Obtaining Polygons From a Square

Oruhito · Post by **Oruhito** » July 1st, 2008, 2:29 pm

Hi all,

As a tessellation folder, I was thinking how do you obtain the largest hexagon possible from a square. I usually precrease first, and then cut out a hexagon (usually reducing the size of the original square a lot). I was wondering if anyone knew any folding sequences to get the biggest size hexagon from a square. Maybe links to templates? Thanks for your help

Oruhito

Ondrej.Cibulka · Post by **Ondrej.Cibulka** » July 1st, 2008, 3:51 pm

Kasahara Kunihiko shows procedures to make polygons from the square in his book The art and wonder of origami. You fold square to some shape and then cut-off its part. After unfolding you have desirable polygon. But I am not sure, if you make maximal polygons by Kasahara's methods.

Oruhito · Post by **Oruhito** » July 1st, 2008, 5:16 pm

that sounds great! Even though it may not be the maximum size I'd still be interested in how it's done. I'm afraid I don't have that book though. Thank your help

Post by **origami_8** » July 1st, 2008, 5:48 pm

In the "Diagramme"-section of this site is a simple way to get a hexagon from a square, I don't know how effective it is though: http://www.origami-online.de

Post by **Daydreamer** » July 1st, 2008, 6:53 pm

http://www.free.of.pl/g/gregorigami/diags/hexagon.gif

metrodj · Post by **metrodj** » July 1st, 2008, 8:39 pm

Pentagon, hexagon, octagon, um......16agon.

http://homepage3.nifty.com/origamiflowe ... rizue.html

paperz · Post by **paperz** » July 2nd, 2008, 4:19 am

http://www.giladorigami.com/Articles_Shapes.html

Oruhito · Post by **Oruhito** » July 2nd, 2008, 4:58 pm

Wow! Lots of links! Thanks for all your replies: they are all very helpful.
Happy folding! Cheers!

Oruhito