A review of a well-designed guide to creating curved tessellations.
Learn 25 new tessellations during the month of December.
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How many solutions can you find to this fun origami puzzle?
How and why to fold tessellations, and help in getting started.
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.
A framework for creating new tessellations from a basic starting point. Crease patterns can be downloaded as a PDF booklet.
Learn about a series of free online classes to get you started with tessellations.
The journey of young origami enthusiasts to reach the pinnacle of an international science and technology event.
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A tessellation that results in a curved surface with varied levels of reflection.
A printable crease pattern and photo diagrams for the top along with directions for making a masu box bottom to fit.
This is the only diagrammed origami model that simulates a true mathematical fractal. It makes a pyramid shape with many branches. No one has yet successfully folded a version without cutting the paper; the version in the picture (folded by the author) was made by carefully cutting the crease pattern into several pieces, folding these using the recursive folding instructions, and then gluing them back together. The challenge of folding recursive diagrams as well as the dexterity involved to not destroy the paper easily put this model in the supercomplex category.
More a textbook than a typical book of diagrams, “Six Simple Twists” is a comprehensive guide for tessellation lovers.
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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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Diagrams for a beautiful fractal flower from a hexagon with color change. A very advance design for someone who has only been folding since 2013.
Kate Lukasheva offers a very interesting Q&A on pre-scoring machines.
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Diagrams for the Rose Quilt, by Usman Rosyidhi, from Indonesia.
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Here is Distorta2016 by Alessandro Beber.
For your enjoyment, here are photos from a small exhibition of Tomoko Fuse's art at the Tsunagu Gallery in Tokyo.
Here are some crease patterns for a number of Alessandro Beber's beautiful high intermediate creations.
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An exploration of a propeller tessellation formed from standard square twists.
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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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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.
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.
Tessellations have become increasingly popular in origami. But it's not always easy to get started. This article introduces some videos that can help you on the way.
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A summary of Bern & Hayes' proof that flat-foldability in origami is computationally hard!
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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.
This article gives a nice overview of the types of tessellations there are, and how to create one yourself.
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Pureland Origami is used as the starting point for a discussion about realism and convention vs. simplicity and clarity in diagramming style