| The Public Paperfolding History Project
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| Origami: Folding Paper for Children by Claude Sarasas, 1951 | |||||||
| 'Origami: Folding
Paper for Children' by Claude Sarasas was published by
Kodansha in Tokyo in 1951. It is an illustrated,
tri-lingual alphabet book of origami designs, the names
of the designs being given in Japanese, French and
English.. It was republished as 'The ABCs of Origami' by Charles E Tuttle in San Francisco in 1964. This work is mentioned in Gershon Legman's 'Bibliography of Paperfolding' which was published in 1952.
I have not seen a copy of the original publication. The pages shown below are taken from the 1964 republication, but I believe that all the designs and illustrations in both books were identical.. The majority of the designs are constructed using cuts. ********** The Albatross
********** Inside Out Boat
********** Crow with Legs
********** Deer (with cut ears)
********** Elephant (Cut)
********** Flamingo
********** Gull
********** The Japanese House
********** The Crossover Cicada The illustration also shows a colour-change version of the Preliminary Fold 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
********** The Pig
********** Robin (Cut)
********** The Postman
********** Tortoise (Cut)
********** The Urn (Cut) (a version of the Long Lantern)
********** Volcano (Cut)
********** Wigwam / House (Cut)
********** Bee (Cut)
********** Yacht (Cut) The cut is used to obtain a colour-changed sail.
********** Zebra (Cut)
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