Origomi - Eric Gjerde's weblog on Origami & etc.

Last posting on origomi.blogspot.com - all content moving to http://www.origamitessellations.com

2005-11-28T12:28:00.000-06:00

I've merged the content from my origomi.blogspot.com blog site and my origamitessellations.com site, into a single location. I now have active, working RSS feeds, and all sorts of other good things. I'm particularly excited about how much easier it is for me to add items, which means I'm much more likely to keep things up to date.

One feature I really like is the flickr photo gallery plugin, which allows me to display all my latest flickr photos in a convenient in-site gallery. check it out here.

However, there is a downside: for the time being I am unable to provide Portuguese translations of all my pages, although all diagram documents will be translated (with help from my Brasilian friends!)

Meus apologies, origamigos!

So, if you've been reading this website, or checking it occasionally- please hop over to www.origamitessellations.com. that's where everything will be from now on.

This is a good change, really, and I think it will be an improvement overall. I'm still getting the hang of the WordPress blog system, but so far it's working for me.

Thanks for your time and interest, everyone! I appreciate it greatly.

-Eric Gjerde

The origami tessellation artwork of Ralf Konrad

2005-11-21T15:23:00.000-06:00

I first saw Ralf's Origami Page a while back, and I really liked his hexagonal tessellation work- but I've only really discovered the breadth of it lately. Here are a few links showing off his great artwork.

http://ditelo.itc.it/people/gretter/brannenburg05/modelli_s/IMG_3256.html

http://ditelo.itc.it/people/gretter/brannenburg05/modelli_s/IMG_3254.html

and, of course, this one- the most interesting I have seen yet.

http://ditelo.itc.it/people/gretter/tassellazioni/konrad.html

do those look familiar? and this is from 2003! looks like we all got scooped here by Ralf. Although I would suspect we're all just refolding designs by Fujimoto, anyway...

Pentagonal Compass Rose Box

2005-11-21T11:26:00.000-06:00

Pentagonal Compass Rose Box
Originally uploaded by oschene.

Philip (a newly found origami folder to me) posted this spectacular Phi based fold, which is something like a flower/rose/box thing. Phi rocks my world, but I'm utterly unable to fold complex things out of it- something I'm still working on (pentagonal geometry isn't the easiest thing to work with at times).

He also has crease patterns here so you can fold it! I'd suggest popping over and taking a look. His origami blog is also fascinating as well, and is a new RSS feed for me to take in on a daily basis going forward!

The Fitful Flog: Pentagonal Compass Rose Box and φ-Quiddity

Origami on TV!

2005-11-20T21:24:00.000-06:00

Origami on TV!
Originally uploaded by Pano e Papel.

my origami friend Claudia will be on TV in Brasil talking about origami! make sure you tune in and watch. (there's a link to watch the streaming video feed online!)

I am glad I work with Brasilians, as someone can translate for me while I am watching!

Jane's impressive pleat collapse solution

2005-11-19T15:20:00.000-06:00

Estrela 3D
Originally uploaded by mawelucky.

I am really impressed with this solution for collapsing together a hexagonal pleat set. when you have a two-pleat-wide raised section (as in the photo) collapsing them all together is a very difficult process, and she's come up with an elegant way to do it.

Hoping to see more of this soon!

Mélisande's Roma church floor nb 3, backlit

2005-11-18T15:15:00.000-06:00

Roma church floor nb 3, backlit
Originally uploaded by Melisande*.

Mélisande has a great new tessellation posted today! It's got two sets of hexagonal shapes, locked together in a triangular symmetry. very beautiful!

My favorite part is the swirling arms, which look like propeller blades or windmills spinning in the wind.

WIP triangle fold, redux (reverse)

2005-11-17T10:08:00.000-06:00

WIP triangle fold, redux (reverse)
Originally uploaded by Ori-gomi.

a slightly different attack on the triangle thing. can you tell that when I mentally envision something, I have to create it or it drives me nuts? this design is giving me stress, and I want to complete it and be done with it already.

regardless, here is a modified base, folded from a sheet of treated unryu. it's actually one of the scrap pieces left over from my testing process, which explains the random edges, etc.

it's very lovely paper, and is great to fold- it's extremely thin, but treating it properly makes it stiff and springy. much more so than standard kami (the paper you buy in a pack of 100 from the paper store.)

Something else worth noting here- on the star version of this fold, you're taking a pattern with hexagonal symmetry which gives you 6 shapes (thusly, 6 triangles). if you try the same methodology with triangular symmetry, you get 3 shapes with 6 sides. I suppose this is rather obvious, but it's still interesting to see it play out this way.

on the larger version of this that I did (here), I ended up with some odd hexagonal shapes on the bottom that became larger and larger as my folds progressed.

I need to refold this newer variant on larger paper that is more forgiving, so I can do better manipulation of my crease points and all the complicated sinks.

treated unryu paper

2005-11-17T09:56:00.000-06:00

treated unryu paper
Originally uploaded by Ori-gomi.

So I had a hard time finding out what sort of Methyl Cellulose I should use on thin paper like unryu (like washi, made with mulberry or something similar). MC makes it stiff- you get it as a powder and mix it up, apply it, let it dry, etc.

I got a great tip from someone on the Origami-L mailing list to use Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose, which apparently dries stiffer than regular methyl cellulose. I'm not a chemist (that's my wife!) so I really wouldn't know, but I checked out the place he recommended. it was $26.95 for a 100g bottle, which would have lasted quite a while but seemed expensive to the cheap old man inside me.

So having put this off for a while (and I picked up a large supply of great papers that need it!) I happened across something this weekend that seems to solve my problem.

at my parent's house, working down in my dad's woodshop, I noticed a can of "spray starch" he uses to make his work shirts press flat and stiff. I looked at the ingredients list, and lo and behold- besides water and propellant, the main ingredient was none other than Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose.

I tested it out on paper- sprayed it with the stuff (called "Magic Sizing") and ironed it flat using a normal clothes iron (use a sheet of linen or other smooth thin cloth between your iron and the paper or you'll get starchy stuff all over the iron. yuck.)

it makes for VERY flat and smooth paper, but very springy and strong. it's a joy to fold. and there's really not much waiting for it to dry, as it takes about 3 minutes to really soak in, and then about 2 or 3 minutes to iron it flat and dry.

the best part? the stuff in the spray can cost about $1, and it's a big can!

or maybe the best part is the lovely laundry smell the paper has after you're done. (I'm looking for "fragrance free" spray, but haven't found any yet.)

I tested several different brands of "spray starch", and only the Magic Sizing brand specifically lists the methyl cellulose in the ingredients. the others probably have something similar, but it's just listed as "polymers" etc. they seem to work about the same, though, so I wouldn't worry about it too much if you can't find this particular brand.

I tested various levels of application (ranging from a light spray to a full soaking) but there's only so much MC the paper can absorb, so the supersoaking doesn't do much other than make your ironing work harder. Also, if the paper gets too wet, it becomes very difficult to eliminate wrinkles, etc.

