# Kirigami: The wave

[![sverspecht](https://cuttle-uploads.imgix.net/164598/0f57c8b07b2f40ae5231db728839e4209e0d44b7288bc9be8529a53785b9b3a1.jpg?auto=compress,format&q=80&fit=crop&width=32&height=32&dpr=1)Sébastien VERSPECHT](https://cuttle.xyz/@sverspecht)

Aug 3

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## Surf on Masahiro Chatani's wave

Directly inspired by the wave created and showed by Masahiro Chatani in pages 10 et 43 in his "Paper magic, pop-up paper craft - origamic architecture" (1988), this template let you make your own wave in kirigami.

## Instructions

Adjusting number of intervals and width of wave is easy to understand.

For next parameters:

-   Left Point: is distance between "Base Line" (=major median of sheet of paper) and left anchor of wave's curve.
    
-   Left Handle: is coordinates of point where wave's curve "go" when start out left point.  
    If needed please, see it in action here:
    
    [![Bezier Curve Explainer](https://cuttleusercontent.com/63/68d7add4ce097bea79e846cbf2fa42fdcd19abcb77399ba45453cc2530ec4055.gif)](https://cuttle.xyz/@forresto/Bezier-Curve-Explainer-USiN9HTL7Ul1)
    
    [Bezier Curve Explainer](https://cuttle.xyz/@forresto/Bezier-Curve-Explainer-USiN9HTL7Ul1)
    
    [![forresto](https://cuttle-uploads.imgix.net/63/72482344be02b55bfeede594d57f6a25ae70f8709f28e7b09c093b7989451908.jpg?auto=compress,format&q=80&fit=crop&width=33&height=33&dpr=1) Forrest O.](https://cuttle.xyz/@forresto)
    
-   Idem for Right Point and Right Handle
    

## Better view on hanles

You can view the standard handles during template editing by clicking on one of the WaveCurve Anchors.

![](https://cuttle-uploads.imgix.net/164598/0c1f977e331e8c8d480c0b0d52ce0d36695e773a78d3fab840ed94ba17371a65.png?auto=compress,format&q=80&fit=max&width=700&height=1280&dpr=1)

![](https://cuttleusercontent.com/164598/ee683904f379d73c4f6247d91cb340afd426aa4fb89a6cdad32701255619082d.gif)

Makes & Comments

[![sverspecht](https://cuttle-uploads.imgix.net/164598/0f57c8b07b2f40ae5231db728839e4209e0d44b7288bc9be8529a53785b9b3a1.jpg?auto=compress,format&q=80&fit=crop&width=33&height=33&dpr=1) Sébastien VERSPECHT Author](https://cuttle.xyz/@sverspecht)

Each wave can be unique!

August 3 at 4:06 PM

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