Eye of the Wave, designed by me
This is a pleat-based model that I made in 2020. You can see some other examples of pleat-based models here and here.
This is made with 64×64 divisions. Where the horizontal and vertical pleats meet, the paper is layered in a way that causes it to contort. I really like this one.
Oh that is lovely!
Wow, 64×64- does it take forever to make?
Are there any origami models with even more little subdivisions, like 128? Do you ever have to do a number that’s not a power of 2?
64×64 takes about twice as long as 32×32, maybe a bit longer.
Plenty of origami uses smaller subdivisions. There’s a whole branch called box pleating that will fold anything from grids. Might use larger paper for it though. I’ve made odd divisions too—there are several geometric constructions you can use to do it.