Ironing larger sheets (1m squared) becomes tricky, but I'm working on a process for that. it's not really solved yet, though.

I'm working on better documentation for this whole process, so if it's interesting for you I'd suggest waiting until I'm finished.

you are also, of course, welcome to contact me any time, at origomi@mac.com.

Popcorn Twist Tessellation

2005-11-16T21:08:00.000-06:00

Popcorn Twist Tessellation
Originally uploaded by infinite-origami.

new-to-flickr origami tessellation folder infinite-origami is working on an interesting new tessellation he's calling a "popcorn twist".

it looks somewhat like the owesen puffy star thing, but is more like a tower with what looks to be a solid locking mechanism on the bottom giving it more structural integrity.

should be interesting to see how this folds out for him! pop over and take a look.

unnamed design in process, WIP, backlit

2005-11-16T15:39:00.000-06:00

unnamed design in process, WIP, backlit
Originally uploaded by Ori-gomi.

Fooling around with some of the same folding concepts behind the star twist v2.1. interestingly enough, doing the same process with a triangle base yields odd hexagonal shapes as one grows increasingly larger.

However, so far they are overly clumsy, and multiple attempts have not found a more desirable folding method. too much extra paper on the reverse so far. time to unfold and try a different attack.

Folded the original design out of unryu, which was much more compliant for such a layered concept- this sheet of standard kami is giving up the ghost.

look for a future photoset detailing a simple method of producing wonderful tessellation paper, soon!

Origami landscape : stars and clouds over the mountains, backlit

2005-11-14T12:24:00.000-06:00

Origami landscape : stars and clouds over the mountains, backlit
Originally uploaded by Melisande*.

Mélisande brings this amazing artwork to us on flickr, and shatters my mental picture of what is possible and expected from "origami tessellation" pieces.

Is it a tessellation? is it geometric art? is it both? is it neither? I don't know how to categorize this piece, as I have never seen anything similar to it before. As I mentioned in an initial brief comment on her photo page on Flickr, this is a very moving piece that is reminiscent of many schools of artistic thought and design, as well as different time periods of human history. It reminds me of both Modern design, and ancient paintings on the walls of forgotten civilizations. This is fascinating to me.

I can only hope to see more works like this from Mélisande, and draw inspiration from them.

Beautiful art refreshes and uplifts the soul.

star twist, version 2.1 - nice improvements.

2005-11-14T11:44:00.000-06:00

This is a piece that I have been working on for a while now- it's the latest version of my star twist tessellation. (it will fill the plane, eventually!)

It uses a logarithmic growth pattern to create a sequence of triangles that follow the fibonacci sequence in their growth, or at least as much as I can predict without folding further and further towards infinity.

here's the cut and pasted flickr description text:

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This is based on my original star twist, but is taken quite a bit further.

Have you ever started folding something, which was interesting and complex, only to later realize it was something you had folded before? And you just spent quite a bit of time finding another way to get there?

I realized after folding the star twist version 2 (found here) that it was really the same as my original star twist, but just folded differently to allow for the relatively complex folding sequence. When I started folding my first version back in the spring, I had not explored logarithmic folding or really much of anything yet. Now that I have a few months of research and exploration under my belt, I am able to better recognize what I'm doing. This is a positive thing, in my opinion.

Anyhow, this design uses a pattern based on a lot of triangles, which expand in a logarithmic progression. very pleasing to fold, if not a little bit complicated. Now that I have a few folded, it's time to disassemble one and build a crease pattern for it. Future attempts should be easier once I know what parts are not required for actual folding, as well as producing a cleaner overall design.

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star twist version 2.1, cute, backlit

2005-11-13T00:19:00.000-06:00

star twist version 2.1, cute, backlit
Originally uploaded by Ori-gomi.

This is based on my original star twist, but is taken quite a bit further.

Have you ever started folding something, which was interesting and complex, only to later realize it was something you had folded before? And you just spent quite a bit of time finding another way to get there?

I realized after folding the star twist version 2 (found here) that it was really the same as my original star twist, but just folded differently to allow for the relatively complex folding sequence. When I started folding my first version back in the spring, I had not explored logarithmic folding or really much of anything yet. Now that I have a few months of research and exploration under my belt, I am able to better recognize what I'm doing. This is a positive thing, in my opinion.

Anyhow, this design uses a pattern based on a lot of triangles, which expand in a logarithmic progression. very pleasing to fold, if not a little bit complicated. Now that I have a few folded, it's time to disassemble one and build a crease pattern for it. Future attempts should be easier once I know what parts are not required for actual folding, as well as producing a cleaner overall design.

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grabbed from the Flickr photo entry.

I uploaded quite a few pictures of this model, but I find it to be rather entertaining, and certainly quite pretty. I don't think these photos did the design justic- it looks best backlit by the sun, but sadly there was no sun to be had today!

tweaked some of the folding choices and came out with a better design. it's actually all a bunch of diamonds, getting progressively larger following a Fibonacci sequence. interesting numbers, for sure. even when I'm not trying to fold something using them, I keep finding them popping up.

Two-sided sequential hex star (star twist, version 2)

2005-11-10T09:36:00.000-06:00

Two-sided sequential hex star (star twist, version 2)
Originally uploaded by Ori-gomi.

This design is a (logarithmically?) growing shape, which gets increasingly larger each time you change sides of the paper. My intention is to find a method of folding this all on one side, but for the time being this is where we are at.

it uses the normal 60 degree precreased grid for one side of the star, and the other side is based on a 60 degree grid that is offset by 30 degrees. This means that the stars are offset to each other, and don't match up in any way, other than some odd geometry which I don't quite understand yet.

Like other models (like the Fujimoto Lotus or Hydrangea) this item can be folded infinitely larger, as it keeps expanding to larger and larger sizes. I think, in fact, that it will grow using a logarithmic scale (I guess it must to do this) but I don't know the details on what number it will be. I have ideas, but I'd rather keep folding and see how it turns out first; although I think it follows the Fibonacci sequence (my personal favorite.)

however, it's rather neat how the sides go back and forth; this would be a great model folded with some tissue foil- when it's not pressed flat it looks like a flower blossom.

I've been told this looks like my star twist, which is very true. I think this is that design but without all the bungling of extra paper. maybe I should call it star twist v2?

this is a work in progress, but I thought I'd share this interesting item with you. I hope to release an updated version soon. As always, your comments are very welcome.

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(description lifted word-for-word from my flickr post.)

Origami display in Barcelona

2005-11-10T07:16:00.000-06:00

Origami bar_yellow
Originally uploaded by mourazul.

an update on this- it's an origami display in Barcelona, Spain.

the info from mourazul on flickr:

"It's in Barcelona, at the end of the "Ramblas".

Just ask for the "wax museum", and you'll find it!"

wait, how is this origami-related?

