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The project Above the Fold was inspired by the work of an obscure 19th century Indian mathematician, T. Sundara Row, in his book Geometric Exercises in Paper Folding. Row showed how geometric proofs could be made easier to visualize and understand by using simple sheets of paper and folding them to create many of the linear shapes required in depicting rectangles, triangles, etc. I have been working with paper as a subject for many years - I love its simplicity and malleability. Paper has an unique and almost endless potential to assume many appearances. In Row's hands, folded paper was made to exhibit both highly functional and surprisingly artistic aspects. Above the Fold takes that as a starting point to present geometrically folded paper as a subject of clean and classic beauty.
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