Triangle Complexities Origami Tessellation

Closeup Triangle Complexities Tessellation

 This is an origami tessellation that I just completed a few days ago. I thought of it a few days before that, but failed to successfully execute it the first time around. 

It's a really tricky one. I'd say that it's an advanced tessellation, for sure. I found it quite difficult to fold. Maybe partially because it's a style that I don't do that often. But also, because it's a style that is just inherently finicky. 

I came up with it by folding an ordinary open back hexagon. Then I decided to do reverse folds on three of the six edges. That's how I got the center triangle. 

Reverse folds are something leftover from the days when I did origami animals and things like that. Other people's. Not my own. 

Triangle Complexities Tess
Every once in a while, those techniques that I picked up doing those early learning models still crop up in my mind to use in a new tessellations. 

The other folds of the molecule were just simple natural edges I used in order to be able to repeat the pattern. 

rear view triangle complexities tess

My crease pattern is below. The three triangles surrounding the center triangle are the ones that are kind of life a cross between a regular reverse fold and  reverse rabbit ears. 

The crease pattern is kind of messed up from fiddling with it. Although, the top of it is pretty clear (just repeat). Still, I'll try to remember to create a clearer one and upload it soon. 

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