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| Folding Paper for Children: Origami by Claude Sarasas, 1951 | |||||||
| 'Folding Paper for
Children: Origami ' by Claude Sarasas was published by
Kodansha in Tokyo in 1951. It is a tri-lingual alphabet
book illustrated with Japanese origami designs in a
variety of styles, the names of the designs being given
in English, French and Japanese. The majority of the
designs are constructed using cuts. Roughly translated the 'Author Introduction' on this page says: 'The author is the wife of Phra Sarasas, former Minister of Economic Affairs of Thailand, current member of the National Economic Council and Principal of the School of Economics, and was born into a prestigious French family. Both husband and wife are Japanophiles who have lived in Japan for ten years. The wife is particularly fond of Japanese printing, and the original drawings and origami in this book have been exhibited in various parts of Western Europe and have been well received.' The work was republished as 'The ABCs of Origami' by Charles E Tuttle in San Francisco in 1964. I have not seen a full copy of the original publication. The A to Z pages shown below are taken from the 1964 version. However, those few pages of the original work I have seen are identical to those in the 1964 version and I am confident that the others are also identical in both works. *********** This work is mentioned in Gershon Legman's 'Bibliography of Paperfolding' which was published in 1952.
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********** The Albatross
********** Inside Out Boat
********** Crow with Legs
********** Deer (cut)
********** Elephant (Cut) (Kirikomi style)
********** Flamingo (cut) - The Cut Heron A cut is used to separate the legs.
********** Gull - The Cut Swallow (without the cut!)
********** The Japanese House
********** The Crossover Cicada The illustration also shows a colour-change version of the Kabuto Base Cicada and a dragonfly, neither of which are explained in the book.
********** The Juggler (Cut)
********** The Kimono
********** The Long Lantern
********** Mandarin (Cut)
********** Bird in a Nest (Cut)
********** Seal (Cut)
********** Peacock - a version of The Simple Swan
********** The Pig
********** The Cut Robin
********** The Postman
********** The Cut Turtle
********** The Urn (Cut)
********** Volcano (Cut)
********** Wigwam (Cut)
********** Bee (Cut)
********** The Yacht (Cut) The cut is used to obtain a colour-changed sail.
********** Zebra (Cut)
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