| Origami Heaven A paperfolding
paradise
The website of
writer and paperfolding designer David Mitchell
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The vast majority of
my puzzles are paperfolding
puzzles, that is puzzles which are solved (and
often also set) by folding paper. Many of these can be
found in my book Paperfolding Puzzles. My developments of
the famous Flexatube puzzle are published in Silverflexagons and
the Flexatube.
Both these
books can be purchased from any good on-line
retailer. However, as time permits, they will all
be added to this page as well.
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| About Paperfolding Puzzles |
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| Transformation
Puzzles |
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object of a transformation puzzle is to change one state
of a puzzle into another. There is a sense in which every
paperfolding puzzle is a transformation puzzle, but I
usually reserve the term for apparatus puzzles where the
possibility for such a transformation seems unlikely.
Transformation puzzles can also be set up so that the aim
is to find a route that avoids one particular
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| Shape
Making Puzzles |
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| In shape forming puzzles the object is to
fold the paper to match the shape of a given flat shape
or motif. |
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| Pattern
Forming Puzzles |
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pattern forming puzzles the object is to fold a piece of
irogami (paper which is white one side and coloured the
other) to match a specified target pattern. |
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| Layering
Puzzles |
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object of a layering puzzle is to fold a sheet of paper
so that the corners, or other clearly identifiable parts,
such as certain squares within a larger grid, lie on top
of each other in a given order. |
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| Table-Top
Puzzles |
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table-top puzzle is a folding puzzle where some part of
one or other surface of the paper must remain in contact
with the top of a table (or a similar hard surface) while
each of the folds (or unfolds) that lead to a solution is
being made. |
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| Fold
and One Cut Puzzles |
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challenge of a Fold and One Cut puzzle is to fold a sheet
of paper in such a way that the target shape can be cut
from the paper using just a single straight cut. It is
worth noting that, despite the name, Fold and Cut puzzles
are pure origami puzzles. The solution is achieved just
by folding the paper. The cut simply confirms that the
solution has been found. |
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| Modular
Assembly Puzzles |
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object of assembly puzzles is to find how to put
pre-folded paper modules together to create a given form
or pattern or combination of both. |
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| Miscellaneous
Puzzles |
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