February 3, 2007
The Melon Rind Box
There was some talk on the O-list about the puzzle purse – a very old fold, indeed. And being the wild-eyed contrarian that I am, I set about trying to make a curved surface version. I had some spectacular failures.
Then, I thought about this model and thought, “Hmm, this is more than a little similar to the puzzle purse.” Set about to diagram it and that’s a bit of a trip. But the first step is done.
It’s called Melon Rind Box because it reminds me of when I used to wash dishes in The Restaurant when I was a lad. The waitresses would stack the cantaloupe rinds on the plates, crosswise, when busing their tables.
Thanks for this delightful
Melon Box Crease Pattern.
JMP
http://www.joanmichaels.paque.com
February 16th, 2007 at 7:21 pmHey! Thanks for the CP! I tried to fold this in History and came up with the Heli-box. It’s a version of this folded from a square that when released twirls ot the ground. I relized that the bottom was very small and how I might be able to use it and I though I might use this for packing seperate cookies perhaps. Anyway nice model!
October 24th, 2008 at 5:37 pm