This is a weird one as far as original tessellations go. I was playing around with collapsing hexagons. Once you do the initial collapse, you can then create a series of six hexagons tucked into each other around the center. Pretty standard stuff.  But this gives you a whole lot of corners that you can use to create triangle twists.  I folded two triangles on two sides opposite each other and then I folded them back on themselves. I did the same thing again to the other two corners right next to the first set and folded them back on the themselves as well. That's how I created the pairs of rhombuses. You can even see the rhombuses in the diagram below. Nestled between each set of four triangle twists.  The remaining two corners per molecule can also become twists (as seen at the center). Or you can just tuck them under. Or you can stand them up like I tried to do on the outskirts. My paper didn't really want to salute. It's not that impressive to look at, but it's ...

This origami tessellation is just me playing around with triangle and rhombus twists. It's not too fancy.  It starts out as a central offset hex twist with six triangles twisting around it. Three on the front and three on the back.  I add some rhombus twists on both sides and then repeat.  It is a symmetrical design. The same thing happens on each side of the paper.  It's an intermediate tessellation . It's pretty easy to fold if you have even just a little experience folding.  I'm pretty sure I have the crease pattern somewhere. Need to find it. There are a few crease patterns that I have to locate and upload. I've been lax in that department, but hopefully I'll rectify that very soon.  Update: crease pattern added.

 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