draft instructions for tiled hex tessellation
tiled hex tessellation———————- 1st step: pre-crease paper to preferred level of crease width- I’d suggest 4 iterations of folding, minimum. (that’s 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16; 1/32 or higher will yield better results). 2nd step: identify “central” hexagon. it should have a two-pleat- width radius from the center of the hexagon. This “central” hexagon can be the exact center, or offset if that’s what you prefer. actual location is irrelevant to the final pattern, although symmetry is usually a preferred result. see illustration. What we are doing with this fold is creating a valley around every hexagon shape, which results in a tight grid of hexagons across the entire paper. we’re folding the extra “valley” paper into the triangular squash twist folds. see illustration. 3rd step: identify the two-pleat-wide “valley” that encircles your central hexagon. This needs to be folded into a one-pleat-high mountain fold all the way around; at the hexagonal vertex points, you will need to fold it into a 3-way intersection. This also requires that you fold the 3rd angle at the intersections …