Origami Tessellation: Lilacs and Lavender

Closeup Lilacs and Lavender Tessellation

This original origami tessellation I just did last Saturday.I had the diagram for it for a few weeks and finally decided it was time. When I examined the diagram more carefully, I realized that what I'd drawn didn't actually work as a flat fold. I tinkered with it a little more and finally arrived at the finished idea. 

This was a beast of a tessellation to fold. I mean, it was just super, super hard. It fought me every step of the way. 

What makes it such an advanced tessellation is that it uses multiple flagstone elements, but it also layers them all on top of each other.

The original inspiration for it started out innocent enough. Just three trapezoids twisting around an open triangle. I completed the rotation by attaching another trapezoid and then repeating the triangle set again until it came full 360. 

What I was left with in the center was a rather large gap to fill in. Many small triangles and an open back hexagon did the trick. 

Lilacs and Lavender Original Origami Tessellation

Because folding it was so difficult, I just let the triangle tucks go in whatever direction they seemed to favor, regardless of continuity of pattern. Ideally, I'd like to re-orient then to be a more cohesive arrangement, but I doubt that the paper would survive it. 

Back view Lilacs and Lavender Tess

Crease pattern included. Use it if you dare!

Crease pattern for Lilacs and Lavender Origami Tessellation

Filed under: June 2026 Origami Tessellations
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