new star tessellation, with chiyogami paper Originally uploaded by Origomi. part 2 of 2- this time with some chiyogami paper (that’s like saying chai tea- redundant. but I’m saying it anyway.) my adorable wife needs some of these to make me a spiffy origami scrapbook, so I’m going to fold a few more. I think they’d make some nifty little pins if I shrunk the fold down a bit smaller. I think I’d have to lacquer them or something… not sure how I’d go about doing that. I’ll leave it to the jewelry pro of the house and stick to what I do best. (which ISN’T that!)

star twist, folded from flecked momogami paper. Originally uploaded by Origomi. star twist- one of a set of two. like the flecked paper, although most of the shiny metal bits are on the back. nice look, though. I dig it. The diagrams for this are available online here.

hexagon star twist, backlit Originally uploaded by Origomi. this one gets 15 degree long, sharp points, and is kind of fractalicious in how it iterates each turn around. need to work on it with larger paper and see how it folds out.

pinwheel tessellation, backlit Originally uploaded by Origomi. psycho pinwheel action… clicky to flickr and look at the whole set. not too shabby I think. needs nicer paper, but as always this was the intro piece, so I used scrap for it.

here’s some great photos I found from the spring BOS convention. alex bateman’s tessellations. There’s only one photo, sadly! also worth taking a peek at is Mark Leonard’s folds. I’d love to go to one of these conventions! I’d definitely have to spend quite a bit of time folding up a bunch of work to take, and use some nicer paper for them. I’m somewhat hampered by a lack of good working space, and “good working times”. my biggest creative periods tend to be during times of the day when I’m supposed to be doing other things, like working for example! One of the folks from the Origami Minnesota group went to the BOS con, since she’s an editor of BOS and all that. I was hoping to see some of her work there but no such luck. I’ll have to ask her about the next time I see her.