3 6 3 6 Tessellation

This is designed by Shuzo Fujimoto, and the instructions are in Gjerde’s Book “Origami Tessellations”.
I wasn’t aiming for this tessellation at first. I was supposed to make the famous Arms of Shiva tessellation, but I immediately lost interest with it (I did not say I cannot do it). Then, I thought about the paper.
I thought, “sayang, maaaksaya tong papel na ito,” which meant, “Pity, the paper will be wasted,” and so I made this:

…….which when not back-lighted, looks like this:

PS: Orange is my favorite color :D
It’s really easy, and it yields a beautiful design when back-lighted. It is just a couple of hexagon twists and triangle twists, that’s why it is named “3 6 3 6" after the number of sides of a triangle and a hexagon.
Somehow, Its size shrinkage also is great, much greater than the Basket Weave Tessellation last time. So, apparently, this is the smallest tessellation I have made ever since I have posted this post. (wut)
Maybe I’ll do the Arms of Shiva next time…..

Apple

This is designed by Shuzo Fujimoto, the same artist who designed the Hydrangea and the Clover Tessellations.
I first saw this model on flickr. One of my friends on flickr posted a photo of the origami apple he had folded himself. When I saw it, I was like “aww how cute.” But, when I looked at the comments, almost all of them were saying that the model is very hard. Guess what? I DON’T CARE, I immediately clicked the “favorite” button on flickr and went to the website he had posted alongside the picture. It is a tutorial video of the apple.
I would categorize this model into the “Intermediate” section of all the models I have folded ever since I was born. But, I DO NOT recommend this model for beginners. There are so many creases and shaping the model is a little hard. Maybe settle first on the “origami triangle” or something before progressing to this kind of model. But, If you really want to have your own paper apple, give it a try. :)

But, if you ARE already experienced in origami (or maybe an origami artist lurking among the “Intermediate-Advanced” models like me) here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2e4jyWCtaU

Hydrangea Tessellation

This tessellation is designed by Shuzo Fujimoto.
It is also a tessellation, but it’s a different type. It is what we call a Recursive Tessellation. This model is a very famous example of it.
A Recursive Tessellation is a type of tessellation where the same design of the entire model keeps appearing in the middle onwards. For example, the model will still look the same even if you cut off the 4 large petals of the model.
It is easy to fold this model IF you are folding the largest flower design (ugh…so hard to choose the right words…) but when the part you have to work on keeps smaller and smaller, you have to be more careful or else, RIP goes your crapped-up model.
The instructional video is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y3EcpOSSRs
I used construction paper in the model above, but for the beginners, I recommend THIN PAPER first before working with thick paper like construction paper.