Matt Ward

Matt Ward Enterprises
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I have a degree from the University of Wisconsin Madison. I am autistic. I am very intelligent but my thoughts get scrambled and talking to people makes me nervous.

About origami: I create Origami because it is beautiful and the repetitive motion of paper folding has a calming effect for me. I like the geometric models best because of their mathematical and visual components. I taught myself origami when I was 9.  I graduated from cranes to more difficult figures and can now make the most complex and difficult designs. A few of my Origami designs I created myself, but I mostly use designs by others. I like the large geometric models best because of their mathematical and visual components and the need to plan color schemes.

About Fractal Graphics: Fractals graphics involve the computerized generation of pictures based on mathematical chaos theory.  I have software on my computer that is designed to manipulate and/or solve mathematical equations and then translate the results into computer graphics.  These graphics are "chaotic" in the mathematical sense in both form and color. I sometimes make up complex equations of my own and plug the results into the software.  I have been fascinated by fractal graphics ever since I first saw the “Mandelbrot Set” in a magazine when I was a teenager.

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