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A tiled Aztec Twist! (also some napkin-cranes I folded for brunch)

Before getting into the meat of the tess, I want to offer an insincere apology about the lighting in my photos. Sorry. I got a new desk so now I fold upstairs in my “bedroom” (it’s a loft-style apartment?). Anyways, because I work night shift, I have light blocking curtains and also because I’m incredibly lazy and not nine feet tall the light right over my bed, closest to my folding table has been out for several months. Doesn’t interfere with the folding though because I have a great desklamp which has the wonderful benefit of making night photographs have +1 harshness! It’s better for my folding, though, so pfft.

NOW this is folded from a 31 inch hex of Urban Metals. As you all know, this is my FAVORITE paper and - oh god, it’s time for a sidebar - until recently, I’d only seen three color combinations. NOW I FIND OUT THAT THERE ARE SIX???!!! And the place I buy my urban metals from isn’t planning on stocking anymore of the gold/gray and I’ve never seen the gold/black or the silver/black? If you know anything about the other colors, i.e. where to buy them, please PLEASE let me know.

Okay! I folded 64 divisions because when I folded it to 128 for this tess, there were a couple of pinholes. The Aztec Twist has a lot more folding than the Spreading hex, so I didn’t want to tax the paper. One of the things that I enjoyed about tiling it was the simple exercise in figuring out how to join the tiles. The regular pleats and off-grid pleats switched roles at the boundaries and it was fascinating.