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Origami Tessellation Terms and Definitions
Posted by Madonna Yoder on
While you may already be familiar with origami terms like mountain and valley folds, sinks, squashes, swivels, and rabbit ears, tessellations have a vocabulary of their own. Unfortunately, the vocabulary of tessellations is not standardized across all tessellation designers and each tessellation book uses different definitions - and different colors and symbols for their diagrams. This can make it hard to learn, since everyone is saying things in different ways. I try to stick to consistent definitions throughout my teaching, and to explain my terms in plain English - no math speak. Here's my list of the most important terms to...
Rotated Grids Challenge Winner
Posted by Madonna Yoder on
The challenge winner is Dirk Eisner!
Rotated Grids Challenge
Posted by Madonna Yoder on
Here is my challenge to you: fold a tessellation on an appropriately rotated grid and post a photo before May 12th for a chance to win a unique mini suncatcher, folded and framed by me!
Rotating Grids in Squares and Hexagons
Posted by Madonna Yoder on
You don’t have a laser cutter or Cricut scorer, but you still want to make stunning tessellations without guessing and iterating over and over. The good news is that there’s a fairly simple solution - rotated grids!
Open Compound Square Twist Tutorial
Posted by Madonna Yoder on
Origami twists are very versatile - often, a technique that applies to one twist can apply to them all. Follow along with my video as I show you how to compound a twist!