Origami Creations - Basic Flagstone Tessellation

Finally, I am proud to be able to fold  a "flagstone" tessellation.  The look is likened to a flat stone design on a flooring of different geometric shapes.  

Here is my fold:

Cool shapes

This is called a "basic flagstone molecule" and created by the famous American origamist Joel Cooper.  A tutorial is provided by Robin Scholz here.

I made my fold on a 16 x 16 grid only ... I plan to get me good paper and make the 32 x 32 grid soon.

A great week to all!

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Origami Creations - Dreamy Tessellation Land

I am back making one of my true love - origami tessellation.  Frankly, I do find making the grids quite boring and time consuming because it demands repetitive actions and accuracy.  Other than this, the choice of paper is also critical.  But, indeed, it is quite a rewarding effort to see your completed work.

All of these models are from Eric Gjerde's book - Origami Tessellations - Awe Inspiring Geometric Designs.  This is likened the bible of a book for this art form.

The classic 3.6.3.6 (front)

The classic 3.6.3.6 (back)

Chateau - Chinon

Tiled Hexagons

Enjoyed this pieces very much.  A friend liked my work too and suggest that I should frame them for display.  Surely that I will do!

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Origami Creations - World Origami Days 2014

I have supported the World Origami Days (WOD) celebration for 2014.  This is the time of year from October 24 to November 11 that we get to have the chance to spread the joy of paperfolding worldwide. 

For a brief of history ... October 24 is actually the birthday of Lillian Oppenheimer (1898-1192), founder of the first origami group in America.  She was also one of the founders of the British Origami Society and Origami USA.  While November 11 is Origami Day in Japan where the paper crane has become a symbol of peace.  Thus, it has been agreed to have the 2 1/2 weeks of celebration.

For this year, I have folded and posted the following in the WOD FB page of the Japan Origami Academic Society (JOAS).  A fun way to promote my origamist friends as well as my favorite origami models.

Enjoy!

Following two (2) folds I have prepared but missed to post before the deadline.  I loved them too so I am posting it here.

Have a nice day!

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Origami Fold - Shuzo Fujimoto Diamond Escher Tessellation

It's been a long while since I've done some origami tessellation.  For more info on this technique, check out my previous blog here on the famous Hydrangea designed by Shuzo Fujimoto.

So, I finally decided to do another Fujimoto model.  This is the cool Escher piece - a series of overlapping diamonds.

Front View

Back View

At first, I was thinking of stopping here but when I saw Tess Master John Mckeever's level-up variation called the 4 Diamond-a-side Fujimoto Escher style step, I decided to move on.  

John is so kind enough to share the CP (crease pattern) and some instructions here.

Cool Stuff, huh?

The collapsing of the model after making all the creases was tough.  Frankly, it took me a whole day with a lot of breaks in-between to complete the project.  Fortunately, the process was an interesting ride as I accidentally made beautiful slip ups' which yielded wonderful results.

4 sunken corner diamonds 

Floral center piece

Really quite exhausting work but super well worth the effort!

Have a wonderful week!

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More info:

John McKeever's Flickr Page

Origami Creations - Origami and Tess Combo: Tessellated Owl

I have wrote about my Hydrangea tessellation work and have decided to do other models to learn more  about this technique/skill.  Browsing through the web, I found an origamist who makes models using both origami and tessellation.  Her name is Ms. Beth Johnson.  A very talented and generous person as she freely shares her work and diagrams for others to enjoy.

Looking through her designs, I was attracted to her Hex Owl model and have decided to challenge myself to make one.  This is my finished piece:

Owl looking good perched on our Christmas wreath

As my tessellation experience is minimal, I honestly struggled to fold this model.  Nevertheless, completing it brings me and my family boundless joy and enthusiasm to do more.

It was a wonderful and productive weekend for me and I hope it will be for all of you too.

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Origami Creations - Multiple Mini Hydrangea Experience

As I wrote about my Hydrangea origami journey in the days that past, I came to realize that I do want to try and challenge myself and do the multiple hydrangea's - on one paper, no cutting, no gluing.

From planning to do two (2) pieces only, I ended up doing the five (5) pieces hydrangea.  On top of the challenge, I did the mini version (due to paper limitations).  And yes, with a much needed hair puller on one hand :o).

Here are the results of my artwork.  I included a Kinder white chocolate bar for you to have a good comparison of the size of my tessellations.  The kinder bar is 7.5 cm in length.

2 Flowers

4 Flowers (Right one looks nice for a photo frame)

5 Flowers (Nice curvature effect)

 Had great fun folding them most especially the part of compressing them on the initial fold.  One need to make sure that the valleys and mountains are correct or else ...

Have a great day!

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More Info:

Good references when doing these folds are here: