Crease patterns are a quick an easy way to record how to fold an origami model. A crease pattern is basically just an origami model that has been unfolded and shows all the creases on the original flat piece of paper. It’s much harder to fold an origami model from a crease pattern than it is from a diagram. I personally still have trouble. Origami crease patterns serve many purposes: to the designer, they provide a structural representation of the artwork. To a folder, they can provide signposts on the way to a fold. To the everyday viewer, they provide an alternate way of looking at the folded subject: in a crease pattern, you can see everything In recent years there s been a great buzz around a new area of origami: tessellations! Essentially, these are patterns you fold and which you can repeat over and over, extending the design. In other words, it is a tiling. But this article isn t so much about what tessellations are. If you d like to know more about that, David Lister wrote. Andrea s Rose by J.C. Nolan is more of a tessellation than it is a representation of a real rose. Learn how to fold your own Andrea s Rose (PDF diagram). The initial sinks can be tricky for some, so I recommend that you check out Sara Adams video:. Crease fold tessellation diagrams. Apr 9, 2019 - Explore nastytybone s board Origami Crease Patterns on Pinterest. See more ideas about Origami, Origami paper art and Paper. This is a crease pattern for Joel Cooper’s “Basket Weave” design, which features so prominently in many of his tessellation designs. It may have other origins as well- Joel has said as much; however, I have only seen it in his work, and that’s the first place I saw this, so until I see otherwise I’m crediting him with the design. Method 1: Unlike traditional origami, origami tessellations are not made in a linear step-by-step fashion. There are very few instructions on how to fold an origami tessellation and the way you fold is a matter of personal preference. One method is to: Drawn or print a crease pattern onto a piece of paper. Origami tessellations are essentially patterns, folded with origami, that repeat themselves as long as you want to continue folding. There are 2 major types of tessellations, the classic type and corrugations. Classic tessellations are usually based on either a square or hexagonal grid. The paper in these tessellations is folded My Bauhaus reverse-engineering work has been continuing this chilly springtime, and I wanted to share a few new pieces. (New to me, anyway, but definitely not new in any sense of the word!).