Switching from the Northern Ireland to Switzerland, that brings us to the prolific and creative folder Mélisande. Everyone does things for different reasons, but if you have questions on how to do this please feel free to drop me a line and ask. There are a number of folders who regularly post to Flickr without putting their photos in any pools or adding tags- this is a very important thing to do, as it allows people (and search engines!) to find your work and enjoy it. John hasn't added these pieces to the Origami Tessellations pool, but I like his work so much I feel it's important to point it out. The counter-rotation of the successive layers is also quite appealing to me. I like the complexity of the angles in this piece, and the way all the layers lock together. I group them with tessellations, as they often use the same shapes in a repeating pattern, expanding indefinitely, which is close enough for me. From a mathematical perspective I think we could view these as tessellations of a non-Euclidean plane, although I would need someone who knows such things to weigh in on that topic. This is another great example of a geometric progression, where a pattern grows infinitely from a starting point to infinity. Regardless, it's a very unique work, which I think John figured out on his own, so I'm inclined to give him the credit on finding this design until I am informed otherwise. It's a work that he feels might have been folded by Chris Palmer in the past although due to Palmer's rather secretive nature it's hard to say. This next work by John is titled "Stacked Throwing Stars". using the reverse of the paper in this way is uniquely creative, though, and this is the first time I've seen it used to such an extent. It reminds me very much of some of the mosque tilings and other Islamic artwork that I have been studying lately. Fans of McKeever's artwork (myself included!) are keenly aware of his attention to detail, and wonderful choices of paper. This piece, called "Stellations of the Dodecagon", has to be one of the best examples of detailed folding work that I've ever seen. We'll start off with some new pieces uploaded by John McKeever: Updated to include works from Fredrik Owesen and Jorge Lucero- sorry about that, guys! This has been a busy week for everyone in the Origami Tessellations photo pool on Flickr, or so it would seem! I can't say enough good things about my fellow tessellators- it's just a wonderful joy seeing all the new and fascinating works pop up every day, from all corners of the world. This week in Origami Tessellations, March 24, 2006 If you're in the US, I hope you had a good thanksgiving, and have a great december! It's been a positive change, but like most people I prefer change in regular small doses and not giant chunks at once. Let's hope 2007 is a little more quiet and peaceful than 2006 has been- I think a lot of my world view has changed, and some of what I think about life has changed too. So all in all, it should be a busy december. That should be lots of fun, the only downside is only spending a day doing some idea exchange with Fredrik instead of a few days! oh well, one day is better than no days. Mostly Florence, Siena, and Milan, and then after the convention we're flying to Amsterdam to meet up with Fredrik Owesen for a day. While I certainly plan on representing my little slice of the origami tessellation world at the italian event, I'm spending the week prior traveling around italy and taking in some sights. It's also a good research/promotional opportunity for my upcoming book (read: tax write-off!) So that's a good combination. Looking forward to it- it will be only my second convention! When I found out that Ralf Konrad, Roberto Gretter, and my friend Melisande were all going to be in one place, I decided that I had to be there. One week from right about now, I'll be getting on a plane to fly to Milan, to attend the CDO origami convention in Verbania, Italy.
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