“Where the earth and ocean meet, / And all things seem only one / In the universal sun”

[larryhammer]

Universal links to paper and sand, all of equal importance:

Paper Airplane Designs, a database of paper airplanes with easy to follow folding instructions. Filters for what performance you want to optimize, difficulty, and whether scissors allowed, plus printable instructions/templates for everything. (via)

Tessellated origami sculptures by Goran Konjevod.

Sandscript: A Beachwalker’s Guide to Ripples, Trails, Dimples, and Other Curious Markings. (via)

---L.

Subject quote from To Jane: The Invitation, Percy Shelley.

Comments

[conuly]

Cool links, thanks.

[ranunculus]

Love the Sandwalk link!

[mount_oregano]

Fun fact: paper airplanes didn't exist until after airplanes were invented.

[larryhammer]

In the modern form, yes, but soon after paper was invented, they had paper gliders of some form in China and Japan.

[larryhammer]

Innit they? De nada!

[larryhammer]

It's pretty cool stuff. Wish it was a single page instead of threaded tweets.

[asakiyume]

The sandscript tweet thread is marvelous--thank you for that!

[larryhammer]

De nada!