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Origami Tanteidan 7th convention

Origami Tanteidan 7th convention

Published: 2001 by Origami House
Pages: 256
Binding: Paperback
Language: Japanese

Out of print

Skill Level : From simple to complex
Clear diagrams? Yes - many diagramming styles
Tinted diagrams (to show 2 sides of paper)? On most of the models
Photos of completed models? No
Is there indication to the model size resulting
from size of starting paper? 		No
Are the models "Pure" origami (From square - no cuts)? Varies
The Models
Model Creator Notes Photo (click for larger image)
Angel playing the lute Fumiaki Kawahata Fantastic!
Snow crystal Kunio Suzuki Crease pattern and notes  
Shinra Kittaka Mihoko A modular flower pattern - crease pattern  
Uniform unit polyhedron Ushio Ikegami Various modular units  
Spin Pinwheel Kazuo Haga    
Propeller plane Miyajima Noboru Very nice. These are the diagrams for the crease pattern in Origami Tanteidan magazine #66
Skydiving Hattori Yoshiaki 4 human forms on a Frisbee-like objects  
F117 Ryo Aoki Very good
Folded by Gabriel Vong
Stage Ichiro Kinoshita Nice stage with curtains and all  
Boy in Heian era Nakai Tsutomu    
Gift box Yamada Jun Very nice box wrapped with a ribbon
Shell-shaped box Yamanashi Akiko 2 variations of a shell-shaped box. Nice  
Lord's topknot Watabe Kuniaki    
Tortoise dish Miyamoto Mariko    
Strawberry Toshinori Tanaka 2 units make a nice strawberry  
Hydrangea Nakajima Susumu Lots of units that need to be glued together  
Alien Sasade Shinji Nice
Folded by Deiby
UFO Sasade Shinji A 2D UFO. Nice  
Armored mechanical dinosaur Miyamoto Shintaro It's a dinosaur! And it's armed!
Folded by Eyal Reuveni
Unicorn Satoshi Kamiya Excellent.
Also diagrammed in Works of Satoshi KAMIYA 1995-2003 and in Origami USA 2001 convention book
Folded by Sebastian Curvers
Tylosaurus Tetsuo Kimura Simple  
T. Rex Jun Maekawa Cute
Pteranodon Takai Hiroaki Simple. Also diagrammed in Origami USA 2001 convention book . From a rectangle  
Megalusaurus Takai Hiroaki Cute  
Apatosaurus Takai Hiroaki Nice. Also published in 10 Origami Dinosaurs and on Takai Hiroaki's website  
Okapi Yamada Katsuhisa Nice
Orangutan Yamada Katsuhisa Very good  
Macaque Takai Hiroaki Nice. Also published in Origami USA 2001 convention book . From a rectangle  
Bull mask Ikeda Hiroki    
Duck Hattori Yoshiaki A crease pattern. The diagrams were published in Origami Tanteidan 6th convention book.  
Fox Hideo Komatsu Excellent. Also published in ORU 14 .
Tortoise Tomo Ogawa Good. Color changed shell  
Tortoise Go Kinoshita Very nice, with plates on the back  
Fish object Hojyo Takashi A very stylized decoration (2 variations)  
Folded by Philip West
Endless fish Shimamura Reiko Cute idea of a string of fish eating one another  
Snail Iizawa Hideyuki Stylized and geometric. Very nice.  
Folded by Ondrej and Radim Cibulka 
Beetle - fat Watabe Kuniaki 2 variations of flat beetles  
Praying mantis Seiji Nishikawa Interesting idea - these insects are each compound of 2 units, cut from the same square in a funny way...  
Grasshopper Seiji Nishikawa
Mette units Mette Pederson Plenty of Mette's units  
Centaur Peter Budai Excellent
Stag beetle Peter Budai Excellent
Folded by Gabriel Vong
Tetra'Hiro'n (Metro cards) Hiro Okamoto A tetrahedron from Metro cards. Also published in Origami USA 2001 convention book  
Dragon Mark W. Kennedy A nice variation of Robert Neal's dragon  
Expanding pouch Mark W. Kennedy Very nice - from a rectangle  
Could I have this kiss forever? Giang Dinh 2 people kissing - cute  
Mother and child Giang Dinh Very good  
Fly with transparent wings Alfredo Giunta Excellent - from a rectangle  
Fly #2 Alfredo Giunta Excellent - from a rectangle