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All the Shapes Origami Tessellation

 This intermediate tessellation is from a while ago. It's from my layering phase. It seemed like a really cool idea when I mapped it, but I wasn't that thrilled with the final product. Which is probably why I didn't upload it when it was new.  I recently found it in a box of old tessellations and noticed that it hadn't been posted. Just because I'm not that thrilled with it doesn't mean that someone else won't like it.  I like the concept... I think I just chose the wrong color paper. That doesn't seem like a very important decision, but it can have a big effect on how the finished model looks and photographs.  The center is rhombuses tucked into each other. Then I add trapezoids tucked on top of them. All well and good so far. It gets a little strange after that.  I add opposite facing trapezoid and repeat the center. The remaining gaps have an odd assortment of shapes. There are natural triangles, double wide triangles and tall isosceles triangles....