Epiphany Tessellation

Model January 6, 2018
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No folding instructions for this model are listed on my page.
This is the primary page for this model.
Other folds and variants: Box with Shooting Star
Paper: Gampi paper
Type: astronomy, religious, periodic figurative tessellation, wet-folding (implies: figurative tessellation, figurative, natural sciences, pattern, periodic tessellation, tessellation)
Author: Michał Kosmulski
Colors: brown and beige
In albums: Epiphany Family, Tessellation Examples

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Close-up of a single molecule — Images are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

An origami tessellation for the Feast of Epiphany. Single sheet of Gampi paper, no cutting or glue. Wet folding was used for the coma of the Stars of Bethlehem / comets.

This tessellation waited almost a year between the start of precreasing and final collapse. During that time, I reworked the design and was able to simplify it without affecting visual quality. The molecule uses just a 6×6 grid. The base is quite simple: all fun lies in the shaping.

The models which led to this design are: Epiphany II, designed two years ago, and Box with Shooting Star of 1½ years ago.

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