Cross-Eyed Flowers Origami Tessellation

Cross-eyed Flowers Origami Tessellation

This an odd little tessellation that I recently created. It was conceived of as a collapsed hexagon to which I then added a multitude of triangle twists. 

It became quite messy with so many triangles overlapping each other everywhere. 

However, as I was folding it, what I discovered was that the other side became an interesting set of unusual shapes in a flagstone style pattern. 

It's bascially a small hex flower with oddly shaped petals. Then there are open back triangle twists to connect the repetitions. 

Back view Cross Eyed Flowers Tessellation

I was so focussed on all the various triangle twists on the other side that I didn't even really consider what might be happening elsewhere. 

I used thin printer paper thinking it would be easier to fold all the overlapping triangle twists. Had I taken a step back and seen waht was happening on the reverse side I mgiht've opted for a sturdier paper and gotten a neater finished product. 

It's a somewhat difficult tessellation to fold because of how all the many triangles land ontop of each other. But it's not as complicated as it looks. 

I had a diagram, but I didn't take a photo of it. I will look for it and hopefully be able to add it soon. The structure will make a lot more sense once I am able to add the crease pattern. 

Filed under: May 2025 Origami Tessellations

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