Origami Tessellation: One Way Streets 2.0

 

One Way Streets 2.0 Origami Tessellation

This is a refold of a tessellation I created back in April 2021 called 'One Way Streets'. 

At that time, I was unfamiliar with the various types of paper available to facilitate better finished tessellations. So I folded it using ordinary 20 lb. printer paper. It worked okay, but not as nicely as I would've liked. 

I was also, much more lax in keeping up with saving my diagrams for tessellations that I created. So the original post does not have any sort of crease pattern documentation. 

It's not a particularly difficult tessellation to reverse engineer, but it's still nice to have that option. 

Anyway, this time around, I used tant paper. Which I love for more intricate tessellations. I also used this design to inaugurate my first use of a wonderful turquoise color of it that I found. It's quite striking. 


The design is bullet shapes around large hexagons. In order to repeat the pattern, some small rectangles are needed here and there. 

It's a little tricky to work the reverse side. It requires some very small folds under the edges of the hexagons. But if you have everything else situated, it's not too hard. 

Reverse view One Way Streets 2.0 Origami Tessellation

I've been a little obsessed with finding other tessellations that work using this bullet shape. However, I have found that they are a difficult shape to reconcile with repeating patterns. I have found some other possibilities though. Which will eventually become future uploads. 

Crease pattern below.


Crease pattern for One Way Streets Tess


Filed under: Origami Tessellations January 2025
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