(C) - Maekawa, Jun (Japan) - Tiny Devil in a Snub Cube
Entry/Object ID
2011.1.1
Description
Devil : A sheet of thin waxed paper - Shape: square - Size:10 cm (4 inches). First designed in 1978
Snub Cube: Six pieces of plastic sheet- Shape: non-regular-octagons - Size : about 5 cm (2 inches) width
Artwork Details
Medium
Paper, acetate
Context
This model was acquired by the Museo del Origami at an auction held by the Japan Origami Society to support children who were orphaned by the devastating earthquake that struck Japan in 2011.
Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Maekawa, Jun
Role
Designer and folder
Notes
About the artist:
Jun Maekawa (b. 1958) is a Japanese software engineer, mathematician, and origami artist renowned for introducing crease pattern design to a wider audience through his influential 1985 book Viva Origami. He is also credited with Maekawa’s theorem, a fundamental principle in the mathematics of flat-foldable origami. A longtime contributor to the Japanese Origami Academic Society (JOAS), he has served both as committee chief and as a regular writer on origami history and theory. In addition to his artistic and academic pursuits, Maekawa is president of a software company and a member of the Astronomical Society of Japan.
Books:
“Viva ! Origami” (edited by Kunihiko Kasahara 1983)
“Genuine Origami” (2007)
“Genuine Origami -Square Root of Two-” (2009)
