| The Public Paperfolding History Project
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top level Topic Page provides links to other Topic and
Individual Design Pages containing information about
paperfolding designs in which the paper is first folded,
then cut or torn to produce a symmetrical pattern or
design. 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. Symmetrical Fold and Cut / Fold and Tear Designs are those in which a proportion of the paper is removed by the cutting / tearing process. There is a separate page for Fold and Slit Designs in which no paper is removed from the starting shape. Cut designs can be divided into two main categories, Cut and Fold Designs, ie those in which the paper is first cut, then folded, and Fold and Cut Designs, ie those in which the paper is first folded, then cut (and then often folded again). For the sake of keeping things simple both categories are included on this page if they result in a symmetrical design. Information about the making of Paper Flowers, which are often rotationally symmetric designs where the paper is first folded, then cut to create the petals, then opened out to reveal a flower, has not been added to this site at present. ********** Cut and Fold Polyhedral Nets - 1509 onwards ********** Cardboard Modelling / Cartonnage - 1802 onwards A technique in which designs are not only cut, then folded, but also need then usually to be joined together with glue or tape. ********** Fold and One Cut Designs - 1721 onwards
********** Fold and Cut Animals / Fold, Cut and Fold Animals - 1762 onwards
********** Fold and Cut Friezes - 1833 onwards
********** Paper Doilies - 1833 onwards I define Paper Doilies as designs cut or torn from squares that possess in excess of fourfold rotational symmetry.
********** Fold and Cut Mon / Japanese Crests - 1841 onwards ********** The Froebelian Occupation of Ausschneiden und Aufkleben / Cutting Out and Mounting - 1855 onwards These are rotationally symmetric designs, where the paper is first folded, then cut, and opened out. Both the main piece and any other pieces separated by the cuts are then mounted on paper or board to create a pattern. Details of similar papercuts and tears with up to fourfold symmetry are included on this page even though they may not be mounted with the extra pieces in the way intended by Froebel. ********** The Cut and Fold Model Aeroplane - 1886 onwards
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