Square Weave Tessellation
At first glance, it’s hard to believe that this piece of origami is folded from a single sheet of paper with no cuts or glue.
The front side of the Square Weave Tessellation by Eric Gjerde features a beautiful raised woven pattern, and to make sure that this is not just woven strips of paper you have to flip the paper over to see a set of square twists on the reverse side.
| Name: | Square Weave Tessellation |
| Designer: | Eric Gjerde |
| Paper ratio: | square |
| Paper size: | 15 cm |
| Model size: | ~ 8.5 cm |
| Paper: | Tant origami paper |
| Diagram: | “Origami Tessellations: Awe-Inspiring Geometric Designs” by Eric Gjerde, p. 57 |
| Crease pattern: | Square Weave by Eric Gjerde |
The reverse side of the Square Weave Tessellation.
The picture below shows the front side of the tessellation back-lit.
For more information about Eric Gjerde and for some of his origami diagrams and crease patterns I highly recommend you to visit his site www.OrigamiTessellations.com.
This is really impressive!
Thanks Ana! It’s a very nice pattern indeed.
What about you – have you tried folding tessellations?
im actually quite interested in tessellation’s. i find them a lot more fun to make than other types of folding.
im actually quite interested in tessellation’s. i find them a lot more fun to make than other types of folding.
Not yet, I just tried the hydrangea by Shuzo Fujimoto, following the tutorial by Sara Adams, and I love it! But I have a lot to learn, even to make the grid… Tessellation is a incredible work!
Interesting! Hydrangea and Clover foldings were my first tessellations too!
Um, I know I’m going to sound like a beginner in asking this… What exactly is tessellation, Maria?
Well, I don’t know if there is a formal definition for that, but basically an origami tessellation is a flat folding with some kind of geometric pattern repeated throughout. They are folded from a single sheet of paper (not necessarily square, though) without cuts or glue.
Thanks! I posted about this on my blog! Please check it out, the link is here:
http://www.origamithingsblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/clover-and-hydrangea-tessellations.html
You have one of the best Origami websites I know, Maria! Thanks for that!
Beautiful! Congrats!!
Thank you Raffaela!
thats a beautiful design. I wanna apply it to my fashion designs, do you have the patterns that maybe you can share?
Hi Tamara! I don’t think I have rights to share the diagram here because of copyright issues, but there are some free diagrams and crease patterns at Eric’s site http://www.origamitessellations.com
And you can also contact him personally there if you want to use something in particular for your fashion designs!
But the question is, how do you make it?
I made it following the instructions in the book I mentioned!
Basically, you fold a grid first (32*32 in my case), then you add more creases according to the pattern you work with (I scored them with a ruler and a bone folder) and finally you collapse all twists along those lines flat.
It was not particularly easy, but very satisfying in the end.
Hey…This tessellation is awesome
I keep Looking at the pictures then I finally figure out how to make it
I made it and it looks cool
Wow, that’s great, congratulations!:)
Made a purple one. So beautiful!
OMG!! It’s so amazing!! Can I use that in my new fashion trends, please? :3 You’re so talented <3
Thank you Isabelle!
For the permission to use the design you have to contact Eric Gjerde directly. His website is http://www.origamitessellations.com
Maria, your work on this tessellation is very beautiful! But how did you make the square twists on the 32*32 grid?
Very cool tessellation design!