2005-11-09T07:40:00.000-06:00

20041218 Flower, Sesriem Canyon, Namibia 001
Originally uploaded by gakout.

Flowers (and many if not most things in nature) can be found to have geometric properties that are aligned with the number Φ (Phi). It's one of those numbers, like Pi, that are endless non-repeating numbers; Phi is, approximately, 1.618034. it really goes on endlessly, though.

The geometry of the pentagon and all related shapes that use the same angles tend to have a natural affinity for both Phi and phi (lowercase) which is equivalent to 1 over Phi, or 1/Φ. this, oddly enough, is equal to Phi-1, or 0.618034.

This is also the number that makes up the "golden ratio", long known and used for it's great geometrical qualities.

you can find out more information here, or just do a google search for Phi and the golden ratio.

Here's a good entry on Phi in plants.

This photo really represents this concept quite well, and it's something that is so simple for nature but yet so difficult to try and recreate!

I feel there is a lot of undiscovered folding territory in Phi, and I hope to explore this as time goes on.

Triangle Thing Tessellation

2005-11-08T22:10:00.000-06:00

Triangle Thing Tessellation
Originally uploaded by infinite-origami.

New flickr foldr infinite-origami has a great hexagonal/triangular tessellation going here. please check it out!

puffy star tessellation via Jane

2005-11-08T13:49:00.000-06:00

Estrelas 3D
Originally uploaded by mawelucky.

Jane (mawelucky on flickr) folded this great star tessellation, based on Mélisande's instructional crease pattern.

this makes three people I know who can fold this! I find it to be too difficult, and I get overly tempted to squash the stars flat. Of course, they look best when nicely folded into 3d shapes.

if you like this model, check out this version of it, folded by Mélisande:

64 Rose Crystallization

2005-11-08T13:44:00.000-06:00

64 Rose Crystallization
Originally uploaded by gila o.

Gila has a wonderful kawasaki-style twist tessellation, which to my colorblind eyes looks like it's glowing in the dark.

She says it's what got her started in origami! I'm glad she got into folding, as her work is very interesting and unique.

Origami display

2005-11-08T13:42:00.000-06:00

Origami bar_orange
Originally uploaded by mourazul.

Check out this photo, and the others next to it in mourazul's photostream. not sure where it is, or really any other details- but it's a great concept! hopefully I can find out more...

Luminex self-lighting fabric

2005-11-07T11:43:00.000-06:00

This stuff would make some amazing material for a fabric tessellation. I'm looking to buy a tablecloth of it, and see what I can make happen.

Great work by Mélisande

2005-11-07T10:22:00.000-06:00

Mélisande just uploaded a pile of new tessellation photos, including this beautiful star-spoke-hexagon thing (not sure what she calls it, but no doubt it's better than my bad description). I'm really liking this one, it has a nice depth to it, and some surprising light characteristics which are very appealing. You can see it larger by clicking the photo, or following this link.

This design is great- a wonderful and efficient use of pleats and paper to create a complex design without excess paper waste. I think it's really an interesting design, and very graceful; I'm hoping to fold it myself today!

again, click the photo for a better view, or follow this link instead.

Thanks again, Mélisande!

Google Print shows me an interesting book!

2005-11-03T14:47:00.000-06:00

Doing a google print search for "origami tessellations" gives me this book:

Hinged Dissections: Swinging and Twisting, by Greg N. Frederickson of Purdue University in Indiana.

I can honestly say I would never have found this book if it was not indexed in Google Print. that seems like a huge plus for them, especially since this is exactly the sort of "long tail" money making scheme that google print helps out. (especially at $40 for this book!)

here's a snippet from the Cambridge Press description page:

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If you enjoy beautiful geometry and relish the challenge and excitement of something new, the mathematical art of hinged dissections is for you. Using this book, you can explore ways to create hinged collections of pieces that swing together to form a figure. Swing them another way and then, like magic, they form another figure! The profuse illustrations and lively text will show you how to find a wealth of hinged dissections for all kinds of polygons, stars and crosses, curved and even three-dimensional figures. For an added challenge, you can try using different kinds of hinges for twisting and flipping pieces. The author includes careful explanation of ingenious new techniques, as well as puzzles and solutions for readers of all mathematical levels. If you remember any high school geometry, you are already on your way. These novel and original dissections will be a gold mine for math puzzle enthusiasts, for math educators in search of enrichment topics, and for anyone who loves to see beautiful objects in motion.

• First book ever on hinged dissections

• Beautifully illustrated with over 500 diagrams

• Includes careful explanation of techniques, as well as puzzles and solutions for readers

offset hex twist (p6m) sketch

2005-10-29T23:14:00.000-05:00

offset hex twist (p6m) sketch
Originally uploaded by Ori-gomi.

I've folded this design already, and I thought I'd try to diagram it since it looks quite interesting. I'm not sure how one really diagrams or documents the folding process for this sort of thing; while it's relatively easy, it's also repetitive and time consuming, so it's difficult to know quite how to approach it.

anyway, this was my starting point. included below is the flickr commentary.

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started working today on a diagram set for a relatively complicated 3.4.6.4 (p6m) tessellation; it's an interesting thing to fold, although rather time consuming. I have a folded model that is awaiting some time to be photographed properly.

the most interesting part of this design, to me, is the fact that while the top side displays very obvious characteristics of the 3.4.6.4 (p6m) tiling design, the flip side of it is the dual fold of this same tiling, exactly! it is pretty neat to see that take shape in one folded pattern.

the top side info is seen here at wikipedia:

Small Rhombitrihexagonal tiling

the dual is seen here:

Deltoidal trihexagonal tiling

interesting stuff, at least for me!

log hex star sketch

2005-10-29T23:12:00.000-05:00

log hex star sketch
Originally uploaded by Ori-gomi.

some ideas that I'm working on; here's the flickr post in it's entirety.
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playing around with some ideas, and this is one of them... I think I can put together a hexagonal tower of triangles, based on some logarithmic scaling (which shouldn't even require measuring or anything else to accomplish!)

I'm thinking it might turn out like one of those "flower towers" I have heard of but never seen; who knows? regardless, if it's something I figure out on my own, then I'm claiming it as my own...

(that assumes I get around to folding it, though!)

if I can get it to pull together, it might be a nice part of a larger tessellated pattern.

duo gunmen (Brian Chan lays the smack down)

2005-10-28T07:44:00.000-05:00

duo gunmen
Originally uploaded by Chosetec.

Brian Chan on flickr has recently folded up these two very impressive origami models of some characters from the Trigun anime.

the one on the right, with the giant sword and animerealistic hair/hands/feet is just amazing to me! wonderful stuff.

Kodak creates self-lighting backlit paper!

2005-10-26T11:49:00.000-05:00

Backlit prints

Imagine wallpaper that switches on to brighten the room, or floor tiles that glow underfoot, or even a photo album with pictures that glow on demand.

