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Hive Mind Origami Tessellation

 This is an odd one. I was just fiddling with small shapes I could nest around an open back hexagon. As I was trying to decide exactly how to repeat the pattern, I looked at the other side and decided I liked it when the spaces on the back were right triangles. So I went with that configuration. And here we are.  While the beginning idea for this tessellation was the narrow parallelograms around the open hex, the true inspiration point was when I looked at the other side to determine how to make it repeat. It was then that I saw that I could create negative space right triangles nested against the hexagon.  At that point, it was just map it and fold it and just like that another origami tessellation was born! I debated calling the back the front and the front the back. It's all subjective, I suppose. I like them both equally in their own way.  This is an intermediate level tessellation . Nothing too difficult. Nothing too easy either.  Crease pattern included....
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