Solving Flower Tessellation

Solved Flower Origami Tessellation
Flower Tessellation solved by solvingorigamitessellations.com

I actually solved this tessellation before I solved her 'Bouquet' tessellation. Both are designed by gatheringfolds. This one is a little simpler. Straight up repeats of the central pattern. In 'Bouquet' it takes that central idea and gets a little more complicated by adding small hex twists. 

This one is just the 'house' shapes and some large triangle twists. 

I'm pretty sure she called if 'Flower'. Although, I'm not 100% certain.  I can't seem to find the post again on her instagram. 

The center was easy enough to figure out. It did take me a minute or two or more to realize how the  'houses' connected to each other. I simply didn't suspect that she would use that technique in what appeared to be a mainly twist based tessellation. I think that I'm just out of practice for solving other people's designs. I've been doing so many of my own lately that my skills in that respect have withered some. 

Reverse View Flower Tessellation Solution
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The back side of the tessellation is made up entirely of triangle twists. There are small ones and 1.5 pleat ones as well. 

Honestly, I only solved this one as a means to be better informed to solve her 'Bouquets' tessellation. That's the one that I was really interested in doing. It did work. Knowing the starting point was extremely helpful. 

I would call this an intermediate level tessellation. 

The diagram I created to solve it is included below.


Diagram Solving Flower Tessellation
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