Tessellated Thorn (CFW 86)
You can fold this tessellation based on instructions for an individual star. The way of connecting molecules and the precreas...
Abstract tessellations
Abstract tessellations are the most popular type.
They can be contrasted with figurative tessellations.
This page lists folding instructions for models of a single type. You might be interested in the models themselves instead.
Hex Twist Star (CFW 114)
This model does even have a picture in Fujimoto’s books: it is only mentioned in one sentence...
Hex Twist Star (CFW 123)
Instructions for this model were published in Shuzo Fujimotos’s books: Twist Origami I, pa...
Kites
Instructions for the model were published in Tagungsband Origami Deutschland 2024 (German convention book), pages 120-123.
Tessellated Petals (CFW 85)
You can fold this tessellation based on instructions for an individual star. As in 3.6.3.6 Tessellation, you have to add tria...
Hydrangea Plaque (CFW 49)
Instructions for this variant can be found in: Hydrangea folding (あじさい折りおりがみ) by Shuzo Fujimoto (posth.), ISBN 97844166172...
Woven Square Tessellation
In order to fold this model, pelase refer to the instructions for Woven Square Box. You can also follow the instructions for ...
Iso-Area Stars (CFW 291)
Images of finished model in back-light (without any actual instructions apart from the possib...
Hex Twist Star (CFW 92)
Instructions for this model were published in Shuzo Fujimotos’s books: Twist Origami I, pa...
Box with Woven Triangles XIX
A crease pattern for this model was published in CDO Convention Book 2023 (Convention Book of Italian Origami Convention).
Handle with Scissors (CFW 136)
This model does even have a picture in Fujimoto’s books: it is only mentioned in one sentence...
Windmill (CFW 84)
In Print Instructions for this model were published in Shuzo Fujimotos’s books: Twist Orig...
Hemp Leaf (CFW 88)
Instructions for this model were published in Shuzo Fujimotos’s books: Twist Origami I, pa...
Square Spaceness
You can find a link to a PDF with the crease pattern for this model at the end of Alessandra’s interview for THe Fold.
Handle with Thorn (CFW 135)
This model does even have a picture in Fujimoto’s books: it is only mentioned in one sentence as the possibility of combining...
Petals (CFW 85)
Instructions for the model were published in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books: Twist Origami I, page...
Handle with Hemp Leaf (CFW 137)
This model does even have a picture in Fujimoto’s books: it is only mentioned in one sentence...
Skeleton (4) (CFW 234)
Instructions for this design can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books: Twist Origami II, pages 42 and 44 Twist Folds, ISBN...
Hex Twist Star (CFW 106)
This model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books, but only in the form of pictures of finish...
Tessellation (CFW 335)
There are no printed instructions for this model that I’m aware of, but the structure is quite simple: the tessellation consi...
Hex Twist Star (CFW 93)
Instructions for this model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s book Twist Origami I, on page 8 ...
Well I
Front Back A phototutorial, crease pattern, and precrease pattern wer...
Triangles Tessellation
Finished model Precreased sheet A phototutorial, crease pattern, and ...
Holly
A phototutorial, crease pattern, and precrease pattern were published in 19th Outdoor Origami Meeting (2023) Convention Book ...
Box with Woven Triangles VIII
A phototutorial, crease pattern, and precrease pattern were published in 19th Outdoor Origami Meeting (2023) Convention Book ...
Box with Woven Triangles VI
Instructions were published in the 20th Bulletin of Polish Origami Society (2023), page 23.
Thorn (CFW 86)
Instructions for this model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books: Twist Origami I, page ...
Iso-Area Triangle Twists (CFW 68)
Crease Pattern The Crease Pattern and pictures of finished model can be found in Shuzo Fujimo...
Tessellation Triste
Crease pattern and a phototutorial were published in Tagungsband Origami Deutschland 2023 (Ge...
Box with Woven Triangles XVIII
Crease pattern, precrease pattern, and a phototutorial were published in Tagungsband Origami ...
Handle (CFW 133)
Instructions for this model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books: Twist Origami I, pages...
Hex Twist Star (CFW 110)
This model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books, but only in the form of pictures of finish...
Translucent Design (CFW 55)
Images of finished model in back-light (without any actual instructions apart from the possib...
John Lackland Tessellation
Since folduction seems to have designed the same tessellation independently (under the name of Flowers in the Square), you ca...
Seal of a Secret Society Tessellation
To fold this tessellation, refer to instructions for folding a star with a single molecule. Y...
