| The Public Paperfolding History Project
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| Education of Head and Hand by Gabriel Bamberger, 1891 | |||||||
| 'Education
of Head and Hand' by Gabriel Bamberger was published by A
Flanagan in Chicago in 1891. The work is a compilation of
six manuals about manual work in schools. Each manual is
related to a particular school year, as stated in the
Author's Preface:
The paperfolding content of each manual is; No 1: First school year: Folds of Beauty from the Double Blintz Basic Form and the Windmill Base. No 2: Second School Year: Geometric Folds / Erkenntnisformen No 3: Third School Year: Ausschneiden und Aufkleben No 4: Fourth School Year: no paperfolding content No 5: Fifth and Sixth School years: (ie 9 to 11) Cardboard Modelling The Preface acknowledges that:
Not all the leaflets include paperfolding material. A full copy of the work can be accessed here. Parts of the work were later republished in various forms including as 'How to Cut and Fold Paper' (in 1922) and 'Bamberger's Manual of Paper Folding, Clay Modelling and Cardboard Work'. ********** The aujthor sees paperfolding as a step on the way to papercutting rather than a valuable activity in its own right:
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********** Analysis Manual No 1: First school year Folds of Beauty from the Double Blintz Basic Form (Note that these are all folded from the same side of the groundform.) ***********
********** Folds of Beauty from the Windmill Base This section includes several designs which have their own page: The Diagonal Cross
********** Four Kites
********** Four Points
********** Four Rhombi
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********** Manual No 2: Second School Year Geometric Forms / Erkenntnisformen This section includes an interesting way of constructiung an octagon from a square:
********** From the Square
********** From the Equilateral Triangle Note that a method of obtaining the equilateral triangle is not given.
********** From the Circle
********** Manual No 3: Third School Year This manual starts with an interesting discussion of the usefulness for education of paperfolding and papercutting.
********** Paper Cutting and Mounting - Ausschneiden und Aufkleben
********** How to cut squares from oblongs
********** Symmetrical Fold and Cut Designs
********** Manual No 5: Fifth and Sixth School Years Cardboard Work: First Course There is no paperfolding in this First Course but it does contain instructions for making The Chinese Wallet::
********** Cardboard Work: Second Course How to make boxes and other useful objects / polyhedra / models of furniture using the cardboard modelling technique. Specimen pages:
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