Thorn Fractal (alternating mirroring)

Model March 8, 2025
No folding instructions for this model are listed on my page.
Main model description: Thorn Fractal (no mirroring)
Paper: metallic paper
Type: single-sheet stars, recursive and periodic tessellations (implies: abstract tessellation, abstract, fractal, geometric, mathematical object, pattern, single-sheet, star, symbol, abstract periodic tessellation, periodic tessellation, recursive tessellation, tessellation)
Author: Michał Kosmulski, Shuzo Fujimoto (my design derived from Fujimoto’s)
Colors: blue
In albums: Models designed by me and by others, Stars by Shuzo Fujimoto

Front — Images are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

Back — Images are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

I designed this fractal by starting from Shuzo Fujimoto’s Thorn (CFW 86). I don’t know whether Fujimoto himself was aware of the possibility of fractalizing that design.

In this variant, every other level is mirrored. Another possibility is to have all levels without mirroring.

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