One of my hobbies
is origami which is the art of folding paper, coming from Japan.
Perhaps I will put a link to some pictures of what I have done so
far. I will see.
Origami includes
folding animals (like fishes, lions...), geometrical shapes using
only one sheet of paper, or many sheets which have to be assembled
without glue and those are called "modular origami". Many
more folding techniques exist.
So why do I talk
to you about that? Well because I made a puzzle using subway tickets that I fold
like origami. See below:
I made the puzzle
using quite a lot amount of tickets.The cube has a side length
of about 10 centimeters (3.9 inches). I think this is quite original.
As for the
difficulty, it is not overly difficult but still a bit challenging.
This puzzle is not
as sturdy as metal (of course) but it's ok if you are not a brute ;-)
I also made other
interesting model using subway tickets (see below). The first from the left
required more than 3,000 subway tickets (!!) and has a side length of
about 30 centimeters!! It took me years to collect all the tickets.This
is a fractal and more specifically a Menger sponge. I don't think I will go for a bigger Menger sponge because it would have a side length of about 1 meter, would be very heavy, and would need something like 66,000 tickets.......
Hope you like it
See
ReplyDeletehttp://theiff.org/oexhibits/menger02.html
for the next Menger Sponge iteration consrtucted from business cards ...
Yes I already know this website, but level 3 needs too many tickets (or business cards)...
DeleteAnd you know I collect all the tickets by my own and I was not helped at all, whereas this level 3 was built with a lot of help...
I don't have the same means ;-)
Level 3 is too big to put in your bedroom, level 2 fits perfectly :-)