Kodak researchers in Rochester, New York, US, have been doing a lot more than imagining. Recently filed patents reveal how photographic prints, or inkjet printing paper, can be made to self-illuminate.

Kodak's new paper has a backing sheet made from a three-layer sandwich. A thin metallic sheet is coated with a smooth layer of white-light phosphor, similar to that used in a black and white TV tube, and the phosphor layer is topped with a transparent metal film.

The backing sandwich is then either coated with the silver halide chemicals used to make conventional photo prints, or the dye absorbing layers used for inkjet printing paper. Polymer glues hold the layers together, add strength and seal against atmospheric damp.

When electrical current flows from one metal layer, through the phosphor powder, to the other metal layer, a glow is produced. This provides a uniform backlighting for the images printed over the top.

The effect requires about 100 volts at several hundred hertz but very low current – similar to a pocket LCD screen. A transparent polymer coating acts as an insulator to protect against any tingle if touched.

Kodak has made the backlit paper thin enough to pass through a conventional printer and flexible enough to fit in a photo album.

Get full details of what Kodak is hatching, here. (Warning! link to patent application, and lots of potentially disinteresting engineering material)

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Pulled from NewScientist.com

non-origami, but interesting!

2005-10-24T08:15:00.000-05:00

So, lately I came across an interesting guy on flickr- NRG78. he's quite a jack of all trades, and does lots of interesting stuff.

he has an interesting blog, at: http://nrg78.com/ipw-web/b2/. worth checking out. lots of varied interests, and definitely is "with it" when it comes to the newly expanding digital world, etc.

mawelucky folds a p6 tessellation! great!

2005-10-22T19:12:00.000-05:00

p6
Originally uploaded by mawelucky.

super origami tessellation folder Mawelucky folded this great p6 tessellation! good stuff.

logarithmic diamond bowl, bottom

2005-10-12T14:00:00.000-05:00

logarithmic diamond bowl, bottom
Originally uploaded by Origomi.

I've been working on this little piece for a while now. just took photos today, though! it's a circle that has been folded using a logarithmic scaling for pleats that extend from the center of the circle.

it makes a rather neat bowl shape, that goes from completely folded up (like a little seed, almost) to a shape that is almost completely flat, like a satellite dish or a (rather pleated) plate.

it holds in a great bowl position, though. very nice.

excessively complex test fold, reverse, backlit

2005-10-11T08:11:00.000-05:00

excessively complex test fold, reverse, backlit
Originally uploaded by Origomi.

I'm not showing the front of this as I could not figure out a satisfactory flat-fold collapse for the rather large amount of paper that gathered in the center. I ended up with an insanely thick blob of paper that looks something like a hexagon, which you can tell here by the dark shadow.

it did turn out in an interesting fashion, in terms of what was being attempted, and might lead to some interesting future designs on larger paper than this. as it was, the pattern barely fit on very 15cm x 15cm paper that was folded to 5 iterations deep (which is tiny little creases!)

Flickr in leaves

2005-10-10T09:47:00.000-05:00

leaves flickr
Originally uploaded by alida saxon.

totally non-origami post, but a great photo by my friend Alida Saxon which is worth seeing.

she was also the kind person who gave me a flickr pro account!

her series of photos on sumac leaves, just posted, is certainly worth checking out.

Tesselation hexagonal

2005-10-06T17:25:00.000-05:00

Tesselation hexagonal
Originally uploaded by mawelucky.

a new tessellation folder on flickr! rejoice, rejoice!

ignore this, just some feed registration stuff

2005-10-06T09:47:00.000-05:00

No Need to Click Here - I'm just claiming my feed at Feedster

Fredrik Owesen is alive! --- Stacked-Triangles

2005-10-04T13:21:00.000-05:00

Stacked-Triangles
Originally uploaded by Owesen.

This great new fold posted to flickr by Fredrik Owesen. twisty, spirally, somewhat 3d, and very, very cool. now I have to try to reverse engineer it!

He's got a small pile of new photos posted on flickr, so make sure to pop over and check out his photostream. it's good stuff.

funky rhombic-looking tessellation from Melisande

2005-10-02T15:02:00.000-05:00

Browsing through Melisande's photos again today, I saw these (which looked new to me!)

Very nice! it's somewhat like her fabulous sampan tessellation, but in an interesting rectangular grid. great work!

my first hate spam!

2005-10-02T13:49:00.000-05:00

Un-named star fold, closeup
Originally uploaded by Origomi.

wow, I got my first nasty comment today! it's actually pretty funny. I'm not sure what their objective was, but it made me laugh- so I guess it's all good!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/origomi/33174492/

Aztec Twist, tessellated, reverse, backlit

2005-09-29T10:23:00.000-05:00

Aztec Twist, tessellated, reverse, backlit
Originally uploaded by Origomi.

the reverse of this fold.

did I mention I'm really happy with how this turned out?

I took a zillion photos but none of them really make it look right.

looking forward to building a lightbox and everything so I can capture these things properly!

Angry Sun God! (Aztec Twist, tessellated, backlit)

2005-09-27T15:27:00.000-05:00

Angry Sun God! (Aztec Twist, tessellated, backlit)
Originally uploaded by Origomi.

One of the most complicated things I have ever folded. I promised myself several months ago I would sit down and fold this (after completing the first step, which I diagrammed as a Simple Aztec Twist). Folding instructions for the first step are available online at my website (www.origamitessellations.com).

I used orange kami for this, mostly because it was the right size and it was available when I started folding. If I ever fold another one of these, I will use something with more translucence and definitely more structural strength. Every tip of the paper in this fold is frayed due to the many, many times it was folded and unfolded.

I hope you enjoy this model, as I certainly was pleased with how it turned out. I hope to capture some better photos once I build a lightbox, but for now I think this will work.

This origami model also shows the directions I've been taking lately, moving towards more layered and complex tessellation work- I think I've got the basics down pretty well, and now I'm doing things that combine models together. This is really just a combination of two relatively simple tessellations:

this one:

and this one:
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These have been combined together to make a much more interesting model. I look forward to taking this grafting technique further, and creating more complex and hopefully interesting models!

Hexagonal Flower Twist, backlit

2005-09-23T10:53:00.000-05:00

Hexagonal Flower Twist, backlit
Originally uploaded by Origomi.

Working on a strange, 3d hexagonal twist thing. it's really an interesting fold, in how it all lines up even though it's not a flat-fold object.

plus, I think it looks pretty, which never hurts!

-Eric

offset star, backlit

2005-09-19T15:42:00.000-05:00

offset star, backlit
Originally uploaded by Origomi.

dragged out an old idea and fiddled some more. looking for some new directions to take what I would laughingly call my "traditional" works.

More great tessellations from Melisande

2005-09-17T15:17:00.000-05:00

Melisande created some amazing new tessellations! Although I'm still very partial to Owesen's stars, which she has here folded beautifully and backlit.

here are some more of her great works:

New Photo Gallery!

