Bunny HP

Designed and folded January 2023

Paper: 25cm cardstock

One challenge I've had for a while was to make an animal structure that 1) looks good from both the side and front, 2) looks soft and round like a stuffed animal, and 3) can be easily adapted to make other animals. A while back i found a bp structure that worked somewhat, but now coming back with hp it all seems to click perfectly. (Think about how an icosahedron with equilateral triangles seems much more round than a cube--in the same way, 3d models made with hex pleating can appear much more organic than those made with box pleating.)

So here's a chubby stuffed animal-like model who has achieved what I was seeking: it looks ok from both the front and side, it looks soft and round, and it can be easily adapted into other animals. I hope to make more variations of these in the future.