Lens Star, the single molecule was designed by Madonna Yoder (Gathering Folds) for one day of The Advent of Tessellation series last December 2022. The Lens Garden, which I am submitting, is the expansion of a star into a garden with 6 additional stars (also designed by Madonna).
My submission was folded on a piece of 48-grid gold Stardream paper. Lens Star as a single molecule is easy to fold. The flow from an open hexagon followed by the rhombus, triangle, and rhombus on the flip side makes sense and looks great. The challenge in the Lens Garden was in the layered compound wrap followed by a triangle wrap that would ultimately form 3 sides of an open hexagon on the back side (or front side because that is where we started). The folding flowed around the middle molecule, and each molecule extends itself to the neighboring molecule like a "dance". A hand extended out from one molecule to the next. The 6 stars were not folded individually until the end. I like the symmetry involved in this tessellation. There was joy in the folding process. This tessellation can go on to infinity. The restriction is in the size of the paper and the number of grids that are in play. You can see the beginning of more molecules towards the edges of the 48 grid.
I hope I did justice to Madonna's design and that you all enjoy it as much as I had folding it.
My submission was folded on a piece of 48-grid gold Stardream paper. Lens Star as a single molecule is easy to fold. The flow from an open hexagon followed by the rhombus, triangle, and rhombus on the flip side makes sense and looks great. The challenge in the Lens Garden was in the layered compound wrap followed by a triangle wrap that would ultimately form 3 sides of an open hexagon on the back side (or front side because that is where we started). The folding flowed around the middle molecule, and each molecule extends itself to the neighboring molecule like a "dance". A hand extended out from one molecule to the next. The 6 stars were not folded individually until the end. I like the symmetry involved in this tessellation. There was joy in the folding process. This tessellation can go on to infinity. The restriction is in the size of the paper and the number of grids that are in play. You can see the beginning of more molecules towards the edges of the 48 grid.
I hope I did justice to Madonna's design and that you all enjoy it as much as I had folding it.
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Interpretation
Creator:
Madonna Yoder
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Abstract
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