Helena Verrill
My recent origami work is based on explorations of the water bomb base
tessellation, some of which was written up in my 2021 Bridges article.
This is an in-depth consideration of many variations on a tessellation
first folded by Ron Resch. I also have explored many other origami
tessellations, and I am particularly interested in variation of
structure, the interrelationship between different patterns, and the
process of progression from one deign to another. I also produce
generative art work inspired by mathematical ideas, for example
Truchet tilings, the game of life, and highly symmetric patterns. I am
particularly drawn to create moving images, illustrating dynamically
changing relationships between mathematical structures.
This is folded from a fractal design based on the water bomb base
tessellation. Only the first four iterations are folded. A simple
fan fold completes the design instead of infinitely many
iterations. The work is folded from a single sheet of paper with
A-series aspect ratio. The design appears as variation (4) in
Figure 1 of my 2021 Bridges paper. However, for the current work,
the design has been stretched, so that a square becomes A series
paper. The resulting tessellation is no longer flat folding.
However, the new ratio of the sides ensures a much better form of
the slightly opened out origami, with a rigid plane corrugation
possible, whereas the angles for the flat version result in a
slightly curved formation when opened out.