2005-09-16T15:43:00.000-05:00

I installed the latest version of Gallery (2.0, right now) from Menalto. it's a very nice open source gallery software.

I'm currently filling it in with photos, and I'm excited about the ability to keep it up to date- no more lagging horribly behind my Flickr photostream.

my new gallery is located here!

-Eric

Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park

2005-09-13T11:05:00.000-05:00

Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park
Originally uploaded by Origomi.

this really isn't origami, but it's really neat software. it's called Autostitch, and it's free (for now). it AUTOMATICALLY generates panoramas from a set of panoramic shots. this is HUGE! no work! and the output is amazing.

go give it a try! it's fun!

logarithmic patterns, and rediscovering the wheel.

2005-09-08T09:04:00.000-05:00

I had an email this morning from Melisande, asking about whether the logarithmic patterns required a computer or if they could be done by hand. now, I've done them by hand, but I also used the PC to make it easier.

after looking at some of my old work files, I realized I have already folded perfectly logarithmic shapes with octagonal symmetry. ugh! I already knew how to do it! very frustrating.

the processes for the more complex stuff are still things worth learning, so it's OK, but I'm happy/frustrated to learn that I've solved some of this problem already.

-Eric

logarithmic diamonds

2005-09-07T14:52:00.002-05:00

logarithmic diamonds
Originally uploaded by Origomi.

one of a series of experiments into logarithmic folding sequences.

this one folds up into a diamond shape, which I enjoy.

logarithmic tower

2005-09-07T14:52:00.001-05:00

logarithmic tower
Originally uploaded by Origomi.

one of a series of experiments into logarithmic folding sequences.

logarithmic tower, reverse, backlit

2005-09-07T14:52:00.000-05:00

logarithmic tower, reverse, backlit
Originally uploaded by Origomi.

one of a series of experiments into logarithmic folding sequences.

Dodecagon star shape

2005-09-02T14:18:00.000-05:00

Dodecagon star shape
Originally uploaded by Origomi.

This is an internal shot of the fold structure of the 12 sided star shape crease.

these shapes are promising, but I haven't quite figured on a methodology to fully develop them yet. ideas are welcome!

Dodecagon star shape

2005-09-02T14:17:00.000-05:00

Dodecagon star shape
Originally uploaded by Origomi.

12 sided star shaped fold. quite a lot of work! an interesting fold structure. I think 12 sides is probably a practical limit without using much larger paper; this 6x6inch piece of kami was really pushing the structural ability of the paper itself.

Octagonal star shape

2005-09-02T14:16:00.000-05:00

Octagonal star shape
Originally uploaded by Origomi.

I was fiddling around with n-gon shaped star patterns, and came up with this. not sure where to take it, but it's an easily reproducible starting shape that has full octagonal symmetry. and it looks neat!

Flickr Mosaic tool!

2005-09-02T14:13:00.000-05:00

Flickr Mosaic
Originally uploaded by Origomi.

I was playing with the flickr Mosaic tool, over at flagrantdisregard. see the link on the flickr post.

it's a great way to take your flickr photos and make a neat mosaic out of them!

Melisande brightens the day with a pile of new tessellations!

2005-08-26T07:32:00.000-05:00

I was overjoyed this morning to receive an email from Melisande sharing a bunch of new tessellations she has done. I really like the model (last photo) that has tiny little sampans folded from extra edge flaps! it's just wonderful. I'm motivated to try some of that myself now!

the two whole new pages! are here:

http://origami-art.org/gallery/Tessellations?page=4

http://origami-art.org/gallery/Tessellations?page=5

here are some thumbnails:

Un-named star fold, closeup

2005-08-11T11:31:00.000-05:00

Un-named star fold, closeup
Originally uploaded by Origomi.

a flat-crease star model I've been playing around with; I like this closeup shot. it's interesting to me, anyway!

Triangular Waterbomb Tessellation

2005-08-06T14:01:00.000-05:00

Triangular Waterbomb Tessellation
Originally uploaded by gila o.

Gila folded this up- it's a great triangular tessellation. She'd been folding the square waterbomb tessellation earlier, and I guess this was the next one for her to try out!

Simple Closed-Back Octagonal Twist

2005-08-05T00:08:00.000-05:00

diagrams are now available for this fold at:

www.origamitessellations.com/closed-back-octagonal-twist/

3r+6r

2005-08-04T05:47:00.000-05:00

3r+6r
Originally uploaded by ttaakkaa.

a new flickr friend has some very interesting tessellations folded from newspaper and fabric!

true p6 tiling (orbifold notation: 632) backlit

2005-08-01T10:55:00.000-05:00

true p6 tiling (orbifold notation: 632) backlit
Originally uploaded by Origomi.

working on p6 tilings. neato.

Origami Tessellations on the Origami Forum

2005-07-31T01:14:00.000-05:00

I posted a little link on the Origami Forum, located here:

http://www.thekhans.me.uk/phpBB2 (there was a LOT more link there I trimmed out!)

I came across this web forum of origami people! including quite a few people I know, like Gila, John McKeever, Boaz Shuval, etc. (I suppose "know" is being used here in a very casual way!) I'm hoping that I can have some interesting conversations on there. I hope I can wrangle Owesen to sign up if he ever shows up again around these parts.

Tessellations: all of them.

2005-07-30T12:23:00.000-05:00

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallpaper_group this covers every regular and semiregular tessellation that we can fold, I think. or all the possible orientations. I haven't thought through all the ramifications of this, but I'm pretty sure that anything that we can fold fits one of these models. things get a little more complicated topologically since the paper isn't really "flat", and there's more dimensions to the folding, but that's rather beyond me.

Tessellation World of Makoto Nakamura

2005-07-30T11:45:00.000-05:00

I found this through my technorati RSS feed for "tessellations"; it's "Makoto Nakamura's Tessellation World". it has some really neat animated tessellation scenes, and some rather unique ideas. definitely worth a look. it's all in Flash, so be forwarned if you are flash-free.

Great new triangular tessellation from Christiane

2005-07-27T14:09:00.000-05:00

Christiane has a really slick new triangular tessellation online, as well as some great star models based on one of owesen's puffy star shapes. check it out!

simple escher-style fish tessellation, v. 2 (backlit)

2005-07-25T14:52:00.000-05:00

simple escher-style fish tessellation, v. 2 (backlit)
Originally uploaded by Origomi.

decided to try an escher-style tessellation again after some discussion on the Origami mailing list. this is, obviously, a rather simple model, but something more complex would take more time than I have right now.

this model tessellates across the plane, although it requires two differently sized triangles to fill in some gaps. you can see the tiling pattern here.

I know they don't really look all that much like fish (more like goldfish crackers, if you're from the US) but it's what came to mind. I came up with some more complex figures made up of larger groups of shapes; I'll try to give some of those a go at a later point in time.

