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Hey guys, I fold tessellations a lot, but I was wondering... how many other people fold them as well? A lot of the topics here are about representational models, but I know a lot of people like geometric origami too!

Do you like folding tessellations?

I don't really fold tesselations- I prefer folding objects.

none of the possible answeres fit for me. I like looking at tesselations but don't like folding them in general. that does not mean that I hate them, I just don't like the folding prociedure. tried it two times though.

I have folded several, but I don't make them a lot. Endless grid making, eww

none of the possible answeres fit for me. I like looking at tesselations but don't like folding them in general. that does not mean that I hate them, I just don't like the folding prociedure. tried it two times though.

Then just say that you folded several.

two tessellations are not "several" in my opinion. I didn't even finish the last one because I was bored beyond everything

I messed around with simple tessellations and geometric stuff in high school a lot, but I have tended much more toward representational origami in recent years.

I messed around with simple tessellations and geometric stuff in high school a lot, but I have tended much more toward representational origami in recent years.

Tesselations have always seemed to be super-complex to me- the Ryujin is part tesselation!!! I always see those cool tesselations by Chris Palmer and Eric Gjerde and I feel its so hard.

I've just received Eric Gjerde's book
I'm starting to fold tessellatons!

I never really tried to fold any tesselations because I the paper I have is definitely not suited for tesselations. The closest thing I have folded to a real tesselations is probably Lang's Western pond turtle (with the scales of the shell.) I'm sure they must be fun to fold, though.

I've folded a few tessellations (rose tessellation and spread squashed hexagonal twists), but my problem is not that I don't like them. It's that I don't fully understand the process of making them. And---for good reason--- there are few diagrams for many tessellations. I wish I could find a few more explanations online of the process of making them.

Ive never tried tesselations, except for ryujin scales and turte shell plates. Ive never had any desire to try them either, probably because I like my models to look like something recognizable. However, i do like looking at some of them.

Sunburst wrote:I never really tried to fold any tesselations because I the paper I have is definitely not suited for tesselations. The closest thing I have folded to a real tesselations is probably Lang's Western pond turtle (with the scales of the shell.) I'm sure they must be fun to fold, though.

Actually Sunburst, most tessellations can be folded quite well from printer paper. I still use printer paper for everything except exhibition pieces, when I'm folding tessellations. Tessellations are much more permissive than representational work in this respect-- really almost any paper will work for tessellations.

Printer paper, huh? I guess I could give it a go sometimes. Although the downside with this paper and tesselations must be the limited size... Is kraft paper any good for tesselations? I was thinking about using it, but I'm not sure if it will hold the creasses well as time passes.

Kraft paper should be pretty good for tesselations, as it holds creases well. I have seen a few tesselations folded out of Kraft, just that I haven't tried