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Iso-area offset triangle twist PDF

September 12th, 2006

Playing around with different angles, came up with this interesting modification on an old favorite. It’s iso-area, has several layers to it (in a Joel Cooper-esque way, to me) and is a bit different than anything I’ve folded before. There’s something unique in the way that you can manipulate pleats to get extra layers of paper moving around in there. This is a new area of exploration for me.

Would look good, no doubt, from elephant hide. I’ll give it a try once my latest order shows up.

For the curious, I put up a fancy crease pattern document in PDF format available for download from my website.

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3.4.6.4 Tessellation, done with an interesting methodology

September 7th, 2006

This tessellation is quite fascinating, for several reasons, which I hope I can elucidate here.

First, here’s the underlying tessellation- a 3.4.6.4 semiregular tessellation. (Image used from Totally Tessellated, which is a site well worth visiting if you like tessellations.)

Normally (for me, anyhow) folding a 3.4.6.4 tessellation requires using quite a bit of paper to flesh out all the pleats, intersections, and other parts; so necessarily, one must use a piece of precreased paper with quite a few division in it to really do the pattern justice.

The real beauty of the way this design has been folded lies in the use of elements on both sides of the paper; so the pleats coming away from the open-backed offset hexagonal twists on the back turn into the pleats leading into the triangular twists on the front, with a minimum of wasted space.

Joel Cooper uses this technique very often, in his “flagstone” style tessellation patterns. While this design does not pack the twisted polygons as close together as Joel prefers, it still uses the same types of concepts- putting the twist elements on both sides of the paper, and using the interconnecting pleats as a sort of “middle layer” to do more work with less paper waste. This is a somewhat difficult concept to execute in paper form, at times, so I am very pleased to see more people picking up on the idea and running with it like this.

I’m also quite enamored with this pattern because of the use of spacing. It’s not a big secret that I’m particularly fond of open patterns that let a lot of light through them- it’s not just because I’m lazy and like to avoid close, dense packing of patterns (although that’s quite true!) but I really enjoy a good balance between light and dark, shadows and brightness. By using these multiple layers (or at least conceptually, multiple layers) the pattern has a much richer depth to share with us when it is backlit. Besides the 3.4.6.4 tiling, the twists, and the overall circular feel to it, we also get wonderful bowtie patterns linking all the sections together, as well as quite a few different areas of paper thickness- which, especially if folded from a light paper like white unryu, would really make a striking difference in shading.

This is a great design, and I’m really rather smitten with it! Good work!
I highly encourage you to check out additional work by Miguel, on Flickr or on his wonderful blog, Doblando Papeles.

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Tessellation of Hydrangeas

September 7th, 2006

Some really nice work recently from Jorge Lucero, of Brasilia, Brazil. Jorge was one of the exhibitors at the Tessellation exposition there last month, and his work was huge- and very impressive!

Since then he’s made some new work, including this multi-hydrangea tessellation. Very good stuff, and very precise- it was a joy to look at his folding there, as it’s absolutely accurate. (Although that is perhaps what one would expect from a mathematician…)

Thanks for sharing this, Jorge!

website: http://www.mat.unb.br/~lucero/orig_e.html (english)

http://www.mat.unb.br/~lucero/orig.html (Portuguese)

his flickr page

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Double Pleat Hexagon Tessellation Instructions, available for download

August 30th, 2006

I just uploaded a new PDF of instructions for folding a Double Pleat Hexagon tessellation; you can download it here.

It is released under the CC Non-Commercial Attribution license, which means you can do anything you want with it, other than sell it for $$$, or go around saying it’s your own. (which hopefully you’d be nice enough to not do anyway!)

Let me know what you think. Thanks!

-Eric Gjerde

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Lightbox Testing: Joel Cooper, RAW vs. JPG

August 22nd, 2006

Hey there- I’m doing some testing with a lightbox setup, and I could use some feedback. I’ve got a few photos in my photostream- more to come tomorrow- and I would like to know how they look at full resolution to you. good? bad? fuzzy? clear? I’m leaning towards shooting RAW files and doing a lot of post-processing, but it’s a lot of work to do. Maybe I’ll need to switch to film or actually go out on a limb and find someone with a 12+ Mpixel digital camera to do this thing right.

Anyway, take a look- http://www.flickr.com/photos/origomi or look on my Photos Page and click on “Recent Photos” to see them.

Thanks for your feedback.

-Eric

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Joel Cooper - Origami Tessellation Masks - Three Faces

August 17th, 2006

My friend Joel Cooper created this wonderful mask, with three interconnected faces. He brought the prototype for this piece with him to NYC and to our Brazil tessellation expo, but to see the finished work (and so quickly!) is really a pleasure indeed.

It seems like something from mythology- take your pick: Greek, Roman, Norse, Chinese, Egyptian… almost all mythological stories involve a multi-faced figure in one way or another.

And, admittedly, the work is a little creepy- the realism he achieves only serves to further this, I think. Many of Joel’s masks approach the Uncanny Valley in terms of their similarity to actual human faces. I don’t mean to lend credibility to this pseudoscientific theory, but for some of his work I find them strangely appealing and at the same time rather scary- perhaps because they do indeed seem like human faces frozen in time (and paper).

