| The Public Paperfolding History Project
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| How to Construct Six-Pointed Stars by Folding Paper | |||||||
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page is being used to collect information about the
history of Six Pointed Stars / Hexagrams / Stars of David
made by folding paper. 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. There is a separate page about Fold and One Cut Hexagrams. ********** The Woven Star of David - 1882 onwards
********** 1887 A One Cut method of constructing a Star of David from a hexagon appears in 'Le Travail Manuel a L'ecole Primaire' by M. Coste et J. Lapassade, which was published by Lafon, Vve Ribaut et Tonnet in Pau and A Jeande in Paris in 1887.
********** The Simple Fold and Cut Star of David - 1890 onwards
********** The Non-Woven Star of David (decorative version) 1892 onwards
********** The Two-Part Star of David - 1894 onwards
********** A method of constructing a hexagram from a hexagon using two cuts appears in an article by J Marteau in Manuel General de L'Instruction Primaire, October 1894.
********** 1897 The same method appears in 'Pliage et Decoupage du Papier' by C Savineau, which was published by Librairie Hatchette et Cie in Paris in 1897.
********** The Non-Woven Star of David (basic versions) - 1895 onwards A third version of the design where the internal flaps are folded up to avoid the interweaving, but not squashed decoratively, appears in 'Geometrie, Dessin et Travaux Manuels - Cours Moyen', produced under the direction of M E. Cazes, which was published by Librairie Ch. Delagrave in Paris in 1895. The right hand picture shows a craft project where several of these designs have been nested together.
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