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Designs based on Division into Thirds and Fifths
 
         
 
When I first started creating my own designs division into thirds quickly became, and has remained, a favourite motif, largely, perhaps, because the possibilities this opened up were largely unexplored at that time. This largely remains true of division into fifths.

The 3x3 Box was the first of this kind of design I discovered.
 
Designs based on Division into Thirds
 
  3x3 Box   S191   1987   Diagrams not yet available.
 
  Also Comes in White - minimalist double image design.   S027   1999   Origami Alfresco - Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-3-6 // Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN 978-0-9534774-6-3
 
  Curvy Bowl - bowl with curved sides and rim from 3x3 grid.   S094   1987   Origami You Can Use - Rick Beech and Rikki Donachie - Dover Publications - 10-0-486-47057-1 // On-line diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
 
  Dresden Bowl - curved crease and collapse design.   S103   2004   Complete Origami - Collins and Brown - David Mitchell - ISBN 978-1-84340-397-5 // On-line diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
 
  Egypt - minimalist landscape.   S010   1993   Origami Alfresco - Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-3-6 // Complete Origami - Collins and Brown - David Mitchell - ISBN 978-1-84340-397-5 - two versions // Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN 978-0-9534774-6-3
 
  Enigma Bowl - octagonal bowl from the Enigma Base.   S097   1988   Complete Origami - Collins and Brown - David Mitchell - ISBN 978-1-84340-397-5 // Le Pli 113-114 - Mai 2009 // Rencontres de Mai 2009 - MFPP // On-line diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
 
  Freefall / Limbo - minimalist double-image design.   S025   2000   Origami Alfresco - Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-3-6 // Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN 978-0-9534774-6-3
 
  Hotel Room / Swimming Pool - minimalist double image design sequence.   S008   1999   Origami Alfresco - Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-3-6 // Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN 978-0-9534774-6-3
 
  Lovebird - see-through design which reveals a heart when held up to the light.   S024   2000   Origami Alfresco - Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-3-6 // Complete Origami - Collins and Brown - David Mitchell - ISBN 978-1-84340-397-5 // Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN 978-0-9534774-6-3
 
  Paper Clip - a way of using a small square to join several larger sheets together at one corner.   S091   1991   BOS Convention Pack Autumn 1991
 
  Paradozical Object - minimalist visual illusion.   S031   2000   Origami Alfresco - Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-3-6 // Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN 978-0-9534774-6-3
 
  Sea Amid the Winter Snow - minimalist landscape   S141   2002   Designed for 2002 Xmas Card (attributed to Oliver Zachary) - picture in NOA magazine 2003/4. Title refers to first line of traditional carol // As Llyn Dhu in Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN 978-0-9534774-6-3
 
  Shark Attack - minimalist seascape / double image / action model.   S021   2000   Origami Alfresco - Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-3-6 // Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN 978-0-9534774-6-3
 
  Sunlounger   S042   1987   Diagrams not yet available.
 
Designs based on Division into Fifths
 
  Upstream - minimalist landscape.   S013   1993   Origami Alfresco - Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-3-6 // Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN 978-0-9534774-6-3