All my diagrams that exist are available online at: www.origamitessellations.com. I only have 4 documents up there currently, but there are more in the works. If I come up with some better fish tessellations I'll make sure to diagram them!

folded curve

2005-07-25T14:51:00.000-05:00

folded curve
Originally uploaded by Origomi.

folding curves, made by the intersection of two radiating points in space.

octagonal star twist, work in progress

2005-07-25T14:50:00.000-05:00

octagonal star twist, work in progress
Originally uploaded by Origomi.

really ugly paper for an octagonal star twist. but this is what the first tier looks like...

Wild comb 7

2005-07-22T13:43:00.000-05:00

Wild comb 7
Originally uploaded by Max xx.

bees make some very excellent hexagons, too.

spiral circle

2005-07-22T09:56:00.000-05:00

spiral circle
Originally uploaded by Origomi.

trying to generate a proper set of spiral twists. the circles aren't correctly spaced here, I need something logarithmic and more "phi"-ish.

Phi is a cool number!

2005-07-22T08:18:00.000-05:00

some great original star/geometric origami artwork by Carmen Sprung. web page in german.

http://www.origamiseiten.de/o_home.html

triangular squash twist + triangular hexagon tessellation combined

2005-07-20T13:11:00.000-05:00

triangular squash twist + triangular hexagon tessellation combined
Originally uploaded by Origomi.

new funky thing in the works. more to come later.

pentagonal twist

2005-07-19T17:19:00.000-05:00

pentagonal twist
Originally uploaded by Origomi.

OK, so it's doable. this one isn't very pretty, though. definitely a work in progress!

I can't figure out how to collapse the star tips properly- all the angles involved are confusing and non-obvious to a certain extent. we'll see, I guess.

more tessellations from christiane bettens!

2005-07-19T09:36:00.000-05:00

Christiane Bettens has some more tessellation photos- a nice version of the spread hex fold. thanks for sharing it with us!

http://origami-art.org/gallery/Tessellations!

octagonal star twist draft crease pattern

2005-07-18T15:42:00.001-05:00

octagonal star twist draft crease pattern
Originally uploaded by Origomi.

very, very hacked together crease pattern. I'm pasting my notes from the entry here...

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this was a really poor chop job I did in illustrator so I had something to reference as I folded. I realize the lines don't match up at all, but I'm working off a hand-generated set of pre-creases anyway so this is really more of a visual guide than anything. it's a little trickier than the hexagonal star twist, although much of the thought process is the same. there's a lot more excess material due to the sharper angles involved so it's quite a bit more unwieldy. I'm glad I didn't jump straight to the dodecagon twist like I had originally been thinking!

Look for a formalized CP and document release of this model sometime... next week? not sure when, I guess whenever I get around to it :)

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el suyo era un trabajo realmente pobre de la tajada que hice en ilustrador así que tenía algo que referirme mientras que doblé. Realizo que las líneas no emparejan para arriba en todos, pero estoy trabajando de un sistema mano-generado de pre-pliegues de todos modos así que éste es realmente más de una guía visual que cualquier cosa él es una poco más difícil que la torcedura hexagonal de la estrella, aunque mucho del proceso del pensamiento es igual allí es material mucho más exceso debido a los ángulos más agudos implicó así que es absolutamente un pedacito más poco manejable. ¡Estoy alegre yo no salté derecho a la torcedura del dodecagon como había estado pensando originalmente!

¿Busque un CP formalizado y documente el lanzamiento de esta semana del modelo alguna vez... después? no seguro cuando, conjeturo siempre que le consiga alrededor.

Origami octagonal star twist, work in progress

2005-07-18T15:42:00.000-05:00

Origami octagonal star twist, work in progress
Originally uploaded by Origomi.

it's a dragon foot! or something!

.... no, it's actually the first 3 points of an octagonal star twist. this is practice paper, and it's just testing- I promise I'm normally more precise about this!

Iso-Area birdbase tessellation

2005-07-17T21:37:00.000-05:00

Folds
Originally uploaded by tomusan.

tomusan on Flickr posted this today- it's a really slick looking iso-area tessellation. I don't know much else about it, but it's really slick! it looks vaguely Correia-like.

more origami octagonal twist photos

2005-07-17T17:24:00.000-05:00

I uploaded a pile of photos of octagonal origami twists in various states of construction. nothing fancy, just a bunch of snaps that I was taking while playing around with some folds in case I "broke" something and had to go back to photos for reference.

they are located at a semi-permament (until I get a new gallery template) location: www.origamitessellations.com/gallery/origami-octagonal-twist/.

John McKeever folds the spread hexagon tessellation!

2005-07-17T12:59:00.000-05:00

Wow, I was browsing some of my favorite origami sites checking for updates and I saw this:

I was so pleased! John McKeever's tessellation and other origami work are just mind blowing, so needless to say I felt quite happy to see him fold one of my patterns. It pales in comparison to his other folds, though. check them out!

and in case you've stumbled across this from the big bad internet, here's a link to the instructions for the Spread Hexagon Tessellation at www.origamitessellations.com.

(sorry for the gratuitous plug there, but I figured more info is better than less info...)

New octagonal twist diagrams!

2005-07-15T08:27:00.000-05:00

open back octagonal twist, backlit
Originally uploaded by Origomi.

Diagrams for this simple octagonal twist are available online at: http://www.origamitessellations.com/octagon/.

it's a simple model, just sharing it for the fun of it more than anything. take a look!

great origami gallery by Danny Gomez

2005-07-12T07:19:00.000-05:00

Found via the OrigamiBrasil mailing list, here's a gallery of folds done by Danny Gomez. He's apparently quite the tattoo artist, as well, since this is on a subsection of his tattoo site.

http://dannytattoo.com/origami/

take a peek!

Elephant

2005-07-11T17:44:00.000-05:00

Elephant
Originally uploaded by Origomi.

My wife folded a nice model of an elephant at our origami minnesota meeting last sunday. very cute!

made using gold and silver flecked momogami.

open back octagonal twist, backlit

2005-07-08T17:18:00.000-05:00

open back octagonal twist, backlit
Originally uploaded by Origomi.

my second foray into octagons. a little better, although the folding method for all this takes a little getting used to. since an octagon is not a "pure" tessellat-able polygon (can't use it to fill the plane just by itself) all the creases don't necessarily line up to make things you might want to make.

that being said, it's really a lot like two sets of squares, rotated by 45 degrees with respect to each other. this gets a little confusing as the crease pattern can look a LOT like normal squares w/ 45 degree diagonals, but it's not- most of the creases never match up in any "proper" spots that you think they might. They do, however, do a lot of interesting things, which I'm going to have to take some time to explore.

