(Forwarding reply for Yahoo user Laura <[email protected]>; please reply to the list or to the author, not to me!)
On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 11:10 AM, Eric Vigier <[email protected]> wrote: > > A question in my mind : > Tesselation and corrugation are the same things or to different things ? > > in my opinion : > Corrugation is a repetition of pleat that can be in volume . > > Tesselation is a tilling, not necessary in repetition but often , can be in > volume too, like some hexagonal examples we know > > So , same or not ? So amazing that I asked myself the same question just this week! I realized I was using the term tessellation slightly wrong. There is an interesting definition of tessellation and also pleats and corrugation in the catalogue Surface to Structure, from the exhibition curated by Uyen Nguyen. On page 127: Tessellations: "An origai tessellation typically consists of a single large sheet of paper, folded to construct a relatively flat, repeating geometric pattern" (...) "While most tessellations lie flat, many artists have taken tessellations to a more representative, three-dimensional level, and have constructed masks and other objects out of tessellations". (Example of 3-D tessellation: Joel Cooper's masks). On page 141: Pleats and Corrugations: "Pleating in origami allows for intricately textured surfaces and organic curved forms. The technique of pleating hides part of the original paper and often yelds models that are several layers of paper thick" (...) "In contrast, a corrugation is a model in which there are no stacked layers of paper; the entire surface of the original sheet of paper is visible on the finished piece". (Examples of Pleating: bowls by Linda Smith or Paul Jackson; Examples of corrugation: Richard Sweeney's sculptures). Hope this helps, Laura Rozenberg
