Low_Intermediate tessellations?

[Sadarac]

I need some low intermediate tessellations to start with. Nothing too hard but not something that will bore me to death. THANKS!

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[Brimstone]

Check http://www.flickr.com/groups/origamites ... 191854496/ Not all of them are that simple but you can get your hands full with what's in there

[ahudson]

There are LOTS of tessellation CPs, type in "origami cp" on flickr and you'll get plenty of results, many of them tessellations. However, the tessellation community generally reverse-engineers work instead of using creasepatterns, so if you're looking for a particular model you might be out of luck. That being said, there's a lot of stuff out there, so don't get discouraged.

If you want traditional diagrams, here are the only ones I know of:

http://dev.origami.com/diagram_load.cfm ... andrea.pdf

http://www.flickr.com/photos/57038262@N00/398487776/

Also, Eric Gjerde has published a book on origami tessellations, if you've got some spare money. He diagrammed several models for the book, so check it out. It's available as a pre-order on Amazon, it should be in stores in a month or so.

Not to be mean, but you'll have more luck with google if you spell it correctly... it's "tessellations", not "tessilations"

[Sadarac]

Not to be mean, but you'll have more luck with google if you spell it correctly... it's "tessellations", not "tessilations"

LOL thats why i was never in the spelling bee.

thanks for all the help guys!:)

[Adam]

Sara Adams made a video about how to make a Hydrangea ( by Fujimoto ). It's an excellent tessellation, and it's not too hard. You might want to try that one out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y3EcpOSSRs

[Amazon]

Wow, that's great instructions. I'll definitely have to try that sometime.

[HankSimon]

How about Crowding Butterflies by Shuzo Fujimoto:

http://www.spitenet.com/origami/diagrams.shtml

Sara Adams Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUzSHFZFwKM #1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXc0veQG ... re=related


- Hank Simon

[Sara]

Heh, cool to see that my videos got mentioned for this.

I just received "Origami Tessellations" by Eric Gjerde, and it's a really amazing work. I haven't done much tessellations thus far, and I've found the advice given in the book to be really useful. And, yes, I admit, it made me go somewhat into a tessellation mania.

I got the book two days ago, and already folded four of the simple projects: Five and Four, Spread Hexagons, Star Puff, Water bomb

Once I have more practice I might make a video on some tessellation techniques. In any case, if you want to get started with tessellations, this book is the way to go.

-- Sara

[malachi]

...tessellations... not something that will bore me to death.

If boredom is a concern, tessellations are probably not the kind of origami you will enjoy. Almost all of them require extensive precreasing, usually of a square or triangular grid.

edit: meant to say "or" not "of".

[ahudson]

Hey! I'm doing my part to keep the square grids alive... While triangle grids might be a little more common, they're by no means the only option. I've been doing tessellations for almost two years now, and I didn't start using triangle grids until a couple weeks ago.

*Edit* but yeah, you're pretty much right. Although square grids are faster...

[Ondrej.Cibulka]

Crowding Butterflies by Shuzo Fujimoto are very beautiful, I love them for the first look. And video has very high quality, very professional.