One very interesting thing that I noticed is that the octagon repeats itself- growing outward in a linear fashion, each set of creases makes another larger octagon. This is interesting, of course, as it seems to lend itself to making "tower" shaped patterns ala Chris Palmer and his flower towers. I have no desire to reinvent the wheel, so I'm going to avoid that particular shape unless I come across it by accident.

so, the next step is to try to tessellate this... and oddly enough, I have sheets of vellum (translucent paper) in 30cm x 30cm size. I'm turning into a backlit tessellation freak. well, I'm not, I promise, but I'm sure Owesen would read this with much distaste. My wife bought the paper so I don't need an excuse here as to why I have it :)

an interesting pattern, this one, and probably something I can/should diagram. it's relatively easy, I think, but I'm going to have to knock down the number of prefolds first. most of the ones I made aren't necessary.

Anyone want this diagrammed?

2005-07-07T17:36:00.000-05:00

Octagonal Twist thingie
Originally uploaded by Origomi.

Anyone interested in having this model diagrammed? it's a simple, single octagonal twist, but it seems to be popular for reasons I don't understand.
If you're interested in having me diagram it, drop me a line and let me know:
origomi@mac.com

Octagonal Twist

2005-07-05T23:09:00.000-05:00

Octagonal Twist
Originally uploaded by Origomi.

I was playing around with octagonal twists, and came up with this little shape. it looked neat.

I tagged this as tessellations, which isn't exactly true; but it will become one for sure.

folding octagonal stuff is sort of a pain, but I'll have to figure it out... something new to know!

Tiled Hex Tessellation, folded by Danilo

2005-07-05T15:17:00.000-05:00

Tiled Hex Tessellation, folded by Danilo
Originally uploaded by Origomi.

Danilo sent me a bunch of photos of his attempt at the Tiled Hex Tessellation. They came out very, very well! He used some insanely thin tissue paper (or some sort of crepe-like thin stuff) to fold it. the texture is fabulous. very Snazzy!

Christiane Bettens folds some of my tessellations!

2005-07-05T07:24:00.000-05:00

I really dig it when people send me photos of some of my models they have folded- it's a great feeling. and there's nothing wrong with things that make you feel happy!

Here's a link to Christiane's photo gallery- take a minute to poke around some of the other great photo pages there too.

http://origami-art.org

Thanks, Christiane!

Origami and Minwax Wood Hardener

2005-07-02T11:23:00.000-05:00

So I read a great little blurb in Make Magazine that talked about using Minwax Wood Hardener to turn things like cardboard into a plastic-like substance. the minwax product is basically plastics suspended in a solvent which evaporates once it's penetrated the wood (or paper, cardboard, brushes, fabric, etc...) and leaves the plastics behind. more or less, anyway.

I finally picked up some and I tried it out this morning. I think it will work! The origami I was coating seemed to suck it up pretty easily. the chiyogami and heavier papers did much better than the really thin shiny stuff, but that's to be expected.

here's a handy tip- don't try to pour some into a styrofoam cup. big mistake! it starts bubbling and eats right through the styrofoam in a second. I'll post some photos of the whole process to my flickr account later- it's www.flickr.com/photos/origomi. I'm still waiting for the first layers to dry, after which we'll see how well it worked or not.

-Eric

Elha's origami blog! Русский оригами Блог!

2005-06-30T15:27:00.000-05:00

Yay! Russian origami bloggers!

http://www.livejournal.com/users/elha/!

Здравствуйте, мой Русский оригами друг!

Sorry that's all just so very wrong, but I have a hard time remembering the proper russian syntax...

-Эрик Джэрди

easy origami links, and blog template changeups...

2005-06-29T13:17:00.000-05:00

I really, really don't like blogs. web pages I like, but the whole "blog" concept with a gazillion useless tacky bits on the page annoys me.

So since my previous template was geting stranger and stranger in how it didn't work, I'm cheating and just pasting in someone else's nicely pre-made template. my bad. I don't think the 2 people who even look at this site care that much :)

Seriously though, a lot of you keep coming here because you're doing google searches for "origomi" instead of "origami". I'd suggest the following links:

www.origami.com
www.paperfolding.com
money origami
Bob Nienhuis's money origami page
www.origami-usa.org
folds.net easy origami tutorials
www.oriland.com
Origami Underground (origami models for adults only)
British Origami Society
Marc Kirschenbaum's Origami Page
Monkey.org tells you how to make an origami crane
Meenakshi's huge page of modular origami diagrams
Sarah's (of megatokyo fame) origami site
wannalearn.com's links (many of the same sites, and several more for instructions

Hope that helps you get started down the road to some easy origami folding!

If you are looking for origami tessellations and more complex origami, take a look at the links in the righthand "links" column!

woven paper stone stool

2005-06-29T10:10:00.000-05:00

woven paper stone stool
Originally uploaded by R.bean.

R.Bean over at flickr has a bunch of photos from a south korean paper arts museum... quite a few of them are just mindbogglingly beautiful and creative.

this is a woven paper stool- amazingly attractive to me, and it gets my paper freak inner-self motivated.

She's got a whole bunch of really cool photos, so make sure you check them out!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rbean/!

Tiled Hexagon Tessellation v2.0 PDF Available!

2005-06-27T14:22:00.000-05:00

Tiled Hexagon Tessellation v2.0 PDF Available!
Originally uploaded by Origomi.

I have a new diagram, released today. It's for my tiled hexagon tessellation. This, and the two PDFs published before it, are licensed under a CC license. Yay for copyleft!

Eleven pages of diagrammy goodness, people. dig in and let me know if it works for you. I really like getting photos from people who've completed one of my folds!

Great origami resource link!

2005-06-16T08:08:00.000-05:00

http://www.linkagogo.com/go/Members/jpib/Origami.

Saw this in my referrer logs, and it's just chock full of origami linkage. over a hundred, at least. fascinating!

thoughts on regular polygon tilings

2005-06-16T08:01:00.000-05:00

So I've been doing a little thinking and exploring about regular and irregular polygon tiling. I'm working right now on some different models depicting the various methods of tiling regular polygons, which honestly is pretty easy to do- I've already done quite a few like this so it's not a challenge, really. I'm looking to have good examples of every type, and to fully depict the possibilities more than anything.

I've also been trying to fold tessellations made up of arbitrary angles. I really shouldn't call these tessellations, as they aren't, but maybe something closer to aperiodic or chaotic tilings. there's a LOT of math involved, most of which I don't understand anymore, so it's slow and irritating going. but I have found some interesting facts which prove and disprove some things for myself, so I figure that any increase in understanding is a good thing.

I'm taking the next week+ off from work, so hopefully I'll have a few quiet moments to sit back and think about some of these things and discover some new things (new to me, anyway. there's nothing new under the sun.)

-Eric

draft instructions for tiled hex tessellation

2005-06-15T15:45:00.000-05:00

tiled hex tessellation
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1st step: pre-crease paper to preferred level of crease width- I'd
suggest 4 iterations of folding, minimum. (that's 1/2, 1/4, 1/8,
1/16; 1/32 or higher will yield better results).

