Laughing Envelopes Origami Tessellation

Origami Tessellation Laughing Envelopes

 This tessellation is a sort of  a semi-original. The center point is something I saw on the Insta feed of Arseniy K. But I then took the rest of the tessellation in my own direction. 

When I first saw his tessellation, I was struck by how creative his central idea was. It just made me want to use that as a jumping off point. 

This is the result. 

The idea of his that I loved so much is rhombuses around an open back hexagon. But instead of twisting off the axes of the hexagon, the rhombus are situated right up against it. With this setup you can tuck half of each rhombus kind of under itself to create the central pattern. 

It's a finnicky design with lots of overlaps and tricky intersections. 

Back View of Laughing Envelopes Tessellation


Even after I mapped it out on some grid paper, I still needed to do a first fold using basic paper just to get a better understanding of how the folds would all work together. 

It was only then that I moved on to the fancy paper and executed the finished design shown here. 

It's an advanced tessellation. It's not at all easy to do. 

My crease pattern will be uploaded soon. Update: added crease pattern. There are a few bits on the right hand side that are unrelated. 

Crease pattern for Laughing Envelopes Tessellation



Filed under: February 2025 Origami Tessellations

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