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Elevators Origami Flagstone Tessellation Design

 If you're a fan of flagstone tessellations , as I am, here's another one. Thsi one is trapezoids and rhombuses in a linear pattern.  Trapezoids have all kinds of fun linear possibilities to ferret out. This is just one of so many, many possibilities. I could probably spend years just creating trapezoid based tessellations and not ever run out of options.  This original tessellation is two trapezoids. One up and one down, then a rhombus. And repeat.  Triangle twists densely populate the back side.  This is a difficult tessellation . All flagstones are at least somewhat difficult. They are also a lot of fun and very satisfying to complete. Yielding fascinating finished results.  Crease pattern included.  Filed under: February 2025 Origami

Cats in the Garden Tessellation

  This is a twist based tessellation that uses some basic triangle twists to create a pretty intriguing pattern on the opposite side of the paper.  A large hexagon is converted into the six triangle twists at the center. Then I add duos of triangles twists off of the axes. At that stage the pattern is repeated.  The twist side is fiddly to work. I used basic printer paper, which is usually great for simple twist designs such as this one. However, in this case, the proximity of some of the folds would've benefited from a slightly sturdier stock.  The good news is that the other side (first photo) turned out very nice. Some tessellations can be a little bipolar like that. Where one side is not that great, while the other is perfectly fine.  I actually conceived of this design as the second photo. Wanting to create a series of triangle twists with wings that created inner negative space triangles. That was how I envisioned the finished result. I still think it...

Dancing with Yourself Origami Tessellation

 This is a relatively simple tessellation that I recently created. The idea is six sided pyramids with rhombuses twisting off of all of the corners.  Three are close together and connected by small natural triangles. Three are further apart and are connected by larger natural triangles.  Finding a coherent  pattern in a tessellation such as this one can be daunting. All the folds can go in any direction.  So, while it's pretty easy to just fold everything haphazardly, it's a little more of a challenge to come up with and execute a consisent pattern.  But, there are no rules. It can be folded in any way you want. 

Trapped! Origami Tessellation

  This is an intermediate level tessellation that I recently created and folded. It uses small hexagons with rhombuses offset from them. Then it also adds open back hexagons as well. The pattern of the rhombuses around the open back hexagons is set by how they rotate around the small hexes.  I conceived of this original tessellation from the other side (second photo), but I think that I like the first photo a little more.  When I was first starting out and looking at my diagram, I thought it would be pretty hard. Turned out, not so much. I didn't have much trouble at all.  It was somewhat time-consuming, but otherwisee, a pretty pleasant tessellation to fold.  My crease pattern is included below.  Filed under: February 2025 Origami Tessellations