2nd step: identify "central" hexagon. it should have a two-pleat-
width radius from the center of the hexagon. This "central" hexagon
can be the exact center, or offset if that's what you prefer. actual
location is irrelevant to the final pattern, although symmetry is
usually a preferred result. see illustration.

What we are doing with this fold is creating a valley around every
hexagon shape, which results in a tight grid of hexagons across the
entire paper. we're folding the extra "valley" paper into the
triangular squash twist folds. see illustration.

3rd step: identify the two-pleat-wide "valley" that encircles your
central hexagon. This needs to be folded into a one-pleat-high
mountain fold all the way around; at the hexagonal vertex points, you
will need to fold it into a 3-way intersection. This also requires
that you fold the 3rd angle at the intersections into the same sort
of mountain fold- this should extend straight out from the vertex of
the hexagon. see illustration.

incomplete!

Ralf's Origamipage

2005-06-13T09:48:00.000-05:00

I found this link while digging around trying to find out what happened to Helena Verrill's site(s). it's for Ralf's Origamipage, at http://www.origami-online.de/index_de.html.

Take a look at his tessellations- some of them are very, very complicated pieces of work! quite stunning. I really like all his folding with triangular creasing, as I think that the triangle/hexagon combo is really the way to go for great tessellation patterns.

Spread Hex Tessellation With Squashed Triangles

2005-06-13T07:43:00.000-05:00

Spread Hex Tessellation With Squashed Triangles
Originally uploaded by gila o.

Gila O. over at flickr took the spread hex tessellation and did a squash twist on all the 3-way crease intersections. it looks great, in my opinion.

Gila is a one-woman tessellation folding machine!

new diagram in progress

2005-06-12T20:28:00.000-05:00

I have a set of diagrams that I came up with for my tiled hexagon tessellation, which makes up the background of this webpage. It's a fold that I always enjoy making, and it's relatively easy to fold as well.

I'm looking to have some folks go through it and let me know what's easy/hard/needs to be fixed/etc. I have a few very nice people who are already doing this for me, and I'd like to get some more feedback so I can try to make a better template to use for future models. If you're interested please drop me a line at origomi@mac.com and I'll send it to you. Thanks!

Gila O's 16 square twist

2005-06-12T12:44:00.000-05:00

16 SQUARE TWIST
Originally uploaded by gila o.

Gila folded this over at flickr- she posted 1, 4, 16, and 64 square twisted folds! very fun stuff to fold. And she was nice enough to post it to the Origami Tessellations Group (http://www.flickr.com/groups/origamitessellations/).

thanks for sharing it with us, Gila!

unnamed hexagonal twist tessellation

2005-06-09T08:46:00.000-05:00

unnamed hex origami tessellation, top
Originally uploaded by Origomi.

this is a rather interesting fold, which has a lot in common with some of the star twist tessellations I've done in the past. it's a little different and it gives me more paper to play with in terms of extra folds and pleat lengths.

I particularly like the central triangle twist. that made me happy.

John McKeever's origami tessellations

2005-06-07T15:25:00.000-05:00

Ravi Apte pointed me out to the origami tessellations of John McKeever. Some of his folds are rather fantastic, and I applaud his use of the Kawasaki Rose as a tessellation process. I just can't fold those to save my life; although I'm not really into flowers much anyway so I think it's OK.

I think my favorite photo of his is this one:

Spread Hexagon Tessellation PDF available!

2005-06-06T23:05:00.000-05:00

Spread Hexagon Tessellation PDF available!
Originally uploaded by Origomi.

I just uploaded a NEW diagram of my spread hex tessellation. 6 pages of fun! or something like that, anyway.

Take a peek and check it out if it seems like something that would be interesting to you. It's a much, much easier fold than the star twist I diagrammed first, and it's significantly better in terms of instructions, some drawings, etc.

Hope you like it!

sea creature

2005-06-06T08:16:00.000-05:00

sea creature
Originally uploaded by Origomi.

I'm posting this just so you can see I don't always fold tessellations!

... just most of the time :)

Origomi - Eric Gjerde's weblog on Origami & etc.

Last posting on origomi.blogspot.com - all content moving to http://www.origamitessellations.com

The origami tessellation artwork of Ralf Konrad

Pentagonal Compass Rose Box

Origami on TV!

Jane's impressive pleat collapse solution

Mélisande's Roma church floor nb 3, backlit

WIP triangle fold, redux (reverse)

treated unryu paper

Popcorn Twist Tessellation

unnamed design in process, WIP, backlit

Origami landscape : stars and clouds over the mountains, backlit

star twist, version 2.1 - nice improvements.

star twist version 2.1, cute, backlit

Two-sided sequential hex star (star twist, version 2)

Origami display in Barcelona

wait, how is this origami-related?

Triangle Thing Tessellation

puffy star tessellation via Jane

64 Rose Crystallization

Origami display

Luminex self-lighting fabric

Great work by Mélisande

Google Print shows me an interesting book!

offset hex twist (p6m) sketch

log hex star sketch

duo gunmen (Brian Chan lays the smack down)

Kodak creates self-lighting backlit paper!

non-origami, but interesting!

mawelucky folds a p6 tessellation! great!

logarithmic diamond bowl, bottom

excessively complex test fold, reverse, backlit

Flickr in leaves

Tesselation hexagonal

ignore this, just some feed registration stuff

Fredrik Owesen *is* alive! --- Stacked-Triangles

funky rhombic-looking tessellation from Melisande

my first hate spam!

Aztec Twist, tessellated, reverse, backlit

Angry Sun God! (Aztec Twist, tessellated, backlit)

Hexagonal Flower Twist, backlit

offset star, backlit

More great tessellations from Melisande

New Photo Gallery!

Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park

logarithmic patterns, and rediscovering the wheel.

logarithmic diamonds

logarithmic tower

logarithmic tower, reverse, backlit

Dodecagon star shape

Dodecagon star shape

Octagonal star shape

Flickr Mosaic tool!

Melisande brightens the day with a pile of new tessellations!

Un-named star fold, closeup

Triangular Waterbomb Tessellation

Simple Closed-Back Octagonal Twist

3r+6r

true p6 tiling (orbifold notation: 632) backlit

Origami Tessellations on the Origami Forum

Tessellations: all of them.

Tessellation World of Makoto Nakamura

Great new triangular tessellation from Christiane

simple escher-style fish tessellation, v. 2 (backlit)

folded curve

octagonal star twist, work in progress

Wild comb 7

spiral circle

triangular squash twist + triangular hexagon tessellation combined

pentagonal twist

more tessellations from christiane bettens!

octagonal star twist draft crease pattern

Origami octagonal star twist, work in progress

Iso-Area birdbase tessellation

more origami octagonal twist photos

John McKeever folds the spread hexagon tessellation!

New octagonal twist diagrams!

great origami gallery by Danny Gomez

Elephant

open back octagonal twist, backlit

Fredrik Owesen is alive! --- Stacked-Triangles