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Thanks!

You're very welcome!

Yes, the spacing on this pattern certainly makes it more challenging! The key thing to keep in mind as you add the next ring around the center is that you'll be adding six rhombi, six hexagons, and all the triangles needed to support that (two triangles for each other shape) in order to arrive at a stopping point without pleat overlaps. Both triangle and compound wraps will be used, and you may want to practice the pattern with an extra grid spacing between all the twists to get the sequencing down before increasing the density again. You've got this!

One key thing to remember is that you won't have all six rhombi around the new hexagons when you finish this ring - that's left for the next ring. The place to start is adding the two triangles and a rhombus needed to complete the alternating rhombus-triangle loop of six twists using a pair of parallel pleats from the previous ring and then work your way around the center from there.

​@@GatheringFolds Thanks for these insights! I'm not entirely sure I follow them completely, so I'll downgrade this version to a testing model before making a good one. (read: I'll probably tear the paper this time) Will play around a bit with the folding techniques and I'm sure I'll figure it out!

@@maikelshuvit You're welcome! Another thing that could help is watching this video and mentally replacing the closed hexagons and triangles with open hexagons and triangles: th-cam.com/video/3Q2i5TZFx54/w-d-xo.html

@@GatheringFolds I just finished it with the closed triangles and hexagons, with lots of cursing in between hahaha. Up next is the open variant!

I use mostly Skytone paper, which is a medium-weight paper (89 gsm) that stays fairly stiff even after being folded many times. You can get some for yourself here: gatheringfolds.com/products/50-sheets-skytone-paper

Thanks! It's a sped-up video of me folding a piece of paper into a repeating pattern, which I'm doing because it looks pretty. This is a learnable skill and I'll be teaching this pattern specifically in a tutorial soon as part of a series of 25 tutorials I'll release from Dec. 1-25, called Advent of Tessellations. Happy folding!

Thanks, Nancy!

The shapes are much more friendly than numbers 😉

You're very welcome! I'd recommend my free Tessellation Foundations series for learning even more about these grids: training.gatheringfolds.com/start

@GatheringFolds Thank you so much. For someone who has been terrified of numbers all my life the idea of being accurate with folds does not scare me at all. Finally at the age of 70 I am drawn like a moth to a flame.

@@k-cera The tessellation rabbit hole is deep - welcome, my friend 🤗

Do you mean the background grid? I folded 24 divisions of triangle grid on the hexagon - check out this video for the technique for the division by 3: th-cam.com/video/dGvHidKTRTo/w-d-xo.html

@GatheringFolds Thank you for all these wonderful examples, fascinating and certainly inviting. 😊

@@k-cera You're very welcome! ❤

Awesome! I switched from modular origami to tessellations about seven years ago and never looked back. The key technique I use for coming up with tessellation patterns is to think of a tiling (a way of connecting twists, explained here: th-cam.com/video/C8a01xKqzGA/w-d-xo.html) and then think of what choices of twists to use in the tiling (like this: th-cam.com/video/bTYHvOvHlSk/w-d-xo.html). I also have a blog post about the whole process, which you can see here: gatheringfolds.com/blogs/news/tiling-based-origami-tessellation-design

Thanks! In general, the bigger the piece, the lower the percentage of gridding (depending on how much is left as a border). This one was probably about 20-25% gridding time.

That's awesome, happy folding!

Yes indeed! I'd been folding origami for much longer, but the tessellation adventure started pretty recently. I flatten my tessellations in a stack of acrylic, with plenty of weight above the top-most piece. You're very welcome!

Hi! I start with a 19x12.5 inch rectangle of 89gsm Skytone (which you can get at gatheringfolds.com/products/50-sheets-skytone-paper) and cut it to a hexagon with 7 inches per side for most of my pieces. The massive gold pieces were also folded from Skytone, but with much larger starting paper and the larger white pieces were folded from some butcher paper. I actually fold all the background lines before I start folding the main patterns - nothing is drawn on unless I'm marking references during a class.

Unfortunately I don't speak Arabic, but you can set up auto-translated captions on all of my videos. Happy folding!

Thanks! I'm constantly amazed by how many different ways these basic twists can be recombined!

You're very welcome!

I'm glad you found it, welcome!

Thanks 😁

Cool!

Thank you!

You've very welcome, and I'm glad you made your way here!! 😍

That is accurate - I specialize in tessellations that I prefer to fold flat.

@@GatheringFolds am bored of finding origami models and can u give me an origami model name that i can fold

@@Su5hanthI’ll give you one! Which level of origami are you on? For intermediate: cat by Katsuta kyohei, Hard: hammerhead shark (I dont remember the designer but it’s on JMorigami channel Very hard: kingfisher by Morisue kei

@@Su5hanth I have no idea what level of things you usually fold, so this may be way too hard - how about Herringbone Weave: th-cam.com/video/NKG_GRKcUEY/w-d-xo.html

Thanks! The best place to start is my free Tessellation Foundations course, here: training.gatheringfolds.com/start Happy folding!

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Yes! I have a full collection of tutorials that teach the beginner-level foundations of origami tessellations for free here: training.gatheringfolds.com/start Happy folding 😁

Thank you, and you're very welcome! Good luck on your test! 😍

Thanks, Bastian! 😁

Thanks, Nancy!

You're very welcome!

You're very welcome - I'm glad you were able to complete the pattern!

You're very welcome, Nancy!

I'm so glad you're enjoying learning about tessellations here! ❤❤

I'm glad you enjoyed it, Nancy!

You're very welcome, Zusanna! ☺

Congratulations, Nancy!

Awesome! Happy folding!

It's a fun one, for sure!

You're very welcome!

Gracias, thank you!

Thank you! ❤

The glassine I have is 40gsm, so I'd look for at least 60 gsm or so, up to 90 gsm. You might be able to find a sample book of papers (print shops often have them and paper manufacturers will send them to you) or another way to sample a variety of papers to see what feels best for you.

I'd recommend using methylcellulose (MC) for making any paper stiffer. My friend Sukanya has great results with using MC on a variety of papers, including banana paper.