 60 Sonobe modules
folded from squares using standard folding
geometry.
Designer /
Date: Michael Naughton, Tom Hull, David Mitchell,
all independently in or around 1989. I do not
know who has creative priority.
Diagrams:
Not yet available.
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Name: Corner-pocket
Sonobe Spiky Star Modules / Paper
shape / Folding geometry: 60 Corner-pocket Sonobe
modules folded from squares using standard
folding geometry.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 1989.
Diagrams:
Not yet available.
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Name: Electra
60 - a pierced decorative
rhombicosidodecahedron Modules / Paper
shape / Folding geometry: 60 modules folded from
squares using mock platinum folding geometry.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 1989.
Diagrams:
In Paper Crystals (2nd Edition) -
Water Trade - ISBN 978-0-9534774-9-4 // On-line
diagrams are available on the Modular Designs page of this site.
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Name: Gemini
60 - a decorative
rhombicosidodecahedron. Modules / Paper
shape / Folding geometry: 60 modules folded from
squares using standard folding geometry.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 1990.
Diagrams:
In Paper Crystals (2nd Edition) -
Water Trade - ISBN 978-0-9534774-9-4.
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Name: Nolid
Icosidodecahedron or Skeletal
Icosidodecahedron - can be conceived of
as composed of six interpenetrating decagons. Modules / Paper
shape / Folding geometry: 60 modules folded from
squares using mock platinum folding geometry.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 1990.
Diagrams:
Not yet available.
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Name: Andromeda
60 Modules / Paper shape / Folding
geometry: 60 modules folded from squares using
mock platinum folding geometry.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2012.
Diagrams:
In Paper Crystals (2nd Edition) -
Water Trade - ISBN 978-0-9534774-9-4.
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Name: Cloud
of Stars (version 3) Modules / Paper
shape / Folding geometry: From 60 Semi-Sonobe
modules folded from 2x1 rectangles using standard
folding geometry.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2013.
Diagrams:
Not yet available.
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Name: Celestial
(version 3) Modules / Paper
shape / Folding geometry: From 60 Semi-Sonobe
modules folded from 2x1 rectangles using standard
folding geometry.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2013.
Diagrams:
Not yet available.
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Name: Odyssey Modules / Paper
shape / Folding geometry: Made by adding 30
strengtheners to a 30 module Cube-Corner
Dodecahedron. Strengtheners from silver
rectangles, other modules from squares using
standard folding geometry.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2015.
Diagrams:
In Paper Crystals (2nd Edition) -
Water Trade - ISBN 978-0-9534774-9-4.
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Name: Neon Modules / Paper
shape / Folding geometry: Made by adding 30
embellishments in the form of tear-shaped tubes
to a 30 module Matrix base. All modules from
squares using standard folding geometry.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2015.
Diagrams:
Not yet available.
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Name: Kite
Pattern Triacontahedron Modules / Paper
shape / Folding geometry: 60 modules from custom
rectangles using golden rectangle folding
geometry.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 1990.
Diagrams:
On-line diagrams are available on the Modular Designs page of this site.
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Name: Small
Stellated Dodecahedron (60-part) Modules / Paper
shape / Folding geometry: 60 modules from squares
using mock platinum folding geometry.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 1990 and 2016.
Diagrams:
Not yet available.
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