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

The Six Simple Twists
The Basics and Preparation
How Tessellations Differ from Traditional Folding
Fold Bias and Manipulation
How to Read the Exercises
Obtaining a Hexagon
How and Why to Fold a Grid
Basic Pleat Design
Diagrams of the Six Simple Twists

How to Use the Six Simple Twists
Intermediate Gridding
Tessellation Basics, without Folding
Applying Tessellation Knowledge to the Paper
Your First Tessellation
Your Second and Third Tessellations
Chirality
Back-Twisting and Releasing Pleats
Pleat Flattening
Different Types of Pleat Formats
The Referential Method of Tessellation Formation
Flagstone Tessellations and Offsetting the Pleats
Twist Decorations and Progressions
Twist Expansion

Beyond the Six Simple Twists
The Next Step
Designing a New Tessellation
Describing Twists
We Don’t Care about the Middle
Tip for Tricky Twists
The Database

Final Thoughts

For Further Study