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"Origami Full of Life" (sometimes translated as "Origami Masterworks") is a marvelous book showcasing Master Yoshizawa's creations. The book is artfully printed, with a few pages of color photographs at the beginning, and then black and white photos of the models, with simple line drawing diagrams, accompanying them throughout the rest of the book.
Experienced folders who are fans of his work surely already own this lovely book; if you're completely new to origami, I might suggest starting somewhere else, as these models, while none of them particularly complex, often rely on "judgement folds" (folds with no obvious landmarks) and subtle creasing techniques to get them to come out well. If you haven't seen much of Master Yoshizawa's works, but have been starting to experiment with wet-folding, and are interested in models that make use of soft creases, suggestion of form rather than detailed representation, and provide a great vehicle for experimenting with mass and gesture in origami models, then I think you'll find this book both challenging and rewarding.
Of particular interest to non-Japanese-literate owners of this book are these translations of the three sections of the book's Appendix. These are a short description of Master Yoshizawa's techniques for paper preparation, his thoughts on how to approach folding, and an overview of the traditional Japanese method for backcoating paper (gluing two thin sheets together to create a thicker sheet for, in this case, folding.)
Unless noted, all models are from one piece of square paper.
Model |
steps |
notes |
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Mouse |
14 |
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Ox |
17 |
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Cow at pasture |
16 & 22 |
two piece, crane bases for front/back half |
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Water Buffalo |
12 |
head only |
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Tiger |
18 |
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Rabbit |
14 |
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Dragon |
20 |
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Snake |
17 |
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Horse |
17 |
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Sheep |
13 |
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Goat |
15 & 13 |
two piece, crane bases for front/back half |
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Sheep head |
7 |
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Sheep wall hanging |
15 |
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Monkey |
8 |
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Rooster |
16 |
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Dog |
17 |
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Scottish Terrier |
17 & 20 |
two piece, crane bases for front/back half |
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Puppies |
6, 8, 8 |
three variations - two seated, one standing |
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Wild boar |
13 |
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Round-Eyed Cat |
10 & 11 |
two piece, body & head |
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Condor Standing |
25 |
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Condor Flying |
13, 18 |
two variations |
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Duck |
25 |
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Duck form |
3 |
experimentation with simple form to create movement/gesture in the form |
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Duck-shaped basket |
12 |
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Goldfish |
13 |
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Red Snapper |
12, 12, 17 |
(a.k.a Sea Bream, a fish) three variations: swimming (simple form), falling back into the water (as from a leap out of the water); swimming (more detailed form) |
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Scarab |
crease pattern |
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Brachiosaurus |
19 |
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Tree |
15 |
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Child |
17 |
posable human figure |
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Handstand |
14 |
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Skipping Rope |
17 |
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Running Person |
13 |
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Bride |
16 |
Traditional Japanese bride figure, with head covering and kimono |
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Wizard with staff |
10, 12 |
two piece, staff from long narrow sheet |
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Face |
12 |
Reversible mask - held one way the face is sad, the other way up it is frowning |
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Blue Demon |
15 |
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Kappa |
8 |
a Kappa is a creature from Japanese folklore, a kind of water-demon |
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Hina dolls |
16 each |
traditonal emperor/empress and court retainer dolls for the spring "Hinamtasuri" (Hina festival) displays [Read about Hinamatsuri] |
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Four-point star |
13 |
decoration for the summer "Tanabata" star festival [Read about Tanabata] |
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19 |
Tanabata decoration [Read about Tanabata] |
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Bamboo leaves |
8 |
Tanabata decoration [Read about Tanabata] |
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Sailboat |
5, 8 |
two piece, boat and sail [Read about Tanabata] |
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Sailboat |
11 |
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Festival boat |
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Taurus |
19 |
(representation of the constellation) |
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Libra |
13 |
(representation of the constellation) |
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"Condor" Glider |
7 |
(paper airplane) |
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"Butterfly" |
5 |
(paper airplane) |
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"Flying Bird" |
9 |
(paper airplane) |
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"Flying Leaf" |
6 |
(paper airplane) |
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Glider |
12 |
(paper airplane, traditional aircraft shape) |
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Monoplane |
13 |
(paper airplane, separately shaped wings and tail; from rectangle) |
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Pinwheel |
5,6 |
one four-bladed (from square) one three-bladed (from triangle) |
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Paper Preparation: a description of cutting and preparing a sheet of paper for folding. [English translation of the text] How to Fold: a discussion of how to approach folding, with an emphasis on developing an understanding of the properties of the paper, and creating a rhythm while folding. [English translation of the text] Backcoating Paper: how to back lightweight paper with the traditional Japanese backcoating process. [English translation of the text] Thanks to Joel Stern and Robert Tsuchida for the English translations. | ||
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