patterned "spread" hex tile fold Originally uploaded by Origomi. I refolded my basic “spread” hex fold using some nice patterned paper. since the paper actually had hexagonal patterns on it, it basically was calling me. and it said “fold me already, never mind that the lines printed on me aren’t exactly even. it’s fine, it won’t be troublesome at all”. …yeah. regardless, it came out nicely, although my photo skills leave a bit to be desired. but that’s always what you get when you do a bit of do-it-yourself. I actually uploaded a pretty large copy of this image to flickr, and ate up 12 percent of my monthly usage limit. eek!

Star Tessellation – Detail Originally uploaded by Owesen. This was folded by an acquaintance of mine (also on flickr) that seems to be inspired by the same odd kind of thinking. I think he has significantly more patience than me, though! I like his work quite a bit. take a look at his photostream sometime.

star/pointy thing tessellation Originally uploaded by Origomi. folding this was a pain. not what I was looking for, but it came out OK. I probably won’t fold another as trying to make creases without anything to fold against is really, really hard.

origami geom bugs Originally uploaded by RuTemple. check out the folding in the upper left- interesting stuff. a 3d octagon fold, I’ve been trying to come up with something using octagons for a long time now without success. maybe I need to try again! This is from a display at the Mingei Museum in San Diego, during their 2004 Origami exhibit.

Reverse-engineered Spread Hex Originally uploaded by Owesen. owesen nailed the spread hex fold, totally. check out his excellent work at flickr (follow photo link).