Category Archives: Design

A Lucky Shamrock Bookmark

Posted on March 12, 2023 by Byopia Press

Although I am about one quarter Irish, Saint Patrick’s Day was never a big deal in our household. My father once made green shamrock-shaped pancakes when St. Paddy’s Day fell on a Sunday, but that is the only time I … Continue reading →

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A Last-Minute Valentine Bookmark

Posted on February 12, 2023 by Byopia Press

Pinterest has been offering me bookmarks lately. I couldn’t resist adapting the two-part butterfly for a Valentine bookmark.

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Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2022: The Index

Posted on December 26, 2022 by Byopia Press

In the hope that this will make it easier for you to find things that you remember seeing in this year’s Advent Calendar, here is an Index. Clicking on the title will take you to the post. ***** Byopia Press … Continue reading →

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Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2022: Day Eighteen and An Asterisk Snowflake

Posted on December 18, 2022 by Byopia Press

This snowflake structure was an accidental discovery made while I was making the Asterisk Garland. Here’s the very first iteration.

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Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2022: Day Sixteen and Squares with Circles

Posted on December 16, 2022 by Byopia Press

It’s the sixteenth day of Advent 2022 and time for another set of polyhedra!

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Using The Geometry Skills I Learned In High School

Posted on November 13, 2022 by Byopia Press

I spent a significant part of the past week calculating angles for Advent projects. Some were more obvious than others.

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Goodies in the Mail

Posted on October 2, 2022 by Byopia Press

The high point of this week was receiving a parcel from Ed Hutchins. Look what I got!

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And repeat …

Posted on September 11, 2022 by Byopia Press

I did get a little more work done on A Month of Sun Days this week, though not nearly as much as I had planned.

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Bad News and Good News

Posted on September 4, 2022 by Byopia Press

I did not start my new series A Month of Sundays this week as I had planned because I ended up dealing with other things, so I am starting this post with the same cheerful picture I used for my … Continue reading →

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Planning Paper Projects

Posted on August 28, 2022 by Byopia Press

I experimented with a new modular shape this week: a square with circles at the corners. Here they are used to build the same polyhedron I showed you how to make last week.

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