For this reason, I think, my favorite mask is still the one that hangs on my living room wall:

mostly because as a human entity frozen in time, it’s smiling at me, and seems comfortable in it’s eternal paper state.

Joel’s work keeps progressing, and he is certainly one of the most gifted artists that I know (or know of, for that matter.) When I see new works from him like this set of faces, it makes me wonder what other fantastic creations the future holds for him.

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Ron Resch Patent 3407558, waterbomb tessellations, and more

August 10th, 2006

Christine Edison posted this lovely waterbomb tessellation photo, and had asked who designed it. Ray Schamp mentioned Tom Hull’s wonderful intro to 3d tessellations class at the 2006 OUSA convention, where Ron Resch’s work was heavily discussed.

To facilitate further discussion on the topic, here’s Ron’s patent paperwork in PDF format- it’s expired and is now public domain. It’s quite nice to reference him, though, as he really is quite an ingenious creator. I need to buy a copy of his DVD that Tom was talking about. If I get one I’ll be sure to do a review of it.

Anyhow, here’s his patent:

Ron Resch, Patent # 3407558.

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Tessellation Expo update

August 4th, 2006

We’re coming into the last two days of the Tessellation Exposition here in Brasília, and it’s been a really fun week so far. I think these last two days will see a good amount of visitors- we have done a number of different press interviews, and were mentioned in the paper, etc. so I’m really hoping it pulls in some more foot traffic. All in all, I’ve been quite pleased with the whole event, even with a lot of last-minute changes, Andy Wilson’s pieces not showing up until 1 hour before the opening, and so on!

We’ve taken a lot of pictures, which will take me several days to sort through. I had really wanted to give a better “day by day” update of what was happening but the internet access here has conspired against that possibility.

One of the last items we’re talking about is the creation of an “official” expo booklet, with photos, information, and a selection of diagrams and/or CPs from the event. We’ve narrowed down the selection of items to be included but will still have some more decisions to make later on, so there will be more on this in the next few weeks. (I’ve got a lot of work waiting for me back in Minneapolis…)

Joel Cooper fans will be interested to know that he folded the largest mask he has ever made yet, rushing to complete it right up until the opening- it is larger than life size, and quite an impressive piece. I think it may be staying here in Brazil, but that’s unknown at this point in time. I hope all the pictures we took of this piece will be worthwhile for you as it is one of the most detailed things I have seen from him to date.

Watch this space for more updates, probably later on next week when I’m back in the US and properly rested!

-Eric

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Jardim Botânico, Tessellation Exposição!

August 2nd, 2006

The tessellation exposition in Brasília is underway, and has had a lot of visitors! yesterday we did a folding demonstration in the afternoon and the guard had to come and make everyone leave because the park had closed and nobody had noticed…

The banner here says “Tessellation: First International Show”.

We’re having a great time here, although the internet is a little slow so most of the photo uploads will have to wait until we return to the States. There are a lot of good shots of the whole event!

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First International Origami Tessellation Exposition

July 13th, 2006

I’m pleased to announce an international exhibition on origami tessellations, July 29th through August 6th at the Jardim Botânico in Brasília, Brazil.

This is one of the first origami events focusing entirely on origami tessellations, and should prove to be an exciting time for all of those who enjoy this particular folding niche.

Featured artists include:

Jane Araújo (Brazil)
www.flickr.com/photos/mawelucky/

Christiane Bettens (Switzerland)
www.flickr.com/photos/melisande-origami/

Joel Cooper (USA)
www.flickr.com/photos/origamijoel

Eric Gjerde (USA)
www.flickr.com/photos/origomi/

As well as several other tessellation artists submitting work, including Andy Wilson (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53592906@N00/) and Lorenzo Marchi (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lorenzomarchi/).

The art exhibition at the Jardim Botânico is open from 9 AM to 5 PM; the facility is closed on Mondays. Concurrent to that, there will be a week of private meetings and folding get-togethers, so if you’re in the area please get in touch with me and I can give you more information on the schedule.

Our intention is to release a booklet at the end of the exhibition; additional information on that will be posted on the O-list when it is available.

Sources for further information include the origami tessellations group on Flickr, at www.flickr.com/groups/origamitessellations; and my website, at www.origamitessellations.com.

-Eric Gjerde

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Estaremos realizando entre os dias 29/07 e 06/08 a primeira exposição internacional de tessellations no Jardim Botânico de Brasília.
Estarão presentes os seguintes artistas:
Christiane Bettens
www.flickr.com/photos/melisande-origami/

Eric Gjerde
www.flickr.com/photos/origomi/

Jane Araújo
www.flickr.com/photos/mawelucky/

Joel Cooper
www.flickr.com/photos/origamijoel

além de trabalhos de outros origamistas ao redor do mundo.

A exposição estará aberta ao público das 9:00 às 17:00 horas, diariamente.

-Jane Araújo

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