"Let's Fold Spirals"

Fuse, Tomoko
布施知子
Let's Fold Spirals (origami collection 2)
らせんを折ろう
Chikuma Shobo
1992, 78 pages, Japanese
ISBN: 4-480-87202-7

Softcover, glossy color cover with photos of models; 8 pages of color photos of the models; diagrams black and white, grey shading, and black-and-white photos of each individual model.

Yet another must-have for Fuse fans, this book has a nice collection of spiral-related models by various folders, included abstract objects, sea shells, and of course, some lovely boxes.

Table of Contents:

Model Creator/Diagrammer Notes
Section 1: "Spiral Adventure"
Nautilus 1 FUSE 17 steps
Nautilus 2 FUSE 18 steps
Sheep FUSE 13 steps; sheep's head with spiral horns
Spiral Sea Shell A, B FUSE 20 steps; similar to the Nautilus, but doesn't close entirely. The A, B variations create different proportions to the spiral
Snail FUSE 13 steps
Spiral-Shell style Spiral FUSE 17 steps; creates a flat, spiral-shell style fold
Spiral FUSE helix
Various Spiral Objects FUSE 3-D spirals from various starting shapes
Spiral Object 2 KASAHARA Kunihiko 9 steps; a hollow spiral
Jeff's Spring Jeff Beynon (The translation of this is tricky.) A helix-like structure; if you hold one disk and press, it snaps out and then springs back
DNA spiral Thoki Yen 20 steps
Section 2: Kawasaki-style Spiral Folding
Kawasaki-style "both sides spinning" KAWASAKI Toshikazu 4 pieces; 5 steps each, plus assembly
"Tree" KAWASAKI Toshikazu 4 pieces, 5 steps each, plus assembly
Spiral Cube FUSE 12 pieces, 15 steps each, plus assembly
Spiral 6-edge 8-face body(?) FUSE 24 pieces, 15 steps each; this is a solid shape with 6 square faces and 8 triangular "holes" in between, with a spiral shape on each square face
Rose 6-edge 8-face body FUSE Like the previous one, but with roses on each square face
Kawasaki's Spiral Shell FUSE 20 steps; but out of 1 pieces of paper!
Unit Spiral Shell 1 FUSE 4 pieces, 9 steps each, plus assembly; similar to Kawaski's spiral shell
Unit Spiral Shell 2 FUSE 4 pieces, 9 steps each, plus assembly; similar to above, but long and thin
Weathered Shell FUSE 4 pieces, 6 steps each
Spiral Box 1 FUSE 4 pieces, 15 steps each, plus assembly; creates a square box with a spiral twist on the top
Base for Spiral Box 1 FUSE 4 pieces, 9 steps each, plus assembly
Spiral Box 2 FUSE 4 pieces, 10 steps each, plus assembly; similar to Box 1, with taller sides
Base for Spiral Box 2 FUSE 4 pieces, 9 steps each
Spiral 8-sided box FUSE 8 pieces, 13 steps each, plus assembly; requires two units, four of each type
Spiral 8-sided box FUSE 4 pieces, 15 steps each, plus assembly; also a variation with just one piece
Base for 8-pc, 8-sided box FUSE 8 pieces, 12 steps each, plus assembly
Base for 4-pc, 8-sided box FUSE 4 pieces, 7 steps each, plus assembly
Spiral 6-sided box FUSE 6 pieces, 15 steps each, plus assembly
Base for 6-sided box FUSE 6 pieces, 6 steps each, plus assembly

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