[Oa] sliceform: torus with a tangent plane

Andrew Crawford Andrew at Evermore.com
Mon Apr 23 19:32:44 MST 2007


l. van Breemen wrote:
> Hello everybody,
> 
> My favourite at the moment to make is cards with sliceforms. The subject is
> made of several pieces of paper that slide together... I want to make the
> torus that is described in the book bij John Sharp: Surfaces: explorations
> with sliceforms.
> 
> I can't make anything logic out of the information in the book. (page 161)
> Is this the pattern that is shown?
> 
> Can anybody help me out?
> 
> Linda van Breemen

Hi Linda,

I wasn't familiar with this book at all until I read your post.  So, I
probably cannot be of much help.  From the cover, it looks interesting.
 I also found a short video interview with John Sharp (which I have not
yet watched):

http://www.lkl.ac.uk/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=69&Itemid=48

Be sure to let us know if you make any progress.

Good luck,

Andrew Crawford



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