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Cory Doctorow
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Again a nice model today, called Hexagon Double Bar Wells. It has hexagon twists in one side and open triangle twists on the other side. I lacked a little bit of precision for the hexagon twists, as can be seen by the size of the dots inside them on the backlighting view... The close placement of these patterns created some tricky interactions. I can feel the difficulty ramp up already! 😅
5/25
The backlighting view: one can see seven pointy stars, one for each hexagon.
The reverse side: 12 triangles that correspond to the holes on the other side.
An origami tessellation with one hexagon in the centre and six around it. They are all linked by paper bands. In the middle of each three bands is a small triangular hole, corresponding to an open triangle twist on the other side.
Again a nice model today, called Hexagon Double Bar Wells. It has hexagon twists in one side and open triangle twists on the other side. I lacked a little bit of precision for the hexagon twists, as can be seen by the size of the dots inside them on the backlighting view... The close placement of these patterns created some tricky interactions. I can feel the difficulty ramp up already! 😅
5/25
The backlighting view: one can see seven pointy stars, one for each hexagon.
The reverse side: 12 triangles that correspond to the holes on the other side.
An origami tessellation with one hexagon in the centre and six around it. They are all linked by paper bands. In the middle of each three bands is a small triangular hole, corresponding to an open triangle twist on the other side.
I find this one very pretty and I am not sure if black was the best color for it... The range of twists still expands with this one, which uses a central double hexagon twist, six simple hexagon twists on the reverse side, and simple triangle twists on the front. I think the pattern works particularly well!
6/25
The backlighting view: the outside triangles delimit six rectangular zones which appear to surround the central hexagon.
An origami tessellation with black kraft paper. There are six small triangles surrounding a large central hexagon, and six more triangles further around.
Again a nice model today, called Hexagon Double Bar Wells. It has hexagon twists in one side and open triangle twists on the other side. I lacked a little bit of precision for the hexagon twists, as can be seen by the size of the dots inside them on the backlighting view... The close placement of these patterns created some tricky interactions. I can feel the difficulty ramp up already! 😅
5/25
The backlighting view: one can see seven pointy stars, one for each hexagon.
The reverse side: 12 triangles that correspond to the holes on the other side.
An origami tessellation with one hexagon in the centre and six around it. They are all linked by paper bands. In the middle of each three bands is a small triangular hole, corresponding to an open triangle twist on the other side.
Woo I really liked today's tessellation, called Wobbly Pyramids! It looks the same on both sides (it's actually mirrored). To achieve this, one has to fold twists on both sides of the paper: it was my first time doing that. It comes with a new kind of challenge: making sure that the paper that you need on one side is not stuck on the other side, and it requires a bit of planning. That was fun! And I really like the backlighting of this one :)
4/25
The backlighting which is very busy! Full of tiny lines and triangles
The reverse side, which is exactly the same as the front side, but mirrored.
A yellow origami tessellation. It has three groups of three triangles touching by their points.