Six Simple Twists: The Pleat Pattern Approach to Origami Tessellation Design

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4822-4461-8
Verlag: CRC PR INC

Buch, Englisch, 118 Seiten, Format (B × H): 200 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 401 g

Get Started with Tessellation Folding
Six Simple Twists: The Pleat Pattern Approach to Origami Tessellation Design explains the process of designing an origami pattern. It answers the questions "how is a tessellation folded" and "what are the further possibilities."

The author introduces an innovative pleat pattern technique of origami design that is easily accessible to anyone who enjoys the geometry of paper. The book begins with basic forms and systematically builds upon them to teach a limitless number of patterns. It then describes a process of design for the building blocks themselves. At the end, what emerges is a fascinating art form that will enrich folders for many years.

Unlike standard, project-based origami books, Six Simple Twists focuses on how to design rather than construct. This leads to a better understanding of more complicated tessellations at the advanced level.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dileonardo-Parker, Benjamin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Six Simple TwistsThe Basics and PreparationHow Tessellations Differ from Traditional FoldingFold Bias and ManipulationHow to Read the ExercisesObtaining a HexagonHow and Why to Fold a GridBasic Pleat DesignDiagrams of the Six Simple Twists

How to Use the Six Simple TwistsIntermediate GriddingTessellation Basics, without FoldingApplying Tessellation Knowledge to the PaperYour First TessellationYour Second and Third TessellationsChiralityBack-Twisting and Releasing PleatsPleat FlatteningDifferent Types of Pleat FormatsThe Referential Method of Tessellation FormationFlagstone Tessellations and Offsetting the PleatsTwist Decorations and ProgressionsTwist Expansion

Beyond the Six Simple TwistsThe Next StepDesigning a New TessellationDescribing TwistsWe Don’t Care about the MiddleTip for Tricky TwistsThe Database

Final Thoughts
For Further Study

Über Autor(innen)

Benjamin DiLeonardo-Parker is an origami pattern artist. He has taught and exhibited at origami conventions and art shows throughout the United States and at La Escula-Museo Origami de Zaragosa, an origami museum in Spain. He also uses his art career to explore other activities, including electronics, woodworking, and alternative photography. He studied French and Italian language and literature at the University of Pittsburgh.