Origami Heaven

A paperfolding paradise

The website of writer and paperfolding designer David Mitchell

 

 
Modular Pattern
 
Modular pattern is the way in which the visible surface of the form is broken down into visually distinct regions.

There are four different possibilities for modular pattern.

 
  Multi-colour patterns

Multi-colour patterns are patterns formed by combining modules whose visible surface, after assembly is finished, is all the same colour / pattern combination. These can be called plain modules.

 
Contrast patterns

Contrast patterns are patterns formed by combining modules folded from paper which is coloured / patterned on one surface and white on the other and which are folded in such a way that their visible surface, after assembly is finished, is divided into visually distinct regions corresponding to the differentiated surfaces of the paper. These can be called contrast modules.

 
 
  Multi-colour contrast patterns

As the name suggests, multi-colour contrast patterns are a combination of multi-colour and contrast patterns made by combining contrast modules folded from irogami of more than one colour.

 
Multi-colour duo patterns

The final possibility is to produce multi-colour duo patterns by combining contrast modules folded from duo paper, where the colours on the reverse surfaces of the various colours of paper used are also different from each other. This kind of modular pattern is rarely seen.