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Origami at Furman Homecoming

Posted on October 25, 2014 By Tom No Comments on Origami at Furman Homecoming
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Origami Shifted Pot
Origami Pot by Rebecca Geiseking

This week we have lots of Furman activities going on. This weekend I’m photographing the wedding for two Furman Alumni, and it also happens to be Furman Homecoming. So, Friday afternoon we had the rehearsal for Megan and Kyle, then Laura and I headed on up to Furman for the Friday night activities on the mall.

Former Furman Chemistry student Rebecca Geiseking was giving a talk about her amazing origami at the Roe Art Building. We managed to make it there just at the end of her talk.  Rebecca is now at Georgia Tech pursuing a Ph. D. in chemistry, but she continues to do her artwork.  She described the engineering and mathematics that go into designing the folds for her paper designs.

Rebecca Geiseking, Origamist
Origami Lecture Attendees
Origami Vase
Origami Vase

Some of the shapes are incredibly intricate. All are made from a single sheet of paper.

Origami Shape
Origami Shifted PotOrigami Shifted Pot
Split Vase Origami

Rebecca plans out the folds and paints the paper ahead of time. These are NOT painted afterwards. It’s amazing how the folds come together so accurately that the colors created the intended designs. In some of the shapes you can see slight misalignments. These just serve as proof of the intricacy of the artwork.

Origami Shifted Pot

The display also included some of the design sheets. The different colors represent the direction of the folds.

Origami Pattern
Origami Pattern
Origami Pattern

Since Rebecca was a former chemistry student, there were several chem faculty there. Laura, Tim Hanks, and Nina Veas chatted with Rebecca while I was taking photos.

Chemistry Faculty with Rebecca Geiseking

One last note on the art reception. Wine was openly served at the reception. Things have changed at Furman.

After the art reception Laura and I wandered out onto the mall. This is always an anniversary for us. We met on the mall at Furman during Homecoming. As usual, the student groups were out on the mall building floats that don’t.

Phi Mu Float
Freshman Float
Furman Furman Staff Float

The theme had something to do with Disney movies. There were even Disney princesses in costume wandering around. Laura met several of her students, but current and former.

Disney Princesses
Disney Princesses at Furman Homecoming
Laura with research student
Laura with Furman Students

There was a bonfire, this time in the middle of a street in front of the Daniel Chapel. On our first pass, Coach Bruce Fowler was urging students to come to the game. Several football players and cheerleaders were there, as well as a pep band.

Furman Homecoming Bonfire

At the end of the mall near the PAC the carnival rides had been set up. There were several inflatables, some spinny thing ride, swings, and a Ferris wheel. Laura and I decided to ride the swings.

Laura on Swings

We wandered slowly back toward middle of the mall where a band was getting ramped up. They played a mix of current hits as well as classics. Lots of folks were dancing. It was the best band we had seen on the mall…well, since that night we had met.

Band at Furman Homecoming

We would have loved to have stayed out there listening to the band, but Saturday would be a full day. Reluctantly, we headed on back to the car.

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