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SilverRazor · Post by **SilverRazor** » March 7th, 2009, 5:04 am

Awww, this is so cool! I think I'm gonna try tessellation too soon

Ben385 · Post by **Ben385** » March 7th, 2009, 9:02 am

I have just finished making 25 cubes ( no spacing) from a 32 grid.
My camera still doesn't work!

SilverRazor · Post by **SilverRazor** » March 7th, 2009, 2:04 pm

That's not fair, I wanna see it!

Can you draw it?

Ben385 · Post by **Ben385** » March 7th, 2009, 6:31 pm

Draw it? Well it's a bit like a grid, and a bit like a wave. It is very flexibul, and has a one square border all around it.

cedison · Post by **cedison** » March 8th, 2009, 3:29 am

Spiritofcat-Great that you have started tessellating. Reinventing the wheel is what you do more often than not, but you learn a lot in the process which will allow you to discover that which hasn't been done. I taught a tessellated box top and the unfinished version was that box. It goes back pretty far as a base step to more than a few regular origami pieces. I don't have a pic of what I taught, but here is an old sampler. However the box was collapsed like the corner. When students played with it Jeff R. did a great cube box.

If you're getting into tessellations the flickr tessellation group is also a great place to peruse.

Keep up the good work. I look forward to your next post.

spiritofcat · Post by **spiritofcat** » March 8th, 2009, 8:12 am

Two more CPs today:

16-unit version:

ted385's 25 unit, no spacing version:

I've just discovered that Flickr imposes a 1024 pixel height restriction on pictures.
Those two CPs were over 2000 pixels high when I output them from Inkscape but 1024 high is the largest size Flickr will display them at.
Doesn't matter though. They're still easy enough to view. No detail is lost.

Edit:
Also, a new tessellation. I call it Waffle Tessellation.

And from the other side:

I'll probably draw up the crease pattern soon.

Ben385 · Post by **Ben385** » March 8th, 2009, 9:08 am

Thankyou for doing that, spiritofcat. Great wafle tessellation!

SilverRazor · Post by **SilverRazor** » March 8th, 2009, 5:37 pm

Thanks for the trouble, I'm gonna try these out. Just have to set up teh printer >_>

Post by **origami_8** » March 8th, 2009, 6:00 pm

You don't need to print them. Just make the grid then fill in the missing creases. Begin with the simplest (one unit) and work your way up. Just try it.

spiritofcat · Post by **spiritofcat** » March 9th, 2009, 4:07 am

That's right.
As long as you just fold a grid of the size shown in the top left corner, you'll have all the horizontal and vertical creases, then you just need to add in the angled ones individually.
I agree you should definitely start with the single unit so that you can discover how it fits together and after that it's pretty easy to make the more complex versions.

Also, on a semi-related note, I've put together an animated gif to show how to view my 3D photos for anyone who is having trouble.
You can find it here, it may take a little while to load though since it's about 4MB. Sorry.

The written instructions are here:

- Put your finger up against the screen at the middle of the two images.

- Now keeping your eyes focused on your finger, slowly move it towards your face, away from the screen.

- You should notice that behind your finger the two images spit into four images, and as your continue to move your finger closer to you, the two middle images come together and end up overlapping.

- Once that happens you've found the correct focal point for the image.

- Move your finger down slowly so that it no longer covers any part of the image and hopefully your eyes will now show you the 3d image in all its glory.

Ben385 · Post by **Ben385** » March 9th, 2009, 7:54 am

We don't have a computer, so I have to use
My ipod to post. The screen is to small to use the 3d images!

SilverRazor · Post by **SilverRazor** » March 9th, 2009, 8:04 pm

Oh, I didn't notice the grid dimensions in top left corner

The waffles images... they're sort of like stereograms, I'm used to watch those. Looks nice and 3d ^_^

spiritofcat · Post by **spiritofcat** » March 10th, 2009, 6:59 am

SilverRazor wrote:The waffles images... they're sort of like stereograms, I'm used to watch those. Looks nice and 3d ^_^

They're not "sort of like stereograms", they ARE stereograms

Anyway, glad you can see them. I think stereograms are a really good way to display Origami because you can get a better idea of the shapes and depth than in a standard flat photo.

SilverRazor · Post by **SilverRazor** » March 10th, 2009, 8:23 am

Well, I was actually talking about autostereograms, when there is a 3d image embedded in what seems to be a noisy pattern

Terminology issues ^_^

spiritofcat · Post by **spiritofcat** » March 10th, 2009, 9:38 am

Yeah, autostereograms are like the poor cousin to stereo photos.
They're nice as novelties and puzzles, but stereo photos are so much better because they have greater detail and are in full colour.

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