It's truly sad that the monthly challenges are declining that much. It's October 23rd, and there are only two submissions so far (mine included)! The concept of these challenges is great, and it really hasn't earned to become derelict.
But since this has already been discussed widely in varoius other threads, here my submission for this month:
Urge of exploration, designed and folded by MotherOfThree
fig.1: Angler fish
fig.2: Submarine
fig.3: Mountain climber
fig.4: Moon
Technical facts:
Paper: ~30cm of white paper similar to Kraft, but stiffer (a more precise explanation later)
Dry folded, single square, no cuts and/or glue, but maybe small traces of dough...
So, how does this refer to the topic of exploration?
First, hence the name, it's a tribute to the human urge of explore the natural extremes of this world in general. More specific, it's referring to three main topics:
Deeper: The lower part shows (However, in a pretty simpified way) the deep sea, as a natural limit to reach into the sea, symbolized by a deep sea angler fish (fig.1) and a submarine (fig.2).
Higher: The highest point on earth is at Mount Everest, highest mountain in the Himalaya, and here represented with a mountain and a climbing person (fig.3).
Farer: Space seems to be endless. I think, probably everyone has asked himself about what's out there, at least one time. This aspect is pictured here with the moon and a space shuttle (or similar) in its orbit (fig.4). This is technically not the farest we went, but let it be a symbol for travelling into space.
So far about mankind, but this model stands for exploration also in some personal views for me. On one hand, it is completely doodled, only with a vague idea of what it should be, on the other hand the medium which is used is also an exploration for itself. It's originally a sheet of paper used to separate layers of pizza dough, which I found being used exactly that way, thinking it could be kind of useful, and finally I used it for this project.
To conclude this short explanation, this model, although it could be folded more clean, represents the term of exploration in many, many ways. And maybe, some people will reexplore the monthly challenge as a great creative way to share their designs, and learn about designing, which is also a way of exploration.