Hydrangea

This "Hydrangea" model is a variation on Shuzo Fujimoto's iconic "Crowding Butterflies" tessellation. This modification and accompanying leaf design were created by Takenao Handa, and diagrams appear in NOA Magazine, Issue 573 (June 2023). One might argue the added dome effect makes the original Crowding Butterflies model look even more like an actual hydrangea, especially with the added leaves.

The collapse is perhaps the most challenging aspect of this tessellation, hence the complex difficulty rating. Otherwise the pre-creasing and subsequent folds post-collapse are relatively straightforward and not too difficult.

Flower is folded from a single square. Leaves are folded from a 1x2 rectangle. Paper for both will be provided in class. Note that the leaves do not actually attach to the flower, but just rest underneath the domed tessellation.