Origami Heaven

A paperfolding paradise

The website of writer and paperfolding designer David Mitchell

 

 
Drawing with Paper - Animals, Birds and Fish
 
Drawing with paper is a term, first used by the late Eric Kenneway, I believe, which describes the process of creating a pictorial design using the contrast between the two sides of irogami or differentiated paper (paper that is white on one surface and coloured on the other or a different colour on each surface).
 
 
 
  Name: Bomb Bunny aka Exploding Rabbit - minimalist double-image conceptual origami design.

Paper type / shape: Square / Irogami.

Designer / Date: David Mitchell, 2001

Reference: 227

Diagrams: On-line diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.

 
  Name: Bull's Head - minimalist pictorial design.

Paper type / shape: Square / Irogami

Designer / Date: David Mitchell, 1995

Reference: 120

Diagrams: Origami Alfresco - Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-3-6 //2, BOM 174 October 1995 - 4-fold bull (see article 'A Bavarian Interlude' for explanation of origin) // Origami Animals - Greenwich Editions - David Mitchell - ISBN 1-86288-770-4 // Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN 978-0-9534774-6-3 // On-line diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.

 
  Name: Doggone Cool! - simple pictorial design.

Paper type / shape: Square / Irogami.

Designer / Date: David Mitchell, 1997

Reference: 139

Diagrams: Origami Alfresco - Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-3-6 // Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN 978-0-9534774-6-3 // On-line diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.

 
  Name: Fishwife - a simple double image pictorial design.

Paper type / shape: Square / Irogami.

Designer / Date: David Mitchell, 2018

Reference: 559

Diagrams: On-line diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.

 
  Name: Headless Fish Tile - simple headless fish tile that tessellates to show normal fish.

Paper type / shape: Square / Irogami.

Designer / Date: David Mitchell, 2018

Reference: 560

Diagrams: On-line diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.

 
  Name: Lovebird - double-image see-through pictorial design of a hovering bird which reveals a heart when held up to the light.

Paper type / shape: Irogami square

Designer / Date: David Mitchell, 2000

Reference: 214

Diagrams: 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 // On-line diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.

 
  Name: Mumbo Jumbo -simple double image design.

Paper type / shape: Square / Irogami.

Designer / Date: David Mitchell, 2010

Reference: 331

Diagrams: Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN 978-0-9534774-6-3 // On-line diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.

 
  Name: Penguin - minimalist drawing with paper pictorial design.

Paper type / shape: Square / Irogami.

Designer / Date: David Mitchell, 2008.

Reference: 414

Diagrams: Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN 978-0-9534774-6-3 // On-line diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.