Is this origami?

As the word origami means 'folding paper' it doesn't exactly fit.

Perhaps we could call this 'brick folding'--one of the many lost brick bending arts.

I honestly don't fully grok how or why this works. But when I discovered it, I knew I had something strange, confusing, and very special--and now I finally get to share it : )

In short this build primarily consists of two simple patterns of 1x4 plates that are mirror images of each other. When you interweave them together with hinged connections they are able to tightly fold up, and then expand, all fairly easily. All the extra bits around the outside edges just help foster the illusion of squareness in its compact form. I hope you enjoy.

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Piece breakdown: 1x4 plates (459), 1x2 plates (61), 1x1 plates (10), 1x6 plates (2)

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