8/30/2023 0 Comments Easy tessellation in illustrator![]() ![]() I eventually came across the amazingly helpful Origami Simulator where you can see examples of origami (and more) in 3D. I also looked through some papers written about origami architecture, which were really fascinating. I started with another long look through my board, opening up the links of the images that I’d saved to see if there was more useful information, such as the patterns of some folds. Creating Test FoldsĪfter the laser cutting tests on straight lines I wanted to create some of the folds I’d saved to my Pinterest board. The tests seemed to have shown that creating origami folds with the laser cutter could indeed be an avenue to really dive into. In both cases the paper was nicely etched and it folded really nicely along that edge.Ībout to test the “Cromatico” paper strips Some really nice folds along the “Cromatico” paper I put the two Cromatico strips in the laser cutter and did a test on 10%+200 and 10%+300. It was Cromatico Transwhite and I got a thin stripe of the 140 gms and 180 gms paper that they had. ![]() There we were introduced to a really gorgeous, milky white, thick-ish paper that they’d use for pattern drawing. Loes then suggested that we’d go visit the Textile lab on the floor above ours to ask for ideas on materials to use, perhaps something that could be folded. I did a few tries (15%+75 was too powerful, 10%+100 was good), but even if the plastic was only lightly etched, once I would fold it, it would tear up (image above right). There was also a thin sheet of plastic which seemed interesting. It was definitely too slow for the outer ends of the line though, burning through the paper, where the laser head wasn’t yet moving fast enough.Įtchings on thin paper Thicker paper would work well The plastic sheet would break when folding the etches This actually made some really nice etches in my paper sample. I started out by setting the power to the minimum possible (below this the laser doesn’t turn on) of 10% (both the max power and corner power), and a speed of 200. I wasn’t sure though if the laser could be that subtle on paper, to only etch and not burn through.Īs a very first and quick test I drew two straight lines in the laser cutter’s software ( LightBurn) and did some tests on a few paper samples found in the general paper drawer. The laser would etch out the lines perfectly, making the whole folding process much easier. I thought that the laser cutter would be a really efficient way to “prepare” paper for the folds of the pattern. I gathered my favorite visuals in a Pinterest board.Ī small selection of the Pinterest board that I gathered on origami structures Laser Cutting Tests | 1 I spend at least 2-3 hours scouring the web, looking for inspiration on what folds I could use. The origami experiments were not incorporated into the folding light at all, so it can be seen as completely separate. Note | Because I worked my a** off during the “Machine Design” week to get our acrylic folding light operational, I hope that it’s ok that I see my origami experiments from that week as already being part of this Wildcard week. My goal would be to try and have a machine create good fold etchings that I could fold along which wouldn’t tear the paper. Since molding and casting wasn’t quite my thing, and I had zero ideas of what to do with composites, I actually wanted to continue my origami experiments for this Wildcard week. Everything resulted in tears in the paper. ![]() I tried several ways of using machines to pre-create a fold pattern for me, which I could then easily fold into perfect structures. The “Waterbomb” tessellation The “Miura Ori” tessellation Origamiĭuring the “ Machine Design” week, I initially wanted to cover the underside of each petal with an origami tessellated structure that would fold in and unfold as the petal opened and closed. The back of Resch’s pattern Pushing in to pop out the triangles Resch’s pattern in beautiful, sturdy, “Pergamenta” paper Showing some final results of the successful tessellated folds for the tl dr and hopefully showing you why the rest of this very long blog could be interesting to read (⌐■_■)
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