My Origami blog is back

Today, I have decided to breathe new life into my old blog by sharing some origami models from my collection. Though I haven’t folded anything new recently (time is limited these days), I have managed to recover one or two photos of models I created years ago.

My journey with this blog began around February 2014, a period that coincides with a significant period in my academic life. During that time, Professor Fanja Rakotondrajao and I were collaborating on writing a mathematics textbook in the Malagasy language. We were focusing on the geometry section when we coined the term Tampaha to describe fractals, a word that beautifully captures their essence in our native tongue. It was during this period that I created the models featured in my first post: a Level 2 Menger Sponge and a Level 2 Mosely Snowflake Sponge. The Level 3 versions of these models were built and displayed to the public months later.

Up until now, my last post was on August 8, 2021, during my time as a student at the University of La Réunion. Having just graduated, I wanted to celebrate by combining two passions: my research interests in combinatorial topology and my love for modular origami. For that occasion, I used the Snapology technique and folded a Snapology Truncated Octahedron using paper strips from my notes on combinatorial topology.

As of now, my latest post features a Dodecahedron made using Tomoko Fuse’s units. The instructions can be found on page 57 of Tomoko Fuse’s book, Unit Origami Wonderland.