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Origami Tanteidan 8th convention
Published: 2002 by Origami House
Pages: 256
Binding: Paperback
Language: Japanese
Buy from: Sasuga
| Skill Level : | From simple to complex |
|---|---|
| Clear diagrams? | Varies - many diagramming styles |
| Tinted diagrams (to show 2 sides of paper)? | On most of the models |
| Photos of completed models? | No |
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Is there indication to the model size resulting from size of starting paper? |
No |
| Are the models "Pure" origami (From square - no cuts)? |
A few are from rectangles, and very few use cuts |
The Models
| Model | Creator | Notes | Photo (Click for a larger image) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porcupine | Yamada Katsuhisa | A bit too stylized for my taste | |
| Burning anteater | Miyamoto Shintaro | Nice |
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| Panther | Hojyo Takashi | A stylized mask |
 Folded by Philip West |
| Cat | Miyajima Noboru | Excellent |
 Folded by Eyal Reuveni |
| Cobra | Ikeda Hiroki |
Excellent - with color changed "symbols" |
 Folded by Philip West |
| Sheep | Jun Maekawa | Nice. Also published in Genuine Origami |
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| Hedgehog | Nakagawa Kouji | Good | |
| Lion | Seiji Nishikawa | Nice |
 Folded by Deiby |
| Tiger | Hideo Komatsu | Fantastic |
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| Sunfish | Go Kinoshita | Very nice | |
| Orca | Satoshi Kamiya | Excellent. Also diagrammed in Works of Satoshi KAMIYA 1995-2003 |
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| Horned beetle | Yamada Katsuhisa | Nice |
 Folded by Origami Plaza |
| Pteranodon 99 | Fumiaki Kawahata |
Very good - but best if folded from unicolor paper |
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| Apatosaurus | Tetsuo Kimura | Nice | |
| Spinosaurus | Takai Hiroaki | Nice. Also published in 10 Origami Dinosaurs and on Takai Hiroaki's website | |
| Seismosaurus | Takai Hiroaki | Nice | |
| Coelophysis | Satoshi Kamiya | Very good. Also diagrammed in Works of Satoshi KAMIYA 1995-2003 |
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| Hippogriff | Nakai Tsutomu | Very nice | |
| Pegasus | Sasade Shinji | The traditional crane with 4 legs... | |
| Iso-Area polyhedra | Ushio Ikegami | Crease patterns | |
| Edge's skeleton | Fujimoto Shuzo | Not quite origami - folded from cut tubes | |
| Check star | Miyuki Kawamura | A nice modular - with cuts | |
| Celes | Miyuki Kawamura | A very nice modular from rectangles |
 Folded by Paula Versnick |
| Star wave | Hatori Koshiro | Simple crease pattern | |
| NOA-chan reading the paper | Nakajima Susumu | simple multi-piece doll and furniture | |
| Special car | Ryo Aoki | Nice | |
| Delta | Yamashita Akira | Toy planes | |
| Tefu Tefu | Yamashita Akira | ||
| Rabbit box | Nakamura Kenta | Cute | |
| Ran Ran's hat | Kittaka Mihoko | From a hexagon. Very nice hat with flowers | |
| Agrostemma githago | Toshinori Tanaka | Multi-piece flower | |
| Cyclamen | Miyamoto Mariko | Multi piece flower - with some cuts | |
| Kabuto (Samurai helmet) | Seishi Kasumi | Excellent - with a stand |
 Folded by Nicolas Terry |
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Hana Midoh - Sweet shower house for celebrating Buddha just born |
Ichiro Kinoshita | From 5 pieces. Very nice |
 Folded by Nicolas Terry |
| Scorpion varileg | Robert J. Lang |
Excellent. Also published in Origami USA 2003 convention book and in Origami Insects 2 |
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| Dragon in flight | Charles Esseltine | Excellent - also available on his website, and in Origami USA 2002 convention book |
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| Simple Alphabet | Jeannine Mosely | Cute | |
| Star ball | Jeannine Mosely | From 30 units | |
| Stellated rhombic dodecahedron | Jeannine Mosely |
There are errors in the diagrams in the book - the corrected diagrams are Origami Tanteidan website |
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| Sea eagle | Leong Cheng Chit | Very nice |
 Folded by Leong Cheng Chit |
| Jack in the box | Marc Kirschenbaum | Excellent - new diagrams for a model published in Origami USA 1989 convention book | |
| Capella | Peter Budai | A 6 piece modular | |
| Sprinkler | Paula Versnick | Simple module with many assembly variations |
 Folded by Paula Versnick |
| Universal vertex module | Ravi Apte | Another modular with many possibilities |
 80 piece (80 vertex) soccer ball  60 piece (60 vertex) soccer ball (truncated icosahedron)  180 piece (180 vertex) All Folded by Ravi Apte |
| Flower Tower | Chris Palmer | Crease patterns for several towers |
  Folded by Guspath Go |
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