Origami Tessellations

Origami tessellations

Origami tessellations is a branch that has grown popularity after a 2000. A tessellation is a collection of figures filling a plane with no gaps overlaps. In origami tessellation, pleats are used to connect molecules such a twist folds together in repeating fashion. During the 1960’s, Shuozo Fujimoto was the first to explore twist fold tessellation in any systematic way, to come up with dozens of patterns and establishing the genre in the origami mainstream. Around the same period, Ron Resch patented some tessellation patterns as part of his explorations into kinetic structure and developable surfaces, although his work not known by origami community until 1980’s. Chris Palmer is an artist who has extensively explored tessellations after seeing Zilij patterns in the Alhambra, and has found ways to create detailed origami tessellation out of silk. Robert Lang and Alex Bateman are two designers who use computer programs create origami tessellation. The first international convention devoted to origami tessellation was hosted in Brasilia (Brazil) in 2006, and the first instruction book on tessellation folding patterns was published by Eric Gjerde in 2008. Since then, the field has grown every quickly. Tessellation artist include Polly Verity (Scotland); Joel Copper, Cristine Edison, Ray Schamp and Goran Kenjevod from the USA; Roberto Gretter (Italy); Christiane Bettens (Switzerland); Carlos Natan Lopez (Mexico); and and Jorge C. Luzero (Brazil).