This is an original tessellation that I mapped out probably a few months ago. However, upon seeing it diagrammed, I thought to myself that it would be a pain in the ass to fold it and decided to leave it for another time.  Then, I quickly forgot about it altogether.  That is, until this past week. Where I rediscovered the crease pattern and decided that it was very cool and worth attempting.  Turns out it was somewhat difficult , but not as bad as I thought it would be.  The flagstone tessellation design is basically a series of several different molecules combined.  There's the center point, which is a classic six triangle rotation.  There's also the triangle/rhombus combo larger triangles.  And lastly, there's a the four rhombus diamonds.  I'm not sure whether or not this is a true tessellation that can repeat the pattern. I didn't have enough space to find out. Although, I imagine it's probably be possible given a large enough grid....

  This original origami tessellation is kind of a variant of some others that I've done recently.  Alternating rhombuses and parallelograms. Kind of a disjointed weave pattern.  Using the light green paper along with the nature of the design, made me think of lattice top apple pie.  It's one of your less difficult flagstone tessellations . I find that linear ones are easier to execute than the circular/hexagonal kind.  It's still a fair amount of work, but the paper yields to the structure pretty readily.  Crease pattern to come in the near future.  Filed under: February 2026 Origami Tessellations

 This is the tessellation that I mentioned in my previous post. I came up with it after having solved Madonna Yoder's Swirling Dancers tessellation .  I used her center point and just created something else from there. Something a little more flagstone style. It's fun how one idea can lead to another.   It's definitely worth exploring other possible configurations that might be discovered from her twisting trapezoids starting point. I'm certain there is much more to be found.  I have a crease pattern for this one. Will upload it soon.  Update: crease pattern added. Update to the update: realized I added the wrong picture. Correct crease pattern is below.  Filed under: February 2026 Origami Tessellations

 It's been a really long time since last I solved someone else's origami tessellation . I've just been working all the ideas of my own that I've been having.  Still...just for fun, I decided to reverse engineer one by Madonna Yoder (gatheringfolds) just to see if I still had the skills.  I just picked the first one I found on her instagram feed. It looked pretty cool. She called it 'Swirling Dancers'.  Mapping it out on some grid paper revealed most of the structure. A little testing filled in the blanks.  I will upload my diagram in the next day or two. Although, I encourage anyone interested to give a go at sussing it out themselves. It's both fun and satisfying.  I really like her center configuration of trapezoids connecting to each other. So much so, that I actually used that center point to create a different tessellation that I folded the following day. I'll post that sometimes soon.  Update: added diagram.  Filed under: January 2026 Or...

 This is a tessellation that I had been considering for a while and thought that it would be too much work to actually do it.  I looked at my diagram and just thought it would be too hard.  Eventually, I worked up the nerve to try it and as it turns out, it wasn't nearly as difficult as I thought it would be.  As with any flagstone tessellation it was 90% preparation and only 10% actual folding. There are lots and lots of creases to create before you go about getting the paper to fall into place.  Some very advanced folders don't pre-crease, but I just find it makes the whole process frustration-free. All the papers that I've used, which admittedly aren't that many different kinds, out and out refuse to do anything meaningful without pre-creasing.  It's a pretty straightforward pattern to figure out. Rhombuses with triangles touching all four sides.  My crease pattern to fold this tessellation is included below. I didn't draw the back side triangles...

  It's been a while since I've done this kind of collapse style origami tessellation . So, here is a new one at alas. The idea for this involved tucking triangles and rhombuses into a central rhombus. It creates a kind of jagged pattern that can be repeated.  In my case, I repeated it using open back hexagons and long parallelograms.  What shapes land up and which ones land down is purely a personal choice. You can spend quite a bit of time just fiddling around with which way everything should go. I know that I did.  Me, I like it when the triangles are up and the other shapes tuck into them. Your mileage may differ.  The back side of the tessellation is basically just the inverse of the front. Such is the case with straight up collapses such as this.  It's a somewhat tricky tessellation to fold. A lot of unwilling tucks with which to contend. Whenever I do one like this, I just let the paper go in whatever direction feels easiest. Then, when I get every...

