Reconstructing David Huffman’s Legacy in Curved-Crease Folding

David Huffman’s curved-crease models are elegant, beautiful, and illustrative of Huffman’s fascination with curved creases. Huffman’s death in 1999 left us without his deep understanding, but his many models and notes provide a glimpse into his thinking. This paper presents reconstructions of some of David Huffman’s curved crease patterns and models, aiming to recover his insight and uncover the mathematical beauty underlying the artistic beauty. These initial reconstructions represent the beginning of an ongoing project with the Huffman family to study and document David Huffman’s work in folding.