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The Encyclopedia of Origami
By Nick Robinson
Published: 2004 by Running Press
Pages: 160
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
ISBN: 0762418958
Buy from: Amazon.com
| Skill Level : | From simple to intermediate |
|---|---|
| Clear diagrams? | Yes |
| Tinted diagrams (to show 2 sides of paper)? | Yes |
| Photos of completed models? | Excellent photos |
|
Is there indication to the model size resulting from size of starting paper? |
Yes |
| Are the models "Pure" origami (From square - no cuts)? | All sorts |
Overall Impression
I don't like it when publishers display photos on
the cover of an instructional origami book of models not diagrammed
in that book. This might be misleading, and is the case here, so beware.
But this is the only bad thing I can say about this book. There
is a big variety of subjects from many creators to please anyone,
and the layout of the book is remarkable.
The book opens with a lengthy section discussing types of paper,
folding tips, and very detailed explanation of the folding methods and symbols.
The models are grouped into 3 sections by difficulty,
and each model comes with informational text, tips, challenges, quick
reminders for the basic manouvers, and beautiful color photos.
After the instructional sections, comes a beautiful 25 page gallery
of models from aroung the world (with a few photos by yours truely!),
with the author's comments accopanying each model.
The book ends with a glossary, something that we should see in more
origami books.
The Models
| Model | Creator | Notes | Photo (click for larger image) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterbomb fish | Various creators | ||
| Tarumpty tum tum | Takekawa Seiryo | A fun somersaulting toy | |
| Printer's hat | Traditional | From a rectangle | |
| Rocking nun | Traditional | Cute! From a circle |
|
| Box | Tomoko Fuse | From 8 squares | |
| Box | Giuseppi Baggi | From a rectangle | |
| Grasshopper | Gay Merrill Gross | Simple, jumping toy | |
| Sail on the horizon | Nick Robinson | A 2D scene. Nice | |
| Headlands | Tony O'Hare | Coastal scene from a rectangle | |
| CD cover | Traditional | ||
| Masu box | Traditional | ||
| Square dissection puzzle | Nick Robinson | From 4 squares | |
| Rectangular dissection puzzle | Nick Robinson | From 4 rectangles | |
| Giraffe passing a window | Nick Robinson | Clever! |
|
| Ten-point star | David Collier | From 10 squares |
 Front and back Folded by Meenakshi Mukerji |
| Modular cube | Mitsunobu Sonobe | From 6 squares | |
| Open cube | Nick Robinson | ||
| Triangular box | Nick Robinson | ||
| Skeletal cube | Jeff Beynon | From 24 squares |
 Folded by Meenakshi Mukerji |
| Ali's dish | Nick Robinson | ||
| Money box | Christoph Mangutsch | ||
| Double fish tesselation | Nick Robinson | From a rectangle | |
| Baby eagle | Lore Schirokauer | ||
| Bear | Edwin Corrie | Nice | |
| Star unit | Nick Robinson | 2 variations. From 5 squares |
|
| Peacock | Edwin Corrie | Very nice |
 Folded by Meenakshi Mukerji |
| Spinning symmetry | Brian Cole | ||
| Jet plane | Nick Robinson | Nice | |
| Double cube | David Brill | From 12 squares |
 Folded by Meenakshi Mukerji |
| Twisted paper | Fujimoto Shuzo | ||
| Tube of paint | Guillaume Denis | Excellent. From a rectangle |
|
| Floral pot | Jeff Beynon | ||
| Flower | Ligia Montoya | From a hexagon. Very nice |
|
| Elias figure base | Neal Elias | Nice |
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