Recommend a Tessellation?

[fncll]

I'm pretty new to tessellations. I've enjoyed folding Fujimoto's Hydrangea and J. C. Nolans's "Andrea's Rose" -- what are some other models that are around that level of complexity you would recommend?

[Swapnil Das]

You can also try the Spread Hex Tesselation by Eric Gjerde. Here's the video by Jo Nakashima's link :

[GrossMichael]

Buy the book Origami Tesselations by Eric Gjerde. Sara Adams and Ilan Garibi also have videos of some tesselations on Youtube.

[fncll]

Thanks. I do own Gjerde's book. The spread-hexagons might be the way to go...I like the look of the tessellations that "stack" up to the center...

[ginshun]

I have the Eric Gjerde book also, but the only ones that I have actually done are the first two - Five and Four and Spread Hexagons, and the spread hexagons I did a simple version on a 16 division grid. Neither of them was all that tough, and were both good beginning projects for tessellations. I plan on going back and doing some more of them, when I get the change. Just bought VOG #2 though, and think I am getting Origami for Interpreters for Xmas, so it may be a while. LOL.

I honestly think that the "Spread Hexagons is one of the coolest ones in the whole book anyway. I will probably do a good version of it with larger, better paper before I do any of the rest. I have done a bunch of the individual intersections and twists, just individually, so I assume that some of the more complex ones wouldn't be too bad, but couldn't say for sure.

If you have ODS by Lang (which you should if you like origami) you could always try his Koi scales - there are two different versions in there. I have done sheets of both of them, but never done the whole actual Scaled Koi. there are also instructions available online on how to do the Ryujin scales, if you want to work towards Ryujin 3.5. A little out of my league, but maybe someday...