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Star Puff (Ralf Konrad)
11 February 2009 - 4:23am — Sara
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I was really intrigued by this model, because of its 3-d finish. Apart from having seen faces and such formed from tessellations, I had really associated tessellations with being essentially flat. Another surprise was that you first have to fold spread hexagons, and that model then very easily transforms into the star puff.
Paper: 19.5cm square of transparent paper
Model: 4.1cm x 12.2cm x 0.8cm
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what grid was this put on?
what grid was this put on?
A 32-division grid.
A 32-division grid.
-- Sara
just one more question:where
just one more question:where do you put the first triangle twist(for the center)
Check the instructional video
Try watching the video to see how to place the triangle twists: http://www.happyfolding.com/instructions-konrad-star_puff
-- Sara
please
Please make a video on this tessellation.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
Looking into it
I contacted Ralf Konrad recently, and am waiting for his reply. If he gives me permission, this might be one of the next models I'll make a video on.
-- Sara
hi
where do you get those paper?
British Origami Society
I bought this paper from the BOS store: http://supplies.britishorigami.info/index.php?main_page=product_info&pro...
-- Sara
must have taken a loooooot
must have taken a loooooot of patience...
...oops
A small little comment you missed Sara. Actually first you have to make the spread hexagon tessellation, then you squash down each hexagon point into a triangle(since three pleats meet at one point) and keep doing that until you get the pattern in your picture. Other than that, great job! I've made mine when I was riding a bus to a camp. I found the instructions on the origami forum.
link
hi would you mind posting a link of the instructions?
Instructions
I don't think there are online instructions to this model, but it's quite simple. Fold a triangle grid, then make 6 adjoining triangle twists. They will form a hexagon that is made up of 6 triangles. Then fold each triangle in half, thus exposing a hexagon on a single layer (i.e. no edges on top). You can then make that hexagon 3D by pushing in the sides, thus forming one star. Make as many stars as you like.
-- Sara