Water Bomb Torture

I have spent the majority of today figuring out the mysteries of what some may call the Water Bomb Tessellation. I believe there are two different models which claim this name. I have made both of them, but this one I am about to speak of was much more insanely complex for me. The only thing I had to go off of was a CP. A CP is a Crease Pattern. Think of it as a blue print for and origami model. Sure, you have all the lines drawn on the paper, but it doesn't tell you how to put up the dry wall.

So I spent about half the day trying to collapse this thing, then I spent the rest of the day trying to find easier ways to make the model. If my memory does not fail me, I believe Robert Lang has an Origami Puffer Fish model which uses some of these techniques.

 

Name: Water Bomb Tessellation
Folder: Me
Medium: Yellow Copy-like printer Paper
Source: A random CP
Date of Completion: July 16, 2011

I really want to get a gigantic sheet of paper and make a piece of furniture or a lampshade or blinds or something. Maybe a clothes hamper….

Star Puff

Another one inspired by the legendary Eric Gjerder, my hero. As it turns out, this is the same as Spread Hexagons, but the last step is to make the little puffs. In the future I plan to use very thin paper to get more of a “bubble” effect and hopefully texture too somehow.

This is one of those puffs I was speaking about. Very fun to make.

Name: Star Puff
Folder: Me
Medium: Yellow Copy-like printer Paper 8.5 inch square
Source: Eric Gjerder
Date of Completion: July 13, 2011

Math and Origami

As many people know, I am a wiz at math. Give me and equation and I can find an equivalent one in mere seconds. Other than that I think I have the same math skills of everyone else. But when you combine math and origami, oh the possibilities! So here we have an Origami Hyperbolic Parabola.

It is so hard to get a good picture of these. It is quite amazing when you have the opportunity to see it in person and to hold it in your hands. A few days after I made this I watched a certain movie to where a professor talks about these. He says that they practically fold themselves. It’s true. You should try to make one of these.

Name: Hyperbolic Parabola
Folder: Me
Medium: Yellow Copy-like printer Paper
Source: TV observation and Internet
Date of Completion: July 5, 2011

Tessellations of the past.

So I had forgotten, more or less, to show you my very first tessellation project. I got the idea for this one from Eric Gjerder, who happens to kind of be my idol these days among other people too. Compared to others, this one is relatively easy, which is good. And it also looks cool backlit. I did not flatten the triangles fully for reasons of experimentation. Hahahahahaha.



Name: Tiled Hexagons
Folder: Me
Medium: Yellow Copy-like printer Paper
Source: Eric Gjerder
Date of Completion: July 7, 2011

So, what are Origami Corrugations?

They are really flippin cool, that’s what they are. To see some examples just Google origami corrugation. You will see a lot of wonderful results. I have just found out this new style of origami a few days ago. From what I believe corrugations are also called Rigid Origami. One of my first experiences of this exciting origami came from this video here.

I gotta say, that is some good stuff right there. Here is my attempt in a much smaller, possibly easier version. I watched the above video quite a few times. The song, surprisingly never really got old. It kind of grew on me. Thanks to this video I have discovered a new form of origami. And challenging too! My next task was to find and learn the basics of Origami Corrugations. So a few more videos I eventually evolved to a person of more understanding and made …. this!











Although not as amazing in many peoples eyes, this let me understand the basics a little more. I have not done many more corrugations, but I am sure once I get some huge monster paper that I will be doing a lot more of these!














Only a tad more complex than my first work of art.

It has been a busy week

and I have done a lot. Time to get this stuff up ya?

What a beautiful Tessellation!

I have finally finished it! Even with instructions and pictures this thing was a beast to do. I don’t want to give anything away, but there are some steps that just take lots of practice and experimentation, or just plain luck. I think tis took me about four hours to complete altogether. Of course I mixed in some computer gaming and Carl’s Jr. (if you don’t know what that is I subject a visit).

I hope that the next time I make this pattern that I (1) can remember how to do it and (2) that I use bigger paper next time. Much bigger paper. The one seen here is a 8.5 inch (216 mm) square. I divided the paper into a triangle grid of 32nds before starting. Overall, it was fun to make. You really get rolling once you have the pattern down. Before you know it you have run out of paper.

Name: Spread Hexagons
Folder: Me
Medium: Yellow Copy-like printer Paper
Source: Eric Gjerder
Date of Completion: July 9, 2011

Top/Front

Bottom/Back

Backlit/Awesome

Onto a new Tessellation

I have started my third (official) tessellation project. Just the pre-folding makes me tired. I am the kind of guy that loves to take tons of breaks while folding a model. Two creases, how about some tea? Three more creases, a snack sounds good. It took me two or three days just to crease grid. I like to enjoy the whole process of making a model. And let it soak in a little. With that said, I spent a few minutes getting the model to the point it is right now then I went to bed early, which is rare. Very rare. I am sure some of you might already know which tessellation I am doing…

Started June 7, 2011

Do you read often?

…because I don’t. But I still needed a bookmark nevertheless. So after hours of itching for one, I just made one, or two. It is a crane bookmark make of one piece of paper. It has been very useful so far.

Quite sturdy and I imagine it would make a great gift to an avid reader.

Completed: July 7, 2011

Huge batch of New Stuff

I just got a ton of new origami stuff from a friend. Thousands of diagrams and what not. It should take me a few hours just to look through everything! I am quite excited! From cars to animals to modular to flowers and abstracts. Here we go!

First Timer

Wow, I have fallen to the blog phenom. A bit late perhaps. Anyways, I think this shall mostly be used to document my origami progress. I have not found another way to do this, so here I am. This should be fun.