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Home > Book Reviews > Encyclopedia of Origami for Children and Adults

Overall Impression

First, a word of warning - the models featured on the book's cover are not diagrammed in it!
Other than that, this is a very fine volume full of text regarding all aspects of origami,  very nice color & BW photos, and a great variety of diagrams.
The text is completely in Russian, but I heard there is an English version in the making.

The Models

Model	Creator	Notes	Photo (click for larger image)
Robin	Akira Yoshizawa	Very nice
Butterfly	Tsuda Yoshio	Nice
The letter A	Traditional & by Coen van Someren	2 variations - Simple, from a strip of paper, and one from a square
Vase	Saburo Kase	The famous beatuiful vase	Folded by Paula Versnick
Fan with cranes	Nakamura Shizuka	From a rectangle, with cuts-a-plenty
Peacock	Adolfo Cerceda	From a rectangle
Dolphin	Stephen Weiss	From a $ bill - cute	Folded by Michele Rousseau
Star decoration	Jose Meuseen	From 5 units - nice
Seal on a rock	Martin Wall	An excellent model
Frog	Peter Budai	Stunning - multi fingered frog	Folded by Ayepapa
Centaur	Peter Budai	Excellent - with color change for hair and tail
Box with crane	Elena Afonkina
Kusudama	Irina Bogatova
Turk mask	Peter Budai	Very cute
Car	Katsushi Nosho	2 part 2D car - nice
Dodecahedron	David Brill	From 12 units
Fly	Alfredo Giunta	From a rectangle - very good
Beetle	Alexei Kolesov	Very nice
NOA	Japanese	The Nippon Origami Associasion figure - from 4 units
Leaf dish	Yamanashi Akiko	Cute - a dish in leaf shape
Turtle	Alexei Kolesov	Nice and 3D
Climbing rose ornament	Elena Afonkina
Arrow	Sergei Afonkin	Simple, from a rectangle
Leaf envelope	Japanese	Envelope from a rectangle with a pleated leaf
Star	Adolfo Cerceda	From a pentagon, nice
Frame with 2 cranes	Elena Afonkina	Nice
Santa Claus	Katsushi Nosho	Simple
Bells	Toshie Takahama	Nice - from a rectangle
Airplane	Matsuno Yukihiko	Cute	Folded by Paula Versnick
Autumn love	Elena Afonkina	Heart with a pleated leaf
DNA	Thoki Yenn	The famous DNA from an A4 sheet
Samurai helmet	Tomoko Tanaka	Cute
Tato	Galina Em
On the water, under water	Herman van Goubergen	From above, it looks like a swan, from below - a fish!	Folded by Herman van Goubergen
Horse	David Brill	The known horse from a triangle. Also published in Brilliant Origami and in Origami for the Connoisseur
Hina dolls	Yamanashi Akiko	A simple doll from several parts
Sunflower	Nilva Pillan	Nice
Lace T-bag rose	Markella Krisztian	4 units
Snowflake	Sergei Afonkin	From a hexagon
Holland hat	Sergei Afonkin	Nice

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