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Origami Tanteidan 9th convention

Published: 2003 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
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  
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