The basic idea of a Voronoi is that you need to find the area that is
closest to a given point than any other. Here is my suggested technique:

1. Choose a paper that is fairly transparent to start with. I used standard
printer paper and used a light behind it.

2. Choose and mark a set of points that is well distributed. You could
probably come up with some sort of mathematical algorithm to choose points
for you, but I just dropped a pencil on a piece of paper and then filled in
some of the less dense areas.

3. Start folding points on to their nearest 4-6 neighbors, but only crease
in between the points. As you get more creases, start extending the creases
until they intersect. You will start seeing a pattern of how lines will
intersect to create polygonal areas around each point depending on how far
each neighbor is.

4. Start folding over creases and treating the intersections in your
favorite method. I folded everything over randomly, but you could consider
putting proper twists in at the intersections.

See my poorly photographed example here:
https://plus.google.com/108691605596225742219/posts/gd5grMR1aFH

--Stephanie Schulze

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