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Before the Big Bang

30 March 2009 - 12:00am — Sara
Designer: 
Yenn, Thoki (Kalmon)
Convention: 
BOS 03/2009
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Carter, Joshua
Before the Big Bang

I'm not sure about the model name, but it's at least a similar model. I think "Before the Big Bang" is a design by Thoki Yenn, but again, I'm not sure. All pointers would be appreciated.

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24 March 2010 - 5:12pm — Anonymous

Sara could you tell me where

Sara could you tell me where are the diagrams for it if they exist and where they have published????

24 March 2010 - 10:18pm — Sara

Not quite diagrams, but...

You might find this page helpful: http://erikdemaine.org/curved/history/
I think you can achieve this model by using a donut-shaped sheet of paper (ie a circle with a hole), and zig-zag folding it. As it will be near to impossible to fold this nicely, using a curved ruler and a bone folder or so to score the paper might be the way to go.
As a disclaimer: I haven't tried this, just looked at the picture. It might be that rather than a circle, an oval was used.

-- Sara

13 January 2011 - 11:44pm — Baltoholic (not verified)

Before the Big Bang

The diagrams are in Kasahara's Extreme Origami (at least a CP for pleat guides).

6 April 2009 - 2:14am — Antonio (not verified)

Well, all i know about that

Well, all i know about that name is the little picture story in Kunihiko Kasahara's book "Extreme Origami", it says that Thoki Yenn presented him an arching form of curves and folds that Thoki called "Before the Big Bang".

I also dont know the purpose of the name, but the little picture story is quite interesting