Submitted by Sara on 25 September 2009 - 10:35pm
Designer:
Folder:
Adams, Sara
Difficulty Level:
Simple
Model type:
Square Grid
Tessellations and Fractals
Paper ratio:
Square
Update: I was made aware of the fact that Ron Resch discovered this origami tessellation before Eric Gjerde. I have updated the list of designers on this page accordingly. I fear the credits in the video are harder to fix...
This might be the easiest model presented it the book "Origami Tessellations" by Eric Gjerde. It basically is a agglomeration of waterbomb bases, which leads to a visually pleasing result.
Comments
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 25 September 2009 - 11:46pm Permalink
grid divisions
hi sara how many grid divisions dose the one you made have the one with a bunch of squares?
Submitted by Sara on 25 September 2009 - 11:54pm Permalink
16 divisions
That's one with 16ths in the beginning.
-- Sara
Submitted by Linda (not verified) on 26 September 2009 - 12:37am Permalink
tesselation
Thanks so much for a wonderful tutorial!! I have finally successfully folded a tesselation. I have tried many times but have given up before anything came out of it. Thanks for the help!!
Linda
Submitted by Daniel (not verified) on 26 September 2009 - 6:10am Permalink
forum cp
I think an origami artist named Mark Leonard had posted a crease pattern on the origami forum. That was where I got the diagrams. Also, there is a slanted crease pattern. The normal crease pattern has the result of the squares aligning into a 22.5 degree grid. The slanted crease pattern has the result of the squares lining up into a 90 degree grid.
Submitted by Hans Dybkjær (not verified) on 26 September 2009 - 8:19am Permalink
Great video
Another great video. I really appreciate that I can start the video, find a piece of paper, begin to follow along in a steady pace not trying to rush things, and 17 minutes later I have finished a nice-looking tesselation while listening to your final insight comments.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 26 September 2009 - 1:43pm Permalink
:(
unable to view the complete video even after repeated tries.
Submitted by niv16 (not verified) on 28 September 2009 - 4:47pm Permalink
Size
What was the size of paper you used to make that brown waterbomb tessellation?
Submitted by Sara on 28 September 2009 - 8:43pm Permalink
19.5cm square
I used a 19.5cm square of relatively heavy paper (115gsm). I think you should easily be able to fold it from a 15cm square, too, though.
-- Sara
Submitted by doctorbeans (not verified) on 29 September 2009 - 4:36am Permalink
tessellation
Thank you again Sara for the video :)
You can find my finished model on my blog: http://www.almightyb...
---- doctorbeans ----
Submitted by Sara on 29 September 2009 - 1:26pm Permalink
Looking good
Those look great! And you went a bit crazy with doing grids with more divisions, didn't you? ;)
-- Sara
Submitted by doctorbeans (not verified) on 30 September 2009 - 5:51am Permalink
crazy yeah!
Hahaha yeah ^_^ and I almost didn't finish :) I used really thick card paper, such a pain to fold ^_^ But I finished anyway... it honestly doesn't look as good when you see it in person (good thing you're way over there and I'm over here hehehe) thanks again for the video. Have you thought about what video to do next?
Submitted by Sara on 30 September 2009 - 9:19am Permalink
Next models, who knows...
Well, the Jack in the Box was heavily requested, so maybe that. I'm more keen on the following models though: Star Puff (Ralf Konrad), Snowflake (Dennis Walker), Star Box (Robin Glynn) -- they can all be used quite nicely as Christmas decoration, so doing those should fit well into doing them this time of the year. Ah, we shall see. Maybe I'll manage to do all 4 models this year.
-- Sara
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 4 October 2009 - 5:53am Permalink
Yep
Yea, those would be a good idea for the upcoming holidays. Most of my families Christmas decorations are hand-made by us, or cut out from cereal boxes for example. It would be nice to have some origami in the mix too.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 29 September 2009 - 5:40pm Permalink
Diagonals
When i want to fold a 16division one i get stuck with the diagonals.
I have no idea how to start with those crease.
Submitted by Sara on 30 September 2009 - 9:16am Permalink
Higher divisions and how to fold the diagonals
I'm not sure what you could be stuck on. Just like with 8 divisions, put the first X in a corner, then proceed as seen in the video until the while grid is filled with Xs. Hope this helps
-- Sara
Submitted by niv16 (not verified) on 4 October 2009 - 1:17pm Permalink
Rounded
How do you get your brown waterbomb tessellation in a neat round shape.
will that shape depend upon the size of paper you use?
Or does it depend upon the precision of folds?
What is the grid size used for this? Is it 16 by 16 grid?
Submitted by Sara on 4 October 2009 - 1:33pm Permalink
I guess it depends on the
I guess it depends on the paper you use. Machine-made paper will probably curl much more in one direction than the other, because the paper fibres are aligned, whereas hand-made paper should curl more evenly.
My red waterbomb tessellation now curls a lot in one direction, but not the other, but at the beginning it was still quite balanced. I did use a 16 by 16 grid, yes.
You can of course start with a rectangle and then make a grid that has more rows or columns. Just be sure that each grid square is - well, a square.
-- Sara
Submitted by alberticus (not verified) on 20 October 2009 - 11:22am Permalink
THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!;)
Got it from the first try!!
Submitted by Casey (not verified) on 14 April 2010 - 8:45pm Permalink
You are awesome!
Hi Sara,
I am a total novice and I completed a 16 division water bomb last night (took me almost 3 hours). I just want to say: Thank You! Your instructional videos are spectacular. You have a real talent for teaching Origami.
-Casey
Oregon, US
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 5 June 2010 - 7:15am Permalink
Next video?
what video are you going to make next
Submitted by Sara on 5 June 2010 - 7:18am Permalink
Vixen by Roman Diaz
I think it'll be Roman Diaz's vixen: http://www.happyfold...
-- Sara
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 28 June 2012 - 12:37am Permalink
repetitive Triangular tessellation
hi sara!
superb tutorial..wanted to ask if there is any method for tessellating Triangles instead of Squares in the similar fashion?
Submitted by Sara on 28 June 2012 - 6:23am Permalink
Try this
Perhaps you want to try out this tessellation: http://www.flickr.co...
A link to a crease pattern is also included: http://www.ics.uci.e...
-- Sara
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 1 December 2013 - 11:25am Permalink
not getting it
the folding part is very hard . i tried over i7 times. any idea what went wrong???
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