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Nolan, J.C. Creating Origami Publisher: Alexander Blace & Co. 1995, 290 pages, softcover English. ISBN: none |
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If you've ever wondered how an origami creator thinks, or wanted more information on how one might go about designing new origami models oneself, this book is for you. In Creating Origami, Jay brings you inside his own origami creation process in glorious detail. The first 110 pages of the book are dedicated to his thoughts on his own creative strategies, his tools and tricks of the trade, and detailed instructions for the bases and techniques used in the models later in the book. Clear, well-drawn diagrams of his own pieces, as well as several models from famed creators Fred Rohm and Patricia Crawford, re-diagrammed here for the first time in many years, make the book a must-have for the technical folder or budding creator!
All models made from a square unless specified otherwise.
I - Experimentations
Creating The Challenge Approaches to Creating Keeping Track fo Where You've Been - Diagramming Origami as an Art Form The Creator's Diary Paper Folding, the Last 2,000 Years Tools of the Trade Notation Techniques Level I - Blintz fold, rabbit ear, swivel fold Level I+ - reverse folds, squash folds, petal folds Level II - spread squash, sink fold, pleat sink Level II + - crimp folds, crimp sink, double/quadruple rabbit ears double swivel fold, stretching a base, closed sink, wrap Levell III/III+ - constructions, color changes, 3D manipulation Bases Traditional/blintzes The Internal Structure of the Traditional Bases Multi-flapped Waterbomb & Preliminary Bases Others - Butterfly, spiders, inverted windmill base, fairy, people base
| II - Inspirations | ||
| Model | Creator/Diagrammer | Notes |
| Paper Airplanes | rectangle, 8 st. each -traditional, 2 models | |
| Cootie Catcher | 9 st. | |
| Gum Wrapper Chain | (gum wrappers!) | |
| Paper Football | rectangle 8 st. | |
| Fish | 12 st. | |
| Waterbomb | 9 st. | |
| Pagoda Bookmark | 12 st. (multiple units if desired) | |
| Decorations | flat, petalled decorative pieces | |
| Crane | 15 st. | |
| Jumping Frog | 11 st. | |
| Lover's Knot | 9 st. | |
| It's Magic | Fred Rohm | 2:1 rectangle 50 st. bunny sitting up on cube |
| Scorpion | Patricia Crawford | 45 st. |
| Unicorn | " | 42 st. |
| Squirrel On a Log | " | 42 st. squirrel sitting upright on a log with branches |
| Full Rigged Ship | " | 46 st. three-masted ship |
| Kangaroo | " | 50 st. complete with joey in pocket |
| III - Creations | |
| Model | Notes |
| Horseshoe Crab | 37 st. |
| Wolf Spider | 36 st. |
| Octopus | 30 st. |
| Andrea's Rose | 32 st. flat four-petalled layered rose |
| Tarantula | (5-sided waterbomb base) 38 st. |
| Art Deco Lily | 27 steps |
| Australian Leaf Bug | 35 st. |
| Dragonfly | 67 st. |
| Hydra | 38 st. |
| Taarakian Dragon | 37 st. |
| A Simple Dragon for Natasha | 18 st. |
| Butterfly/Butterfly Chain | 18 steps |
| Delta Glider | half square triangle, 10 st. |
| Cerberus | 61 st. |
| Stylized Pegasus/TD> | 31 st. |
| Loch Ness Monster | 18 steps |
| Braided Paper | 33 steps; decoration style flat square with woven points on front |
| Frost Dragon | (8 sided waterbomb base) 140 steps |
| Clownfish and Sea Anemone | 139 steps (yes, one piece of paper!) |
| Seven Simple Bracelets | variations of a paper bracelet with interesting patterns |
| Diving Duck | 26 |
| Seven Colored Lover's Knots | |
| Leaping Lizard | 48 steps |
| Fairy | 40 steps |
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