folding techniques
Ways to bend
Folding techniques are methods for bending material—paper, fabric, dough, metal—to achieve a desired shape or result.
In origami, folding techniques transform flat paper into sculptures.
In baking, folding incorporates air into batter without deflating it.
In manufacturing, folding techniques shape sheet metal.
She learned several napkin folding techniques for the dinner party.
- tuckingPushing snugly beneath
- mountain foldPaper bent upward
- origamiSculptural paper-creasing art
- corrugationSeries of parallel ridges
- pleatingCreating uniform fabric folds
valley fold · fabric · smocking · tessellation · box pleat · protein folding · ruching · knife pleat · shirring · packaging design · crease · crisp edges · layout design · accordion · fan fold · wrinkle · bend · edge
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Ways to sever materials
shredding · welding · stapling · laminating · riveting
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Gradually becoming apparent
flattening · spreading out · smoothing · unfurling · straightening