Forgive me for pointing you to a post that I wrote 6 years ago, but reading my impressions of Ben Orlin‘s new book gave me such pleasure today that I wanted to share. bookzoompa.wordpress.com/2020/01/03/m...
Paula Beardell Krieg
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When you start looking for simple and enjoyable end of the year activities, remember that it’s always satisfying to make a box. Here’s a nice one. youtu.be/FgI5l6EBzuM?...
Paula Beardell Krieg
It's always a thrill to see that @denisegaskins.com has visited my blog. I love that Denise links me up with my friends in her carnival. denisegaskins.com/2026/03/25/p...
Last year, dashing out to a family gathering, I managed to put up a post about making this sweet little origami basket. Looking it over again, I like how, besides folding, it's also about how to work with paper. Such fun to make, to have and to give away. bookzoompa.wordpress.com/2025/04/19/o...
Heading out to NYC for an event for MoMath in their brand new space! I'll be guiding people though some fun geometry at @momath.bsky.social 's Family Friday event. bookzoompa.wordpress.com/2026/04/09/a...
Making shadow boxes....there is much geometry when building things from paper.
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About a month ago MoMath let me guide over 100 of their museum goers in making a tetrahedron in a cube in a rhombic dodecahedron, inspired by a drawing in Kepler's notebook. Here's the video playlist of the project, which points towards all the nets that we used.
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Am teaching a class right now in which we construct cubes then alter them... Reminds me of the math concept of parents functions which are altered. We then combine the truncated and pierced cubes in fun ways. #mathart #paperengineering
Just to be clear, I don’t need to fall in love with paper all over again. It doesn’t serve me when I can’t fall asleep because I am so excited by stumbling upon something else tha…
The first book I’m reading this decade is a beautiful object. I am so taken by the design of this book that I am asking your forgiveness, as I will barely be referencing the contents of the b…
