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. I introduced one piece today - the three-way intersection on triangle grid - and one structure - loops of six triangle-shaped things - and I'll take you on a tour through many more next week.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. The key steps in reading crease patterns are recognizing the pieces and seeing the structure behind them. My next two videos will focus on crease patterns - reading them, then folding from them. I show you all of these intersections inside of Tessellation Foundations - check it out! Next Steps The three-way intersection I taught in this video has multiple identical ways to lay down the pleats, but you know what has many different ways to lay down the pleats? 3-way intersections on 45 degree grids. Learn Moreįor a deeper dive into starting with tessellations and many more options for folding with only grid lines, join me in Tessellation Foundations! In this video I focus on a mirrored approach that's rearrangeable once you're done. These three-way intersections can be put together in a huge variety of ways, from rotational to mirrored to combinations of both. Managing many pleats at once is one of the harder things about tessellations, but using these three-way intersections one at a time lets us minimize the difficulty and focus on the steps. You may think that folding your first tessellation on a square grid would be easier, but triangle grids allow you to have 3 pleats coming together instead of 4 - plus they lay down flat without adding any extra creases!

Origami tessellation square weave