Spread Hexagons (Eric Gjerde)

Submitted by Sara on 10 February 2009 - 9:44pm
Designer: 
Gjerde, Eric
Folder: 
Adams, Sara
Related website: 
https://www.origamit...
Diagrams in the book: 
Origami Tessellations: Awe-Inspiring Geometric Designs
Related video: 
Origami Tessellations
Related image: 
Spread Hexagons (Eric Gjerde)
Difficulty Level: 
Intermediate
Model type: 
Triangle Grid
Tessellations and Fractals
Paper ratio: 
Square
Review of the paper used: 
Glassine Review

Yesterday night I first tried the model on a triangle grid with 16 pleat divisions to get a feel for how to do the model. I then moved to transparent paper, and had this stupid idea of doing a triangle grid 64 pleat divisions instead. Hours later... this is the result. This is what robs my sleep!

Paper: 19.5cm square of transparent paper
Model: 15.3cm x 13.7cm

Comments

Submitted by Adam (not verified) on 12 February 2009 - 3:57pm

64 pleat division.. That's insane! I've only gone to 32 on a 15x15cm sheet so far, so your triangles are nearly twice as small as the ones I made. I'm quite amazed by the fact that you managed to crease everything quite precisely at this microscopic size.

Submitted by Sara on 12 February 2009 - 11:15pm

I think tessellations will help me improve my precision. I also found that transparent paper helped me align creases, and thus get higher accuracy. Plus, of course, you get nice effects when applying back lighting to the finished model, as I did for this picture.

Submitted by Sara on 15 February 2009 - 11:51am

I do remember, and I've had the same thought already. :)

-- Sara

Submitted by Eric Gjerde (not verified) on 18 February 2009 - 2:12am

You've done a fantastic job here - wow! And I also can't believe you jumped right into a 64-division folding job... that's pretty amazing.

Thanks for sharing this, I'm really pleased to see such happy feedback! :)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 27 September 2009 - 10:23am

Please make a video on this tessellation.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 5 July 2010 - 12:30am

do you have to do triangle twists on this model because i could see that there are little triangles on the hexagons and eric gjerde made instructions on how to make hexagons by triangle twists on his website.

Submitted by Sara on 5 July 2010 - 4:11pm

This model is solely based on 120 degree pleat intersections. You do not need any triangle twists.

-- Sara

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 21 April 2011 - 11:44am

I made the one with 32 divisions and that was hard too.

Submitted by Sara on 28 June 2012 - 6:21am

That looks great! You worked very precisely. :)

-- Sara

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