folded by Sara Adams
Hilli Zenz, origami enthusiast and etching artist, showed me how to fold this model yesterday. I'm totally in love with! It makes a perfect present, especially if you take the effort to also pick photos and fill the album.
I saw a picture of such a model in an exhibition book that featured Tomoko Fuse's work. You cut two sides of an isosceles triangle, and then use the flap to fold a spiral. Depending on the angles you choose while folding the spiral, the result will take different shapes. I decided to try my best to fold the angles evenly, thus resulting in a spiral that lies central on the third side of the triangle.
Paper: 19.5cm square of transparent paper
Paper: 15cm square of mother-of-pearl paper
Model: 6cm long, 3.5cm high, 3.5cm deep
The paper choice wasn't the best, but I was happy that I managed to complete this tessellation without too many problems. I'll have to fold this again with better paper.
Paper: hexagon with a side length of 7.5cm (from a 15cm square), mother-of-pearl paper
Model: hexagon with a side length of 4.7cm