Hex Twist Star (CFW 91)
This model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books, but only in the form of pictures of finish...
Hex Twist Star (CFW 103)
This model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books, but only in the form of pictures of finish...
Seal of a Secret Society
The phototutorial below starts from a hexagon with an 8×8×8 grid. Folded this way, the model has several unnecessary creases ...
Stars and Triangles (CFW 56)
This model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books, but only as pictures of the finished model...
Hex Twist Star (CFW 122)
This model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books, but only in the form of pictures of finish...
Hex Twist Star (CFW 104)
Hints This model is the same as a level-2 Lucky Star Fractal except it is folded starting fro...
Iso-Area Square Twists (CFW 66)
Crease Pattern The Crease Pattern for this model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books: Invitation to Creative Playing wi...
3.6.3.6 Tessellation (CFW 61)
Instructions for this tessellation can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books: Twist Origami II, pages 26-27: basic step-by-st...
Windmill from Square (CFW 81)
Step-by-step instructions for this model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books: Twist Ori...
Hex Twist Star (CFW 105)
This model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books, but only in the form of pictures of finish...
Star Tessellation (CFW 59)
Books Images of the finished model, shown in back-light, appeared in Fujimoto’s books (withou...
Hex Twist Star (CFW 90)
This model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books: Twist Origami I, page 7 Invitation to Creative Playing with Origami, ...
Framed Heart / Heart Tessellation II
Crease Pattern Crease Patttern (CP) and Precrease Pattern (PreCP) can be found in my presenta...
Scissors (CFW 87)
This model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books, but it’s just pictures of finished model and information about the startin...
Greek Cross Flagstone Tessellation
Instructions for this model were published in Quadrato Magico #132, pages 43-48.
Square Twist Star (CFW 150)
This model can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s books, but it’s just pictures of finished model a...
Hydrangea Basic Form A variant 1
In print Instructions for this variant can be found in: Hydrangea folding (あじさい折りおりがみ) by Shuzo Fujimoto (posth.), ISBN 97...
Hydrangea Brick (レンガ, Renga) variant
Instructions for this variant can be found in Hydrangea folding (あじさい折りおりがみ) by Shuzo Fujimoto (posth.), ISBN 9784416617274, ...
Whirlwind Tessellation
Whirlwind Tessellation A box decorated with a molecule of Whirlwind Tessell...
Stacked Whirlwind Molecule / Tessellation
This design is a fractal extension of the regular Whirlwind Tessellation, which uses an 8×8 grid. The fractal molecule is fol...
Blazing Propellers Tessellation
Tessellation of molecules from 14×14 grid each Molecule from 30×30 grid ...
Lucky Star Box (Simplified) Variant B
A Crease Pattern along with some information about this model was published in The Paper #137 (available in print and online...
Hydrangea Tessellation
You can fold this tessellation based on instructions for folding a single molecule. There is also a video tutorial by Sara Ad...
Shifted Bricks
Instructions There are two main ways of folding this model. When folding from a grid, one can...
Box with Woven Triangles IV
Precreased sheet Instructions for the model were published in The Fold (Issue 66,...
Miura-Ori
Miura-Ori, also known by the names Herringbone Tessellation and Zig-Zag Corrugation, is one of the best known origami corruga...
Big and Small Squares
A CP was published in BOS Magazine #321 (published by the British Origami Society), page 12. It also appeared in Konvensi Ori...
Parallelograms
For this model, only a picture of a hand-drawn crude CP which...
Box with Woven Triangles I
Below you can find a precrease pattern and a photo tutorial of the collapse (for a clean fold). The model is designed around ...
Lucky Star Fractal
Below you can find instructio...
Box with Woven Triangles V
Galen White prepared a crease pattern for this model, available from his google drive.
Box with Woven Triangles VII
Below you can find a precrease pattern and pictures of the collapse. This sequence shows the clean precrease which you get wi...
Monument Valley Corrugation
A crease pattern was published in CDO Convention Book 2018 (Convention Book of Italian Origami Convention).
Woven Rhombi
In Origami Pass app Instructions for this model (CP and phototutorial) are available via Origami Pass.
Tympanum Corrugation
Instructions were published in Le Pli 149 (2/2018).
Two-in-One Flower Tessellation
Free PDF Instructions for this model are available in GGO Stay at Home and Fold Origami PDF (page 98).
