I was originally turned on to hexaflexagons while watching a video by vihart. I’ve since become a tad obsessed. My partner, Jane Meredith, and I created Hexaflexago, a hexaflexagon template generator.
Features
- Generates a printable trihexaflexagon template
- Upload up the three images; Hexaflexago splices them into the template for you
Technical Notes
Written with:
- React.js using create-react-app
- the vanilla SVG standard
What’s Next?
There are some improvements I’d like to make to Hexaflexago eventually.
- enable users to crop added images (currently Hexaflexago letterboxes images that are not regular hexagons)
- add documentation on how to fold the hexaflexagon template
- support adding six images to make hexahexaflexagons
I’m also currently working with Littoral Press to make hexaflexagon business cards. Here’s a prototype: