EXPERIMENTATION
PAPER FOLDING TECHNIQUES
PROTOTYPE 1
ORIGAMI TESSELLATIONS
INSPIRATION
TESSELLATIONS - comes from the Latin tessella, meaning “small square�. The Romans frequently used squares for making mosaics and tile designs.
Origami tessellations are geometric patterns that can be repeated forever on paper. It is used with no cutting or gluing, just one piece of paper. Art can be created in these intricate pleats, folds, and twists based on geometric grids. Many pieces are inspired by Islamic art. Today, origami tessellations are known to be from Shuzo Fujimoto, a Japanese chemistry teacher who explored the possibilities of folding repeated shapes on paper.
Analysis: Patterns from crochet patterns first inspired because of their intricate weaving, showing negative spaces that are prismatic. I liked the idea of using something one dimensional (yarn) and transfoming into stages of two dimensional flatter plane, then finally shaping into a wearable and flexible three dimensional object.
OPEN BACK TRIANGLE TWIST
OPEN BACK SQUARE TWIST
Tessellations were interesting to me because of their geometric cellular systems, and the way pattern can be shaped in one single sheet of paper. Some are flexible and moves like a second skin with movement. In that sense, I wanted to adopt those characteristics into my shoe: comfortability, coherence of material and flexibility in movement.
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