Origami Sourcebook

by Jay Ansill

Published:: 2004 by Quarry
Pages:: 208
Binding:: Paperback
Language:: English
ISBN-13:: 9781592530656
ISBN-10:: 1592530656

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Skill Level	From simple to complex
Clear diagrams?	Less than perfect
Tinted diagrams (to show 2 sides of paper)?	Yes
Photos of completed models?	Yes
Is there indication to the model size resulting from size of starting paper?	No
Are the models "Pure" origami (From a single square - no cuts)?	A few are from other shapes

Overall Impression

This is a collection of two books previously authored by Jay Ansill: Origami Monsters and Mythical Beings and Practical and Decorative Origami. There are a few slight changes from the original books, though, as the new edition adds a couple of models by Michael LaFosse and omits a parrot by Ligia Montoya.

There are some excellent models included here, with the mythical-beings part containing the more challenging projects. However, the book's weakness lies in the fact that the diagrams are not the clearest, and some of the photographs in the mythical-beings part are quite bad - they even managed to mess up a photo of Neal's dragon...

My favorite models in this book are Lang's Shiva and Neal's cute wizard and witch.
I wouldn't recommend this book for beginners, but for advanced folders, who sometimes enjoy a small challenge of "deciphering" diagrams.

There are 36 Origami Designs in Origami Sourcebook:

