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    Projects:

    – Projective Configurations (2021))
    – Space Hug (2019)
    – Cubes of Hinton (2019)
    – Perspectorial (2018)
    – Wheels Within Wheels (2017)
    – Cube At Large (2017)
    – Breadth&Length&Depth&Height (2017)
    – Hyper-Diapers (2017)
    – Visiting the Ideal Plane (2016)
    – Jitterbox (2015)
    – Schematic Polychora (2015)
    – The Kinochoron (2013)
    – Knot ornaments (2011)
    – Old illustrations (–>2010)

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    © Taneli Luotoniemi 2023





Material: Paper

Inspired by Buckminster Fuller’s jitterbug mechanism, I developed a higher-dimensional counterpart of the concept. The resulting artefact – the Jitterbox, is an example of an auxetic material (i.e. has a negative Poissot ratio). When stretched, an auxetic material becomes thicker perpendicular to the applied force, unlike normal materials that contract.

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Building instructions for the paper model are available online at:
http://matharts.aalto.fi/workshops.html

The Jitterbox