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Shrinking Violet Origami Tessellation

Shrinking Violet Origami Tessellation

June 28, 2022

Atypical Symmetry Pattern Most of the time when you see a tessellation with only hexagons and triangles, there's only one hexagon and only one triangle and they alternate back and...

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Groovy Triangles Origami Tessellation

Groovy Triangles Origami Tessellation

June 21, 2022

One Space Away Groovy Triangles and Emergent Hexagons are one space away, yet feel worlds apart. The dominant feature in backlighting of Groovy Triangles is a Star of David made...

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Skew Lines Origami Tessellation

Skew Lines Origami Tessellation

June 13, 2022

What are skew lines? Skew lines are the lonliest pairs of lines - they don't intersect at a single point, and don't maintain a constant distance from each other like...

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Shrinking Violet Crease Pattern

Shrinking Violet Crease Pattern

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Groovy Triangles Crease Pattern

Groovy Triangles Crease Pattern

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Hybrid Hex Weave Crease Pattern

Hybrid Hex Weave Crease Pattern

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Dancing Pyramids Crease Pattern

Dancing Pyramids Crease Pattern

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Woven Strips Crease Pattern

Woven Strips Crease Pattern

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Knotted Web Tight Crease Pattern

Knotted Web Tight Crease Pattern

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Lens Garden Crease Pattern

Lens Garden Crease Pattern

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Purl Crease Pattern

Purl Crease Pattern

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Woven Hive Smocking Pattern

Woven Hive Smocking Pattern

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Puffy Triangles Smocking Pattern

Puffy Triangles Smocking Pattern

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Bars Pack: Four new patterns with arrows in disguise

Bars Pack: Four new patterns with arrows in disguise

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Arrows Pack: Four new patterns with a traditional motif

Arrows Pack: Four new patterns with a traditional motif

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About Gathering Folds

All products and patterns are original works by Madonna Yoder. She has been folding origami since 2005 and smocking since 2018. Madonna started making her own tessellation patterns in 2018 after taking a Geometric Folding Algorithms class during her final semester at MIT and presenting her class project at the 7th international conference on origami in science, mathematics, and education (7OSME). After making some smocked pieces for the Museum of Mathematics in NYC for their Math Unfolded exhibit, Madonna decided to go into business bringing these origami and smocking patterns to a wider audience.

Madonna is committed to making the world a better place, and donates a mini suncatcher to Paper for Water for each large piece sold. Read more about her mission for Gathering Folds: Mission Statement

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