The wood pulp gears are turning…
Front side.
Reverse side.
The reverse side has an interesting 3D effect, half the hexagons are raised and the other half are raised over those. Like thus:
It gives it a nice springy feel.
And now for the backlit photos. I think it looks especially great like this.
Front backlit.
Reverse backlit.
All in all, I am very, very satisfied with this tessellation. It’s technically and visually complicated. The molecules are composed of a dodecagon (12 sided shape) surrounded by six rectangles collapses. They look like gears, thus the name (just in case you hadn’t figured that out yet). I folded this from a sheet of drawing paper, so it was a little thick, but it contributed to the springy feel mentioned above and it’s pretty strong. I’m quite sure this would have torn or at least gotten some decent holes if I used a weaker paper. I just wish I had some bigger drawing paper, this one was just 8 1/2 x 11. I actually folded the molecule three or four months ago, but didn’t get around to tessellating it until last week and finally posted it today. Whew. What a long process! Part of the reason that it took so long for me to post it was that I had to think of a good name for it (although I didn’t think up the name by myself). And look! I just noticed a mistake! I’m not going to tell anyone what it is though. I’ll give you a hint, it’s in the perspective photo.
Paper Sandwich 