Design	Designer	Page	Details	Photo
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Napkin cuffs Objects - Useful	Catherine Abbott	18	Square Also in Origami USA Convention 1987 Also in Practical and Decorative Origami by Jay Ansill 3 variations	Folded by Marco Abate
Shawl Objects - Useful	Gay Merrill Gross	21	Square Napkin fold
Bird of paradise Objects - Useful	Traditional	23	Square Napkin fold
Pajarita Toys	Traditional	26	Square Also in Fun and Easy Origami Animals by Michael G. LaFosse Also in Absolute Beginner's Origami by Nick Robinson Also in An Invitation to the Practice of Folding Paper by Michel Lucas Also in Atlas de l'Origami Also in Beginner Origami by Yoshihide Momotani Also in Complete Origami by Eric Kenneway Also in Der Falter 12 and in other sources...	Folded by Lou Pearson
Ingenious Letter-fold Letters and Envelopes	Robert Neale	29	Rectangle
Star Geometric and other shapes	Traditional	32	Rectangle - Long strip 4 units Weaved
Crane Birds - Gruiformes - Cranes	Traditional	36	Square Also in A Thousand Cranes by Florence Temko Also in An Invitation to the Practice of Folding Paper by Michel Lucas Also in Atlas de l'Origami Also in Beginner Origami by Yoshihide Momotani Also in Classic Origami by Paul Jackson Also in Complete Origami by Eric Kenneway Also in Complete Origami by David Mitchell and in other sources...	Folded by Gilad Aharoni
Fancy dish (Spanish box) Boxes and Containers	Traditional	38	Square Also in NOA Magazine 456 Also in Easy Origami by John Montroll Also in Essential Origami by Steve and Megumi Biddle Also in Origami A-B-C by David Petty Also in Practical and Decorative Origami by Jay Ansill Also in Day of the Dead Origami by Matthew Gardiner and Steven Casey and in other sources...	Folded by Gilad Aharoni
Lotus box Boxes and Containers	Michael G. LaFosse	41	Square
Heart frame Objects - Frames	Aldo Putignano	47	Square Also in Practical and Decorative Origami by Jay Ansill Also in Origami USA Convention 1991 Also in Origami USA Convention 1996 Heart-shaped frame	Folded by Marco Abate
Shopping bag Boxes and Containers	Fred Rohm	50	Rectangle Also in Practical and Decorative Origami by Jay Ansill	Folded by Marco Abate
Swallow Birds - Passeriformes	Ligia Montoya	53	Square
Flapping dove Toys - Action Models	Ligia Montoya	56	Square
Tropical flowers Flora - Flowers	Ligia Montoya	59	Pentagon
Chalice Food	Samuel L. Randlett	63	Hexagon Also in BOS Convention 1979 Autumn Also in BOS Magazine 81 Also in MFPP 1995 Convention Also in Origami Superstars - QQM 3 Also in Pajarita Magazine 50 Also in Papiroflexia Coleccion by Vicente Palacios and in other sources...	Folded by Wilson Yeung
Heart gift box Boxes and Containers	Martha Mitchen	68	Rectangle - Long strip Also in Practical and Decorative Origami by Jay Ansill	Folded by Wilson Yeung
Bowl Boxes and Containers	Aldo Putignano	72	Square Also in Practical and Decorative Origami by Jay Ansill	Folded by Marco Abate
Three-D Greeting cards Letters and Envelopes	Traditional	76	Rectangle With cuts Not really origami
Penultimate modular system Geometric and other shapes	Robert Neale	80	Square 30 units System for creating many modular designs
Star system Geometric and other shapes	Robert Neale	87	Square Multiple units System for creating many modular designs
Ouroboros Imaginary beings - Dragons	Robert Neale	95	Square Also in Origami Monsters and Mythical Beings by Jay Ansill	Folded by Gilad Aharoni
Bat Mammals - Chiroptera - Bats	Michael G. LaFosse	98	Triangle Also in Advanced Origami by Michael G. LaFosse and Richard L. Alexander Also in CDO convention 1997 Also in CDO convention 2001 Also in Fun Origami World by Makoto Yamaguchi Also in LaFosse and Alexander's Essential Book of Origami by Michael G. LaFosse and Richard L. Alexander Also in Le Pli 68	Folded by Gilad Aharoni
Wizard and Witch People - Occupations - Witches and Wizards	Robert Neale	106	Square Also in Origami Monsters and Mythical Beings by Jay Ansill Also in Origami Monsters and Mythical Beings by Jay Ansill	Folded by Gilad Aharoni
Wizard and Witch People - Occupations - Witches and Wizards	Robert Neale	109	Square Also in Origami Monsters and Mythical Beings by Jay Ansill Also in Origami Monsters and Mythical Beings by Jay Ansill	Folded by Gilad Aharoni
Dragon Imaginary beings - Dragons	Robert Neale	111	Square Also in Le Pli 27 Also in Origami Monsters and Mythical Beings by Jay Ansill Also in Origami USA Convention 1983 Also in OrigaMIT 2011 Convention Book Also in Pajarita Especial 1985 - Pliar 85 Also in The Flapping Bird by Samuel L. Randlett and in other sources...	Folded from a square of bubble-texture paper by Gilad Aharoni
Gargoyle Imaginary beings	Jerry Harris	115	Square Also in Origami Monsters and Mythical Beings by Jay Ansill Also in Origami USA Convention 1989	Folded from a square of Vietnamese wrapping-paper by Gilad Aharoni
Daedalus Imaginary beings	Gabriel Alvarez Casanovas	120	Square Also in El Libro de Las Pajaritas de Papel by Grupo Riglos Also in Origami Monsters and Mythical Beings by Jay Ansill Also in Pajarita Especial 1983 - Grenoble Also in Pajarita Extra 2011 - Gabriel Alvarez	Folded by Gilad Aharoni
Pegasus Imaginary beings - Pegasi	Gabriel Alvarez Casanovas	125	Square Also in Origami Monsters and Mythical Beings by Jay Ansill	Folded from a square of Lokta by Gilad Aharoni
Dragon - flapping Imaginary beings - Dragons	Stephen Weiss	131	Square Also in Origami Monsters and Mythical Beings by Jay Ansill	Folded from a square of origami paper by Gilad Aharoni
Woodland elf Imaginary beings	Stephen Weiss	135	Rectangle Also in Origami Monsters and Mythical Beings by Jay Ansill	Folded by Eileen Tan
Centaur Imaginary beings - Centaurs	Neal Elias	140	Rectangle - 1X2 Also in Origami Monsters and Mythical Beings by Jay Ansill	Folded from a rectangle of Nicolas Terry's tissue-foil by Gilad Aharoni
Rearing dragon Imaginary beings - Dragons	Marc Kirschenbaum	145	Square Also in Origami USA Convention 2011 Also in Awesome Origami - Vol. 2 by J.C. Nolan Also in Origami Dragons by Marc Kirschenbaum Also in Origami Kids by J.C. Nolan Also in Origami Monsters and Mythical Beings by Jay Ansill Also in Origami USA Convention 1988 and in other sources...	Folded by Gilad Aharoni
Shiva Religion and Holidays - Hinduism	Robert J. Lang	151	Square Also in Origami Monsters and Mythical Beings by Jay Ansill	Folded from a square of patterned Japanese Foil by Gilad Aharoni
Unicorn Imaginary beings - Unicorns	Stephen Weiss	157	Square Also in Origami Monsters and Mythical Beings by Jay Ansill	Folded by Gadi Vishne
Dragon - long-tailed Imaginary beings - Dragons	Matthew Green	162	Square Also in Origami USA Convention 1990 Also in Origami Monsters and Mythical Beings by Jay Ansill	Folded from a square of Nicolas Terry's tissue-foil by Gilad Aharoni
Cerberus Imaginary beings	Robert J. Lang	169	Square Also in Origami Monsters and Mythical Beings by Jay Ansill	Folded by Eileen Tan