| The Public Paperfolding History Project
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| Generic Folded Paper Waterbirds, Ducks, Swans and Geese | |||||||
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page is being used to collect information about the
history of generic folded paper waterbirds / waterfowl,
Ducks, Swans and Geese. Please contact me if you know any
of this information is incorrect or if you have any other
information that should be added. Thank you. There is also a froebelian fold of life known as 'The Duck'. ********** The Wild Goose - 1896 onwards
********** The Simple Swan - 1944 onwards
********** The Simple Duck - 1944 onwards
********** 1959 A Goose is pictured, but not explained, in 'How to Make Origami' by Isao Honda, which was published by Toto Shuppan Co. Ltd in Japan. by McDowell Obolensky of New York in the USA and by Museum Press Ltd of London in England, in 1959.
********** The Standing Duck - 1957onwards
********** The Standing Goose - 1960 onwards
********** The Mandarin Duck - 1960 onwards
********** 1960 Three designs for water birds appear in 'Happy Origami: Whale Book' by Tatsuo Miyawaki, which was published by Biken-Sha in 1960. Waterfowl
*** A very similar design, which is said to be Japanese, appears as 'Water Fowl' in 'Secrets of Origami', by Robert Harbin, which was published by Oldbourne Book Company in London in 1964.
*** Mandarin Duck (male) (cut)
********** Mandarin Duck (female) (cut)
*** This design also appears as 'Water Bird' in 'Fold-and-Paste Origami Storybook' by Florence Sakade, which was published by Charles E Tuttle Company in Vermont and Tokyo in 1964.
*** Both the Male and Female 'Mandarin Ducks' appear in 'Origami Land: Rooster Book' by Tatsuo Miyawaki, which was published by Biken-Sha in matsuyama, Japan in 1967.
********** A heavily cut design for a 'Waterfowl' appears in 'Pop-Up Origami: Kitty Book' by Tatsuo Miyawaki, which was published by Biken-Sha in Japan in 1960.
********** 1961 This simple design for an 'Ente' (duck) appears in 'Wir Falten' by Joachim Schönherr and Gerta Schumann, which was published by Rudolf Arnold Verlag in Leipzig in 1961.
********** 1961 This design for a Goose made from a wedge-shaped piece of paper appears in 'How to Make Things Out of Paper', which is a translation into English, published in 1961 by Sterling Publishing Co Inc in New York, of Walter Sperling's 1955 book 'Papier-Spiele'.
*** A design for a 'Duck', made from a square, appears in the same book:
********** 1964 A Cut Duck and a Cut Swan appear in 'My Origami Birds' which was published by Crown Publishers Inc, in New York in 1964.
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********** A design for a ''Wading Duck' appears in 'Fold-and-Paste Origami Storybook' by Florence Sakade, which was published by Charles E Tuttle Company in Vermont and Tokyo in 1964.
********** 1965 A design for a 'Swan' appears in 'The World of Origami' by Isao Honda, which was published by Japan Publications Trading Company in the USA in 1965.
********** The same book contains a design for a 'Quacking Duck' folded from a 60 / 120 degree rhombus.
********** Another simple design for a 'Water-fowl' appears in 'Origami Fun Book: Crane Book' by Tatsuo Miyawaki, which was published by Shikoku Hoiku Co Ltd in Matsuyama, Japan in 1965.
*** The same design appears as 'Water-fowl' in 'Origami Land: Birdie Book' by Tatsuo Miyawaki, which was published by Biken-Sha in Matsuyama, Japan in 1967.
********** 1967 Two designs for water birds, a heavily cut 'Water Bird A' and a 'Water Bird B' appear in 'Origami Playtime' by Tatsuo Miyawaki, which was published by Japan Publications Trading Co in Tokyo, New York and San Francisco in July 1967. Water Bird A (cut)
********** Water Bird B
********** 1968 A heavily cut design for a 'Waterfowl' appears in 'Jolly Origami: Aquarium Book' by Tatsuo Miyawaki, which was published by Biken-Sha in Matsuyama, Japan in 1968.
********** 1968 A very simple 'Waterfowl' design appears in 'Jolly Origami: Elephant Book' by Tatsuo Miyawaki, which was published by Biken-Sha in Matsuyama, Japan in 1968.
*** The same design appears as 'Water Fowl' in 'Pop-Up Origami: Monkey Book' by Tatsuo Miyawaki, which was published by Biken-Sha in Matsuyama Japan in 1970
********** 'Jolly Origami: Elephant Book' by Tatsuo Miyawaki, which was published by Biken-Sha in Matsuyama, Japan in 1968 also contains this simple design for a 'Swan'.
********** This 'Goose', which is probably a design by Giuseppe Baggi, appeared in an advert in Mad Magazine issue 122 of September 1968.
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