Eye of the Storm by sovlingorigamitessellations.com Here's a new flagstone origami tessellation that I recently designed and folded.  It begins typically enough with an open back hexagon surrounded by trapezoids. From there, I create a progressive pattern of rhombuses and more trapezoids. The first array is one trapezoid and one rhombus. As the pattern moves out from the center an additional rhombus is added. This can continue on endlessly.  solvingorigamitessellations.com On the other side there are only triangles. Many, many triangles.  This is a difficult tessellation , but not terribly so.  It requires a lot of patience, in order to prepare all the creases and then to ease them into their final positions. But it is very much achievable.  I will add my crease pattern in the near future.  Updated to add crease pattern diagram.  solvingorigamitessellations.com Filed under: August 2024 Origami Tessellations . 

August 2024 Origami Tessellations solvingorigamitessellations.com  Here's an upper easy - low intermediate tessellation that creates a pretty neat pattern.  There are only two shapes on the front. Rhombuses and large triangles. There is only one shape on the back. Open back hexagons.  The rhombuses rotate around the hexagons. Then the triangles poke into the rhombuses to facilitate each new repetition.  This is an example of an origami tessellation that is not hard to execute, but that still boasts an impressive finished model.  I used ordinary printer paper and 32 pleat triangle grid. It was a stress-free fold.  Personally, I particularly like the pattern of the triangles. Especially on the back view where they show up as negative space.   solvingorigamitessellations.com My crease pattern is included below. solvingorigamitessellations.com

Filed under: Origami Tessellatons August 2024 an original design created by solvingorigamitessellations.com This tessellation is one that I kind of just made up on the fly.. I just thought to myself, trapezoids, lots of them tucked into each other. I used an open back hexagon as the starting point. I alternated rhombuses and trapezoids around it. From there, I just let them repeat horizontally.  I was also able to repeat the center quite easily using that pattern.  It was just one of those fortunate ideas that arrives quickly and comes to fruition almost as rapidly. Those are always nice.  The finished tessellation is an intimidating looking design. But I'd say it's upper intermediate skill level.  an original design created by  solvingorigamitessellations.com I do have a diagram that I will add later.  But the design has no secrets. The architecture is all very obvious.  If you're a fan of geometric origami , this tessellation will likely appe...

Origami Tessellations: August 2024 a tessellation by solvingorigamitessellations.com  This is a pretty basic idea that I had. The kind you can do with  ordinary paper even on a moist day. It also doesn't take much time to execute. It's simple, but I like it.  The center is a large natural hexagon that can then be manipulated into six triangle twists.  I added some small hex twists off of the axes of the central triangles. Then repeated the center.  I don't know if this has been done before by someone else. Probably. Like I said, it's pretty rudimentary. But it was new to me.  a tessellation by solvingorigamitessellations.com What I especially like about this tessellation  are the results you get on the reverse side. They're almost more interesting than the front. Depends on your perspective.

August 2024 Tessellations an original origami tessellation by solvingorigamitessellations.com This is a cool flagstone tessellation that uses a very simple concept. Rows of trapezoids in an up and down pattern. Then I just repeat that pattern vertically in both directions. I used tant paper for this one. A stronger paper is best for flagstone tessellations.  When you look at the other side of the paper you're met with a staggering array of small triangle collapses. Pretty commonplace for this type of fold.  I've only recently begun exploring the possibilities in linear flagstones . It's a concept that I really hadn't given much thought to until a short while ago.  an original origami tessellation by solvingorigamitessellations.com But judging by how quickly I've found several designs already, I would imagine that there are many more out there patiently waiting to be found.  That's the best part. Thinking about what to design next.  Crease pattern included....

August 2024 Tessellations Lost Starships Origami Tessellation created by solvingorigamitessellations.com This an intermediate level tessellation . It's a pretty straight forward design, however, it yields a pretty interesting result. I used some parallelograms in conjunction with open back hex twists.   Although the concept itself is not difficult to understand, some of the folds land kind of close together, making it just a little bit tricky.  I used ordinary printer paper folded into a 32 pleat triangle grid and didn't have any issues with completing the tessellation successfully.  This design is a good example of how just a few basic shapes can be brought together to make a really nice piece of geometric origami.  created by solvingorigamitessellations.com The way the shapes seems to spin and interact with each other at unexpected angles made me think of star trek for some reason. So that's why I named it Lost Starships.  The back view of the tessellatio...

Tessellations: August 2024 an original design by solvingorigamitessellations.com Rhombus stars are a pretty common element in origami tessellations . They're a great starting point for a vast array of possible designs.  In this case, I added several triangle collapses to the exterior of the central star before repeating.  I've been a little obsessed lately with how many ways I can find to add large series of triangles in the spaces between various other shape clusters.  This is another original tessellation design that was born out of that.  It can be quite difficult to get all those triangles to cooperate with what you're trying to do. Even with high quality paper.  an original design by  solvingorigamitessellations.com It is doable though.  My preferred method is just to let the folds decide which way they would like to land and not concern myself with the ups or downs of each shape.  Then, I'll come back later and adjust everything to suit th...

an original design by  solvingorigamitessellations.com  This is an intermediate level origami tessellation that uses trapezoids and triangles to create a repeating pattern around open back hexagonal twists. The design itself is pretty simple. The trapezoids rotate around the hexagons. Then some triangles are used on their edges to repeat the center ad infinitum.  The trapezoids and hexagons are twist folds. The triangles are collapses.  It's one my less intense ideas.  The concept is a simplification of other tessellations that I've created.  It illustrates how different techniques for folding the shapes can work together in a single tessellation to facilitate even more possibilities in warping the paper.   an original design by  solvingorigamitessellations.com