Breaking Infinity Origami Tessellation

Breaking Infinity Tessellation
Breaking Infinity by solvingorigamitessellations.com

 This tessellation was inspired by one by Peter Keller. His design was large cubes formed by  rhombuses. 

In my case, I did a series of six diamonds formed by rhombuses. I used the idea I learned from his design to separate the 'shapes' of the flagstone by leaving a larger gap in the appropriate places. 

I would call it a flagstone tessellation even though the larger gaps technically disqualify it. The overall concept still fits the category. 

Reverse View Breaking Infinity Flagstone
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The reverse side is just as interesting as the front. Featuring linear rows of rhombus wings with six triangle twists between each of them. 

The first time I did this, I mapped the central point incorrectly. I used that mistake to help me determine the right way to do it. 

The second time around, it all worked out quite nicely as can be seen here. 

This is a difficult tessellation, as are all flagstones. I might even say this is arguably an advanced tessellation. Because you have pretty tricky collapses on both sides of the paper. A typical flagstone has them on only the front. In this case, there are some on the back side as well. 

I will add a crease pattern sometime soon. Updated to add my diagram. 


Crease pattern for Breaking Infinity Tess
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