Here's a crazy hard tessellation that I created. It really felt like I was flirting with the impossible to fold. When I drew it out on the paper, it looked so simple and innocent. It's… Read More

 Here's a trapezoid based tessellation that I don't believe I've done before. It's composed from just trapezoids and triangles. No twists. Just tucks. The trapezoid shape lends its… Read More

 This is a nifty little tessellation that starts with open back hex twists. There are some large natural triangles twisting off from it. When I connected the spaces between the triangle… Read More

 This tessellation is about as basic as they get. Straight up rhombuses. One flowing seamlessly into the next. It's simple, but I just love the pattern. When the paper is damp beca… Read More

 Here's an interesting tessellation pattern that I recently found. It looks like there are small triangle twists, but it's actually rhombuses that are partially folded over. When I… Read More

Searching for something simple, yet interesting, I came up with this pattern. The weather lately, has not been conducive to intricate designs. So I was hungry for something new and intr… Read More

 This tessellation is curious in that I conceived of what most folders would consider the backside when creating it. It wasn't until after I'd finished folding it that I noticed the oth… Read More

 Here's an interesting, almost linear flagstone tessellation that I created. It's almost both circular and linear at the same time.The shapes do rotate around hexes, but they also repea… Read More

 Conceiving of this tessellation I was remembering one by Arseniy K where he used the same central module. I added some blunted pyramids to the configuration to create a different patte… Read More

 This tessellation by gatheringfolds had me stumped. She alluded to a fold she referred to as a closed hexagon twist. This was not something with which I was familiar. This was not some… Read More

This is technically not a tessellation. The pattern doesn't repeat. I fiddled around a little bit with the possibility of it repeating on a larger grid, but didn't find a suitable solution… Read More

 This is an interesting little tessellation that I found. Essentially, it's a hex twist and then there are some more overlapping hexes around it. It's at that point that you can create… Read More

 Here's another interesting linear style tessellation created from rhombus twists.It consists of rhombuses twisted in horizontal rows. It's repeated vertically by tucking the resulting… Read More

Flagstone tessellations are one of my favorite variations on geometric origami designs. They are easy to solve, but difficult to fold. This particular design was conceived of by Madonna… Read More

 This tessellation is by Arseniy K. It's one of his more straightforward designs.  It's pretty cool still the same. Not a whole heck of a lot of solving on my part.It's a… Read More

 Some interesting things can be done using simple triangle twists as the main component. In this case, I create an open back hex twist and then add some simple wings to it. I then use t… Read More

This tessellation is one I solved by Arseniy K. He called it 'Hugs in the Rain'. I referred to it in my previous post where I used the same central point, but different spacing to create my… Read More

 This tessellation is based on the center of a Joel Cooper suncatcher design. My spacing is different though. I actually got the idea from an instagram post by Monika Hankova where… Read More

Last week I was having origami writer's block. I didn't have any good ideas of my own and I wasn't really clicking with solving anyone else's tessellations. So, I decided to just fold a… Read More

 This is a wonderfully simple design that really highlights the beauty of uncomplicated folds. It's trapezoids around open back hex twists. There are 1.5 triangle twists in the other ga… Read More

 Surprisingly, I didn't have much trouble solving this tessellation by Arseniy Koom. It just kind of made sense to me right away. Go figure. It uses an interesting right trian… Read More

This tessellation puzzled me for a while before I realized that what I thought would be hex twists were actually triangle collapses. Once I realized that, it was smooth sailing from there.&n… Read More

 The inspiration for this tessellation is from an idea I had a few years ago. The first time around, I came up with a much more loosely spaced design. I called it Rhombus Circus.&n… Read More

 Another wonderful design by one of the origami tessellation masters. This one had a very apparent structure. Had no trouble mapping it out on some grid paper. On the other hand, i… Read More

 This is a Joel Cooper tessellation called hex weave. I actually had the front photo for a while and fiddled with solving it, but got stuck and moved onto other things. Some time l… Read More