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'Practical Kindergarten Lessons for English Infant Schools' by Mrs E. Mortimer was published by Joseph Hughes and Company in London in 1891. It contains sections on Paperfolding, Papercutting and Mounting, Braiding and Intertwining.

A full copy of the work can be accessed online here.

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Analysis

Gift 18 - Paperfolding

(Note that the terms Folds of Life, Folds of Knowledge and Folds of Beauty used in this analysis are not found in the work.)

The full wording of this section is given at the foot of the page.

Many Forms of Life are mentioned but not illustrated.

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Simple Folds of Life (Simple Objects)

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Folds of Life from the Double Blintz Basic Form

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Folds of Life from the Windmill

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Folds of Life from Oblongs

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The Spill - Paper Spills

Not illustrated, but presumably an oblong pleated several times lengthwise.

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The Shovel - The Shovel

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The Stool - The Stand

Illustrated but not included in the list

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The Form or Bench -

Not illustrated, but presumably a longer, lower version of The Stool.

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The Table

Not illustrated

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The Reading Desk

Not illustrated

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The Hatchet

Not illustrated, but presumably a similar form to The Hammer

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The Trough - The Standing Trough

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The Bath

Not illustrated

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The Panniers - The Panniers

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Folds of Knowledge (Geometrical Forms)

This section concentrates on very simple folds culminating in a sqaure with both diagonals and bisectors creased in.

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Then adds:

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Constructing the Regular Octagon

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Folds of Beauty (Star Forms)

The author gives five groundforms from which Star Forms can be developed:

From Groundform A - The Blintzed Square

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From Groundforms B and C - the two sides of The Double Blintz Basic Form

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From Groundform D - the doubly blintzed square

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From Groundform E - The Windmill Base

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Gift 13 - Papercutting and Mounting

Note that the method given in the text for cutting an equilateral triangle actually produces a hexagon.

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Gift 14 - Braiding

Bookmarks

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Gift 17 - Intertwining

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Selected Pages

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