octagonal star twist draft crease pattern Originally uploaded by Origomi. very, very hacked together crease pattern. I’m pasting my notes from the entry here… ———– this was a really poor chop job I did in illustrator so I had something to reference as I folded. I realize the lines don’t match up at all, but I’m working off a hand-generated set of pre-creases anyway so this is really more of a visual guide than anything. it’s a little trickier than the hexagonal star twist, although much of the thought process is the same. there’s a lot more excess material due to the sharper angles involved so it’s quite a bit more unwieldy. I’m glad I didn’t jump straight to the dodecagon twist like I had originally been thinking! Look for a formalized CP and document release of this model sometime… next week? not sure when, I guess whenever I get around to it 🙂 ————– el suyo era un trabajo realmente pobre de la tajada que hice en ilustrador así que tenía algo que referirme …

Origami octagonal star twist, work in progress Originally uploaded by Origomi. it’s a dragon foot! or something! …. no, it’s actually the first 3 points of an octagonal star twist. this is practice paper, and it’s just testing- I promise I’m normally more precise about this!

Folds Originally uploaded by tomusan. tomusan on Flickr posted this today- it’s a really slick looking iso-area tessellation. I don’t know much else about it, but it’s really slick! it looks vaguely Correia-like.

I uploaded a pile of photos of octagonal origami twists in various states of construction. nothing fancy, just a bunch of snaps that I was taking while playing around with some folds in case I “broke” something and had to go back to photos for reference. they are located at a semi-permament (until I get a new gallery template) location: www.origamitessellations.com/gallery/origami-octagonal-twist/.

Wow, I was browsing some of my favorite origami sites checking for updates and I saw this: I was so pleased! John McKeever’s tessellation and other origami work are just mind blowing, so needless to say I felt quite happy to see him fold one of my patterns. It pales in comparison to his other folds, though. check them out! and in case you’ve stumbled across this from the big bad internet, here’s a link to the instructions for the Spread Hexagon Tessellation at www.origamitessellations.com. (sorry for the gratuitous plug there, but I figured more info is better than less info…)