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Origami USA Convention 2003
Published: 2003 by Origami USA
Pages: 313
Binding: Spiral-bound
Language: English
Buy from: Origami USA
Overall Impression
This is a very big compilation of various models. Difficulty and diagramming quality vary.
The Models
| Model | Creator | Notes | Photo (click for larger image) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bird baste turkey | Jim Adams | A cooked turkey. Nice | |
| Catfish | Jim Adams | ||
| Flying dragon | Jim Adams | ||
| Scallop | Jim Adams | ||
| The Underbird | Jim Adams |
22nd century "mantaship" From the Starmen books |
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| Snake with forked tongue | Jim Adams | Nice | |
| 3D box pleated rhinoceros | Stephane Ansons | ||
| Apple | Milada Bla'hova | 2D. Nice | |
| Feather | Milada Bla'hova | Simple | |
| Hungarian coat of arms | Peter Budai | Very good - from 2 squares | |
| Christmas decoration | Agota Budaine Berkecz | From 8 triangles | |
| Vampire | Jose Tomas Buitrago | Cute | |
| Paperoni pizza | Russell Cashdollar |
I really like this one. Very original and excellently executed. |
|
| Bears to dinner | Michele Chang | Cute. A table with a bear on every side. | |
| Mortarboard | Sy Chen | From a $ bill. Very good |
 Folded by Michele Rousseau |
| Lady | Sy Chen | Nice | |
| Pureland pumpkin face | Sy Chen | Nice |
|
| Teacup | Sy Chen | Very good | |
| Teapot | Sy Chen | Very good | |
| Yet another Jackstone | Sy Chen | Excellent | |
| Pine tree | Ann B. Conklin | Simple | |
| Dragon | Sebastian Curvers | Excellent |
 Folded by Sebastian Curvers |
| Duck | Pasquale d'Auria | Nice | |
| Hen | Pasquale d'Auria | ||
| The heart of paperfolding | Stefan Delecat | A 3D heart | |
| Armed Death | Klaus Dieter Ennen | a square for Death, and a square for his scythe | |
| Mask | Klaus Dieter Ennen | Bi-colored mask. Nice | |
| VW bug | Charles Esseltine |
Excellent. Also published in Origami Tanteidan 9th convention book and on Alex Barber's website |
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| Eagle ray | Nathan Geller | Very good | |
| Hummingbird - ruby throated | Nathan Geller | Very good | |
| Fire balloon | Roberto Gretter | Very nice pleat-work design | |
| Cat | Gay Merrill Gross | From 2 squares. Clever lock |
|
| Okkotonushi - Boar god | Satoshi Kamiya |
Fantastic. Also published in Origami Tanteidan 9th convention book and in Works of Satoshi KAMIYA 1995-2003 |
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| Homage to Picasso | Marc Kirschenbaum | A Picasso-type face. Interesting | |
| Seated guitarist | Marc Kirschenbaum | Excellent | |
| Skeleton | Marc Kirschenbaum | Excellent. New, computer drawn diagrams. |
 Folded by Marc Kirschenbaum |
| Tancho Oranda goldfish (V. 2) | Ronald Koh | Excellent |
|
| Four interlocking triangular prisms | Daniel Kwan | From 36 units. Some square and some rectangular. Very good. | |
| Scorpion | Robert J. Lang |
Excellent. Also published in Origami Tanteidan 8th convention book and in Origami Insects 2 |
|
| Scorpion | Timothy Lathrop | Simple | |
| Fairy-tale castle | Eran Leiserowitz | Excellent |
|
| Skateboard rider | Eran Leiserowitz | Very nice |
|
| Bottle-nose dolphin | Leong Cheng Chit | Excellent |
 Folded by Leong Cheng Chit |
| Tissue butterfly | Marcia Joy Miller | From a piece of toilet paper | |
| Arabian oryx | Roberto Muro | Very good | |
| Dolphin | Roberto Muro | Very good |
|
| Flying fox | Roberto Muro | A bat - good | |
| Green Nauyaca | Roberto Muro | Very good snake |
 Folded by Eyal Reuveni |
| Polar bear | Roberto Muro | Good | |
| Bull head | Messan Ekue Myke | Simple | |
| 28 deg. Isosceles triangle stellation module | Ryan Naccarato | ||
| Origami ball | Nina Ostrun | From 6 units |
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| Modular Cube | Vicente Palacios | From 12 squares | |
| Spool | Vicente Palacios | From 4 squares | |
| Triangle flap box | Mette Pederson | From 3 squares | |
| Rose | Pier Paolo Pessina | Very nice | |
| Bird | Didier Piguel | Good | |
| Rabbit | Didier Piguel | Simple | |
| Dolphin | Ary Romero | Nice | |
| Envelope | Loes Schakel | Good | |
| Hexa-coaster | Loes Schakel | From 6 squares | |
| Medallion | Loes Schakel | From 8 squares | |
| Tato & star | Loes Schakel | ||
| Barbershop quartet | Jeremy Shafer | 4 action singers. Very nice | |
| Bat pop-up card | Jeremy Shafer | Very good |
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| Crane hat | Jeremy Shafer | Silly... | |
| Spinning rose | Omer Shalev | ||
| Branucusi bird | Ken Shih | ||
| Two face | Matt Slayton | Bicolor devilish mask | |
| Shoe | Edwin Steele | From a $ bill - nice | |
| Kool Kat | Carol Tams | A cat mask from a Kit-Kat wrapper. Cute | |
| Double lock letter-fold | Leyla Torres | From letter paper | |
| Fortune cookie | Zack Zorn | Cute |
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