 This tessellation I really like a lot. My idea started out as doing something with long parallelograms connected to each of the four edges of a rhombus. As seen above. Originally, I thought that I would just repeat the pattern, but upon drawing it out, I realized it couldn't be repeated straight up.  A few extra shapes thrown in the mix and I was able to completed the central idea.  I added some open back hexagons on the front. On the back there are large and small triangles.  This is a slightly difficult tessellation . Having some larger shapes on both sides helps make it not too difficult.  My diagram is included below.  This is my first post for January 2026 Origami Tessellations . Although technically, I created it on December 26, 2025

 I've been sorely lax in uploading new folds, but I'm slowly trying to catch up on that. This tessellation is one that I don't really recall. According to Google, I uploaded the photos on November 15, 2025. So, probably created a day or 2 earlier.  I don't do a lot of fully twist based original origami tessellations , but in this case, I did. It's always nice to mix things up once in a while.  It appears to be an open back hexagon with open back triangles twisting off of it. From there, I'm not exactly sure what I did.  It looks like I might've done some small triangle twists a little ways off from the larger ones on the reverse side.  What I do remember, is that it was conceived from the back side - the picture below. But upon seeing the completed tessellation, I decided what had originally be the back should instead be the front.  It's a pretty simple tessellation compared to my usual ideas, but interesting nonetheless.  If I took a picture of my c...

 In this origami tessellation I was looking to use a different shape than usual. I don't recall if I ever used this particular shape before, but I think I have seen it used by others, but not in this exact configuration.  The structure is very simple. It only consists of two shapes. The one seen on the front and long parallelograms on the back.  The main shape is a rectangle with clipped corners, creating six edges all together. The long edges cross two pleats, while the short edges bisect one.  The parallelograms are two pleats on their long sides. and connected by cross cuts.  It was a fairly easy to fold tessellation . The larger shapes that it utilizes saw to that.  My crease pattern is included below.  I did this one a back in mid November, but it's posted under: December 2025 origami tessellations .. 

This is a pretty basic original tessellation as far as the structure goes. However, it's somewhat difficult to actually fold it.  Everything is tucked very close together and on top of each other.  The idea for it was collapsing some triangles and then repeating.  On the opposite side are many small hex twists nestling not so very neatly.  If you look at the crease pattern you can see that it's mostly a standard flower collapse, but I've added the triangles into it to confuse things.  I actually folded this back in November, but have only just gotten around to posting it.  Filed under: December 2025 Origami Tessellations

 This is one of those simple origami tessellations that backlights really well.  It almost looks three dimensional, but it is actually a flat fold.  I was looking through my photos searching for the diagram I used to create this, but I wasn't able to find it.  I don't remember it 100%, but from looking at it, I believe it's open back hexagons with small natural trapezoids tucked into them. That's a starting point I tend to favor.  From there, it seems to be triangle twists connected to the trapezoids.  It will have to be unfolded so that I can upload a proper crease pattern. I'm curious to remember just how I did it.  That will come soon.  The reverse side is very plain. This further reinforces the theory that it is a layered type design that is constructed using the pattern mentioned before. When you fold open back hexagons in that way, you essentially just wind up with multiple layers of very little consequence on their own. The trick is, what ...

 This is a pretty nifty little flagstone tessellation that I recently thought up and folded.  Basically, it's a series of long parallelograms connected in a recurring wave formation.  The same pattern can be done with rhombuses. And has been done, by others and myself. But it has a different, cooler look when you use the longer shapes.  It's an intricate looking design that uses a fairly simple pattern.  On the back side, it's all triangle twists.  Most flagstone tessellations don't back light very well, but this one does.  It's a moderately difficult tessellation . If only because it requires so many creases.  I have a crease pattern. Just need to add it.  Although, it's not at all difficult to discern how to fold it.