Origami Tessellations: Objects in Motion
Filed in: Origami July 2024
It's time for another advanced tessellation. Those are my favorite kind. Rising to the challenge is oh so satisfying. And on so many levels.
There's the conception. Coming up with idea. Solving to make the idea work.
Then there's actually executing the plan. It can be a long process, but it's almost a zen experience. Going through all the steps. Slowly, but surely watching your hard work become what you had envisioned.
It's a tedious and wonderful journey.
What makes this particular tessellation so difficult are the series of triangles that are all interconnected. It's not an easy task to get them all working together.
The center of the tessellation is trapezoids around a small hex on the back. Then I add another set of trapezoids overlapping the first at a 90 degree angle.
In order to repeat the pattern another set of trapezoids tucks into them. From there the inner module can be repeated. The gaps contain 6 triangles each. There are also rhombuses between the central trapezoids. See my crease pattern diagram below for further clarification.
This is an original tessellation that I created and folded using tant paper and a 32 pleat triangle grid.
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It's time for another advanced tessellation. Those are my favorite kind. Rising to the challenge is oh so satisfying. And on so many levels.
There's the conception. Coming up with idea. Solving to make the idea work.
Then there's actually executing the plan. It can be a long process, but it's almost a zen experience. Going through all the steps. Slowly, but surely watching your hard work become what you had envisioned.
It's a tedious and wonderful journey.
What makes this particular tessellation so difficult are the series of triangles that are all interconnected. It's not an easy task to get them all working together.
The center of the tessellation is trapezoids around a small hex on the back. Then I add another set of trapezoids overlapping the first at a 90 degree angle.
In order to repeat the pattern another set of trapezoids tucks into them. From there the inner module can be repeated. The gaps contain 6 triangles each. There are also rhombuses between the central trapezoids. See my crease pattern diagram below for further clarification.
This is an original tessellation that I created and folded using tant paper and a 32 pleat triangle grid.
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