A review of a well-designed guide to creating curved tessellations.
The Koch snowflake (a fractal figure) has finally been realized as recursive origami.
A new series of instructional videos to get you started with tessellations ... or to fold just for fun.
This is the first-ever published guide to fractal folding. If you find Ushio, give him John’s message.
Adding an extra head to the tradition crane with the help of TreeMaker software.
An origami version of a newly discovered solution to a longstanding geometric problem.
What are the properties of the blintz when folded from the square and other shapes?
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A tessellation that results in a curved surface with varied levels of reflection.
Deconstructing the Fortune Teller to make a decorative, functional pentagonal version.
If you like box pleating, crease patterns and cartoons, this model is for you.
A printable crease pattern and photo diagrams for the top along with directions for making a masu box bottom to fit.
An essay on the design possibilities of multiple blintzes.
The first installment of a series on the history of the blintz fold.
Clover Heart 4 is the fourth and final model in a series of Clover Hearts published in consecutive issues of The Fold. This one has the proportionately smallest clover.
Learn to fold Clover Heart 3, the third in a series of designs by Meenakshi Mukerji.
A crease pattern and notes for folding a delightful heart with a color-change clover. Designed by Meenakshi Mukerji, it's a confluence of the works of Shuzo Fujimoto and Francis Ow. The clover can be extended into Fujimoto's Hydrangea as well as most designs that start with a four-sink base or crossed box pleat.
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Diagrams/CP for a delightful triple heart with color change from a 2:1 rectangle of duo paper.
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A fun crease pattern that can repeat infinitely to the center folds an octagon into a geometric flower design, where the front and back of the paper look the same.
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Nicolas Terry offer members only an opportunity to fold Chien Tim in celebration of Lunar New Year of the Dog: a complex model for those of you seeking a challenge.
Kate Lukasheva offers a very interesting Q&A on pre-scoring machines.
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Here is Distorta2016 by Alessandro Beber.
Here are some crease patterns for a number of Alessandro Beber's beautiful high intermediate creations.
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This articles shows how to construct arbitrary square grids via folding alone, using Haga's First Theorem.
Here is a timely review of Jun Mitani's 3-D Origami by Ekaterina Lukasheva
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An exploration of a propeller tessellation formed from standard square twists.
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A crease pattern study of a young Alsatian girl designed by Nguyen Quang Do Lisa.
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This article explores several variations in a square twist crease pattern that may be achieved simply by varying the mountain/valley assignment of the same underlying crease pattern.
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This article tells the tale of the higher spheres of oranges and apples: How I got there, and how to make them.
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Building Block Units (BBU) are a new family of modular origami units, with over one hundred different interlocking module designs.
The first in a series on origami diagramming, this video focus on using Inkscape, a free vector drawing program, to draw origami crease patterns precisely.
A progressive crease pattern for a box-pleated house with latticed windows by Clifford Jones.
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The story of a process developed for folding rigid wood laminate, with crease patterns, images, and recipes.
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Two 3D tessellations: a brick wall and an octahedral-tetrahedral truss network.
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An essay about origami designer Seth Friedman's experiences involving reading and folding from Crease Patterns.
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Curved-crease origami can be designed by considering the properties of ruling lines, lines on the crease pattern that remain straight in the 3D folded form. This technique was developed by David Huffman, who identified conic section curves has being particularly suitable for curved-crease designs. Two examples using ellipses are given as crease patterns.
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Several variations on a hexagon-based, iso-area, geometric collapse method are shown. Some of these were taught at the 2013 OrigamiUSA Annual Convention in New York City.
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A crease pattern for a box-pleated dragonfly.
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This article aimed at novice folders examines the design and folding process for geometric bowl and vase models characterized by a series of curved pleats.
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This month's crease pattern folds a symmetric subject on an inherently unsymmetric base.
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A hex-pleated design for a long-legged katydid with some discussion of the design principles.
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A rotationally symmetric solid curved fold, folded from a regular hexagon.
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Part two in a series examining the mathematics behind the golden ratio in some geometric boxes.
The Zipper Tessellation is a good starting point for many variations, such as the Zipper Ring and Vase, presented here with crease patterns and some diagrams.
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Tubis and Sprung show that the same starting shapes used previously to create generalized masu boxes [Tubis and Pooley 2012] can be used to produce \(n\)-pointed 3D stars.
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Tubis and Pooley explore \(n\)-sided generalizations of the masu and one of its many decorative-lids. Detailed video instructions are provided at the Origami Player site.
Learn the story behind the Google Doodle for March 14, 2012, which honored Akira Yoshizawa, and fold your own Google logo.
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This wave model is fun to fold and has a lot of math in it!
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A pleated cone sliced by multiple planes creates this geometric model reminiscent of a breaking wave.
This paper presents a crease pattern for one-cut double happiness.
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Crease patterns and video for two modular tree units with variations.
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A rotationally symmetric geometric shape, folded from a hexagon, based on Jeannine Mosely's "Bud".
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Diagrams for a rose by Cheng Chit Leong, demonstrating the use of curved couplets in his designs.
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This article describes techniques for finding reference points for models with square root of two ratios which are commonly found in 22.5 degree designs.
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Diagrams for Robert Neale's classic dragon!
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The addition of curvature introduces some situations which conventional crease patterns are not good at dealing with. I present some ideas for incorporating surface curvature into crease patterns, and discuss why I chose these schematics.
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Crease pattern and design notes for a complex asymmetric waterdragon.
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With many tessellations, the obvious way to design the crease pattern doesn't necessarily result in a foldable pattern. By adding extra creases to the pattern, you can sometimes find an alternate way to the finished form, as you'll see in this geometric pattern.
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Crease pattern for Toshikazu Kawasaki's Dragon inspired by a statue in Barcelona. OrigamiUSA members have contributed diagrams and a video tutorial for this model as well.
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Finishing up the discussion about crease patterns, focusing on audience considerations and the use of crease patterns as a sequenced element.
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Explore hex pleating further with this long- and variable-length-legged spider design.
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The first in a series, analyzing crease patterns. In this article, we take a big picture look at a Werewolf designed by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53465278@N02/" target="blank">Jacob Rossman</a>.
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Making a crease pattern takes less time than drawing a full diagram, but because of the technical difficulty, most folders don't like working with them. Here's some ideas about how to make things easier without spending dozens of hours on a full diagram.
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This crease pattern introduces a new form of uniaxial base design, called <i>hex pleating</i> and describes how to use technique technique.
Course information for an MIT graduate course in Geometric Folding Algorithms.
A review of a book which pays tribute to the inspiring and unrivaled legacy of one of origami's greatest masters.
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Diagrams for a Giant Anteater by Quentin Trollip.
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Follow the design of this uniaxial box-pleated design from start to finished, fully assigned crease pattern. Then try your hand at folding it.
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Crease pattern, diagrams, and design notes for a convertible created for a car design challenge.