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Home > Book Reviews > Origami Tanteidan 9th convention

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
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 other shapes, and very few use cuts

The Models

Model	Creator	Notes	Photo (click for larger image)
One sheet throwing knife - "Shuriken"	Sasade Shinji	An article with crease patterns
One sheet inside-out isomorphic throwing knife - "Shuriken"	Yamada Jun, Sasade Shinji, Kozasa Keiichi, Komatsu Hideo	Interesting	Folded by Origami Okiba
Digital	Ichiro Kinoshita	Nice 7 segment digits - from 2 squares
Galaxy	Yamashita Akira	Toy plane - from 3 parts of an A4 sheet
Adieu	Yamashita Akira	Toy plane - from a triangle
Moewe	Kurokawa Toshio	Toy plane - with cuts
Starship	Ryo Aoki	Very recognizable...
Flower ornament	Nakajima Susumu	From 2 squares
Cherry blossom	Toshinori Tanaka	A multi-part flower board
Whip	Miyuki Kawamura	A "Celes" variation - multi unit	Folded by Meenakshi Mukerji
Wedge	Miyuki Kawamura	20 unit modular	Folded by Francesco Mancini
Crystal splash	Miyuki Kawamura	Another modular - from rectangles
1/3 strap	Yamada Katsuhisa	Many modular variations
Heptagonal Tato 1,2	Seishi Kasumi	2 variations - one from A4, one from a square
Squirrel	Nakagawa Kouji	Excellent
Mouse	Mizuno Ken	Very nice
Doggie whose name is Mac	Jun Maekawa	Cute
Bear	Seiji Nishikawa	Good
Japanese Macaque	Jun Maekawa	Nice - Crease Pattern only - but not too hard
Orang utan	Isomura Hiroshi	Very nice - partial diagrams	Folded by Ayepapa
Spring buck	Honda Gen	Good
Pelican	Ashimura Shun'ichi	I like this original approach
Xenopus borealis	Hojyo Takashi	Detailed frog - Crease Pattern only
Manta ray	Fumiaki Kawahata	Very good
Sea otter	Miyajima Noboru	Excellent	Folded by Deiby
Phoenix	Yamaguchi Tomoyuki	Very nice - with tail variations	Folded by Ayepapa
Cerberus	Fukuyama Kentarou	Good
The north wind	Miyamoto Shintaro	Very nice
The yellow bird	Satoshi Kamiya	Chocobo From "Final Fantasy". Also diagrammed in Works of Satoshi KAMIYA 1995-2003
Boar god	Satoshi Kamiya	Fantastic Also published in Origami USA 2003 convention book and in Works of Satoshi KAMIYA 1995-2003
Tyrannosaurus	Tetsuo Kimura	Very Nice - good balance
Allosaurus	Takai Hiroaki	Nice
Long legged wasp	Meguro Toshiyuki	Excellent - but confusing diagrams, with hard to reach reference points. Deiby has compiled a helpful reference finder here	Folded by Deiby
A bird on hand	Watanabe Dai	A woman with a bird on one hand and a book in the other. Very good
Peacock pop-up card	Jeremy Shafer	Very nice	Folded by Gilad Ayalon
The Singing fish	Gilad Aharoni	Diagrams also available in the diagram section of this website
There is no spoon	Peter Farina	Excellent action model	Folded by Peter Farina
VW bug	Charles Esseltine	Excellent Also published in Origami USA 2003 convention book and on Alex Barber's website
Chess pieces	Marc Kirschenbaum	Very nice. Each piece from a square	Folded by Gilad Ayalon
Sirena	Willyman Reed Cardona Alzate	Nice
Golden Snitch	Peter Farina	Excellent
Ghost monk with a stick	Nicolas Terry	Nice use of asymmetry	From Nicolas Terry's website
Condor	Francisco Munoz	Good
Little egret	F. C. Chung	Very good
Acantocino	Manuel Sirgo	Excellent	From Nicolas Terry's website
Escolia	Manuel Sirgo	Excellent	From Nicolas Terry's website
Turtle	Eran Leiserowitz	Fantastic	Folded by Eran Leiserowitz
Giraffe (ver. 2)	Ronald Koh	Very good - in a slight crouching position	Folded by Deiby
Lion	Robert J. Lang	Excellent - meant to be folded from a rectangle of untrimmed paper