snowflake.pdf

Diagrammed on January 5, 1997

Start with a white hexagon. For best effect, use a sheet of translucent paper, such as tracing paper.

This collapse is similar to

the collapse that forms

the centre of the sand dol-

lar in ,

but cannot be done in the

manner shown there be-

cause it generates extra

creases (which detract

from the transparent ef-

fect of the snowflake.

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7. Flatten the flap, squash-

ing the shaded area. Note

that the squash is

symmetrical!

8. Result of previous step.

Repeat on other five flaps,

6. Focus on one of the

flaps, standing it up.

not

alternating the thick part

ofthesquashfolds

thin part

thick part

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9. Swivel. (Shaded areas are thicker.)

10. Mountain fold excess under flap.

11. Repeat steps 9 & 10 five times.

12.Valley fold three central points outward.

13. The centre completed. Turn over.

14. Swivel.

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15. Repeat 11 times.

16. The back completed. Turn over.

17. The completed snowflake.

Make sure to look through it at a light

source.

Notes: It is quite possible that someone

has already done this snowflake. Anyone

who has ever explored the symmetries of

hexagonal paper is likely to have done

some snowflake designs, and these are,

necessarily, similar. I know that Yoshi-

zawa has done similar work, and I've

seen similar ideas by Dr. Suzuki at the

convention in the

summer of 1996. There are probably

others. Still, this was an original effort,

the result of a challenge by Doug Philips

to design a snowflake for the cover of

. It is one of over 30 different de-

signs, the result of an effort to simplify

some of the more complex ideas (be-

cause Doug would have to fold 25 of

them, and also to ease my diagram-

ming). I hope you enjoy it, and that you

will use it as a stepping stone to design-

ing your own snowflakes.

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