Sunflower Tessellation
A crease pattern was published in Origami Box of the Ultimate Origami Convention 2017.
Square Weave Tessellation
Modified version used as a modular
Radioactive Tessellation
Instructions for this model are available in GGO Stay at Home and Fold Origami PDF (page 92).
Hydrangea
You can find folding instructions for the Hydrangea (including a number of variants) in Fujim...
Hugging Triangles Corrugation
A CP was published in BOS Magazine #298 (published by the British Origami Society), page 4.
Her Majesty’s Tessellation
Instructions were published in Convention Book of 17th Outdoor Origami Meeting (2018).
Double Spearhead Tessellation
Videotutorial Evan Zodl prepared a videotutorial for this model.
Crowding Butterflies
Precreased sheet There is a video tutorial (Part 1, Part 2) for this model, made ...
Clover Folding
There is a video tutorial about Clover Folding, made by Sara Adams.
Clematis Tessellation
This is a relatively simple tessellation which should be suitable even for beginners. Despite the simplicity, with a bit of shaping, it can look quite nice.
Bed of Nails 3D Tessellation
Sheet precreased for folding this model Instructions were published in Convention...
Woven Triangles Tessellation I
Crease patterns are available as a single PNG image. Apart from the CP of a single molecule, it also shows the two main layouts: the symmetric one with two m...
Lucky Star Fractal Tessellation
In order to fold this model, you can follow instructions for the single molecule. You can use...
Lucky Star Tessellation
In order to fold this model, you can follow, with minor modification, instructions for the fr...
Hydrangea Icosahedron
For folding Hydrangea Icosahedron (and many other shapes as well), you can just follow the instructions for Hydrangeaa Cube, ...
Hydrangea Cube
The idea of connecting several Hydrangeas occurred independently to me and earlier to Meenakshi Mukerji. If you do not yet kn...
Shark Teeth Corrugation
The second image shows the three steps used for constructing the pre-crease pattern for my Sh...
Clover Folding Lookalike
Clover Folding Lookalike looks very similar to Fujimoto’s Clover Folding but has a significantly different structure.
Metal Star
Instructions were published in the 14th Bulletin of Polish Origami Society (2016), page 60.
Union Jack Tessellation
Instructions for the model were published in the BOS Convention Book 2017 (50th anniversary convention of British Origami Soc...
Stars and Squares Tessellation
In print Pictures of this design can be found in Shuzo Fujimoto’s Invitation to Creative Playing with Origami (創造する折り紙遊びへの招待)...
Tessellated Bracelet (Square Interlace Tessellation)
This model is based around Square Interlace Tessellation so you can use instructions for that model as a starting point.
Square Interlace Box
General This model is based around Square Interlace Tessellation so you can use instructions ...
Celtic Cross Tessellation
You can fold this design based on instructions for the Celtic Cross model. Use that model’s CP and just extract the top part ...
Chevron Corrugation
My instructions Instructions are available as a single PNG image: PNG
Square Interlace Tessellation
This tessellation is closely related to my Propellers Tessellation and you get the latter as ...
Twisted Bird Base Tessellation
As the name implies, in the center of the molecule is a Bird ...
Cluster Tessellation
You can find the CP and basic folding instructions in the files linked below. Several variants of this tessellation are possi...
Propellers Tessellation
A crease pattern and basic collapse instructions for my Propellers Tessellation were published in The Fold (membership requir...
Square Pixel Tessellation
This tessellation can be used for creating pixel images representing arbitrary pictures.
Sprout Tessellation
You can find the CP and basic folding instructions in the files linked below.
Squares and Crosses Tessellation
This tessellation is closely related to Ninja Star Tessellation and you get the latter as one of the intermediate steps when ...
Grating Tessellation
There is a videotutorial by Paper Kawaii, showing practically the same model as mine. Compared to the video, my model uses a ...
Super-Pineapple Tessellation (Extreme Double Pineapple Tessellation)
Super-Pineapple Tessellation is my extended (and much more complex) variant of Ilan Garibi’s Pineapple Tessellation.
Four-Sink-Base Tessellation and arbitrary pixel images
This is a molecule I came up with independently with many other designers. By itself, it is not very interesting, but it make...
Bed of Nails Tessellation
A Crease Pattern was published in Techno Origami, book of 15th Origami Outdoor Meeting.
Down the Rabbit Hole (aka Hill/Bump)
This is a model independently designed by me and other people, including Matt Humberstone who published a Crease Pattern of h...