Abstract
When a liquid droplet is deposited on a flexible sheet, the
sheet may deform and spontaneously wrap the droplet. We propose to
address a problem in connection with this "capillary origami" experiment: does
a flexible rod put in contact with a liquid droplet spontaneously winds
itself around the droplet? In the positive situation, what is the maximum
length that can be packed inside the droplet? We will finally try to
connect this problem to damping issues in spider webs.