Dragons and Dinosaurs book cover

Dragons and Dinosaurs

by Sergei Afonkin and Elena Afonkina

Published:
2001 by Kristall
Pages:
190
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
Russian
ISBN-13:
9785306001166
ISBN-10:
5306001165

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Skill Level From intermediate to complex
Clear diagrams? Yes - hand drawn
Tinted diagrams (to show 2 sides of paper)? Yes
Photos of completed models? Only a few on the cover
Is there indication to the model size resulting from size of starting paper? No
Are the models "Pure" origami (From a single square - no cuts)? Most are

Overall Impression

This is a nice little collection of dragons and dinosaur models. Nothing too fancy here - only cute and likable models, with the only really complex model being Ronald Koh's T-Rex.

There are 16 Origami Designs in Dragons and Dinosaurs:

Design Designer Page Details Photo

Dragon

Imaginary beings - Dragons

Edwin Corrie21Square

Also in CDO convention 1996
Also in Le Pli 58
Also in NOA Magazine 482
Also in Origami Animals by Vicente Palacios
Also in Origami for the Connoisseur: Dragons by Sergei Afonkin
Also in Origami Journal (Russian) 6 1997 Mar-Apr
and in other sources...
Origami Dragon by Edwin Corrie. Folded by Gilad Aharoni on giladorigami.com
Folded by Gilad Aharoni
Dragon

Imaginary beings - Dragons

Peter Budai28Square

Also in AEP convention 2003
Also in Origami for the Connoisseur: Dragons by Sergei Afonkin
Also in Origami Journal (Russian) 4 1996 Oct-Dec
Also in Play With Paper by Peter Budai
Also in The Millennium Origami Dragon Challenge
Also in The Realm of Paper by Peter Budai
and in other sources...
Origami Dragon by Peter Budai. Folded from a square of duo rice paper by Gilad Aharoni on giladorigami.com
Folded from a square of duo rice paper by Gilad Aharoni
Dragon - sitting

Imaginary beings - Dragons

Peter Budai42Square

Also in Origami for the Connoisseur: Dragons by Sergei Afonkin
Origami Dragon - sitting by Peter Budai. Folded by Gilad Aharoni on giladorigami.com
Folded by Gilad Aharoni
3-headed dragon baby

Imaginary beings - Dragons

Elena Afonkina52Square
3 headed dragon

Imaginary beings - Dragons

Elena Afonkina62Rectangle - 1X2
Dragon

Imaginary beings - Dragons

Sergei Afonkin71Square

Robert Neale's dragon - with Sergei's modifications - very nice
Velociraptor

Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals - Cretaceous - Cretaceous Dinosaurs

Elena Afonkina83Square
Carnotaurus

Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals - Cretaceous - Cretaceous Dinosaurs

Elena Afonkina92Square
Tyrannosaurus

Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals - Cretaceous - Tyrannosaurus Rex

Ronald Koh99Square
Apatosaurus

Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals - Jurassic - Jurassic Dinosaurs

Hans Birkeland124Square
Plesiosaurus

Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals - Triassic - Triassic Non-Dinosaurs

Elena Afonkina131Rectangle - A size
Elasmosaurus

Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals - Cretaceous - Cretaceous Non-Dinosaurs

Tsuda Yoshio139Square
Triceratops

Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals - Cretaceous - Triceratops

Peter Budai154Square
Iguanodon

Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals - Jurassic - Jurassic Dinosaurs

Eduardo Clemente165Rectangle - 1X2
Brontosaurus

Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals - Jurassic - Jurassic Dinosaurs

Sergei Afonkin172Square
Dino - baby

Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals - Unspecified - Generic Dinosaurs

Hans Birkeland183Square

A dino in an eggshell - very nice