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Home > Book Reviews > Origami Step by Step

Overall Impression

This is a reprint of the 1974 out-of-print publication.
The best part of the book is the work of Patricia Crawford, who has
sadly stopped creating origami models.
This is not a very good book for beginners, since the diagrams might be a little hard to figure out sometimes.

The Models

Model	Creator	Notes	Photo (click for larger image)
Flower	Philip Shen	A bird-base flower	Folded by Origami Okiba
Box	Japanese	Simple and nice
Church
Fancy box
Lover's knot / Anvil	Traditional
Super box	John Richardson	Nice
Guillemot	Robert Harbin	Cute penguin
Tetrahedron	Patricia Crawford		Folded by Origami Okiba
Decoration	Japanese
Yacht	Toshie Takahama	Simple and nice
Speed boat	Ian Archer	Nice	Folded by Origami Okiba
Dart	John Smith	Simple
Lakotoi	Philip Noble	Simple sailboat
"No Walk Today"	Philip Noble	Cute sitting dog	Folded by Origami Okiba
Two Nuns	Robert Harbin	Very good
Film star	Eric Kenneway	Simple and nice
Octahedron	Patricia Crawford
Stalking cat	Patricia Crawford	Looks more like a tiger to me - nice	Folded by Yuval Atlas
Bird bath	Patricia Crawford	2 birds on a birdbath - very nice and 3D	Folded by Nicolas Terry
Squirrel on a log	Patricia Crawford	Excellent
Birds in a nest	Patricia Crawford	From a rectangle - very good	Folded by Nicolas Terry
Mermaid	Patricia Crawford	Very nice	Folded by Nicolas Terry
Christ on the mount of olives	Patricia Crawford	Very good
Swan	Patricia Crawford	Excellent	Folded by Ondrej and Radim Cibulka
Unicorn	Patricia Crawford	Nice - but there are better ones nowadays
Kangaroo	Patricia Crawford	Excellent - with a baby
Scorpion	Patricia Crawford	Excellent	Folded by Nicolas Terry
Full-rigged ship	Patricia Crawford	Fantastic - with a base by Fred Rohm. Also published in The Best of Annual Collections 1981-1995

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