| The Public Paperfolding History Project
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| Paper Folding Fun by Robert Harbin, 1960 | |||||||
| 'Paper
Folding Fun' by Robert Harbin was published by Oldbourne
in London in 1960. ********** Analysis I have omitted material on dissections, tangrams and other effects which do not make use of paperfolding. ********** The Puff Ball Puzzle - The Slit and Assemble Sphere
********** The Inside Out Puzzle - The Flexatube The text states 'This ingenious puzzle was shown to the author by a scientist in Bermuda.' The solution given is said to be achievable 'with three folds only'.
********** The Hexa-hexa-flexagon Puzzle - Flexagons
********** Paper Letters and Numerals - Paper Alphabets
********** Various designs folded from single and double strips
********** A Strip of Pentagonal Knots - The Pentagonal Knot
********** An example of a Fold , Cut and Fold Chevron Design.
********** The Star of Bethlehem - The Froebel Star
********** The Concertina - The Witch's Ladder
********** The Maharajah - Abd-El-Krim
********** Japanese Masks Simple designs for folded Horse, Goat, Puppy and cat masks into which eyeholes are cut and to which strings are attached to hold them to the head. ********** The Tree - The Newspaper Tree
********** The Ladder - The Newspaper Ladder
********** The Chinese Bugle - The Squeaker
********** The Gremlin's Flute - Le Cri du Veau
********** Mobile Decorations (Hanging spirals) ********** The Happy Man - Don Simon
********** The Expanding Card - How to Climb Through a Playing Card
********** The Afghan Bands - The Afghan Bands
********** Napkin Ring - Irregular Template Design
********** Spill Holder - Irregular Template Design
********** The Puzzle Box - The Catherine of Cleves Box
********** Rosette Box (from a hexagon)
********** Diamond Packet
********** Snakes Alive! A simple snake from a paper strip. The author suggests that it can be made to spring out of a matchbox.
********** The Shape from Outer Space - The Mobius Band ********** The Helicopter - The Propellor
********** The Glider - The Cut and Fold Model Aeroplane
********** The Thing This design is presented as a challenge, 'Offer the card to anybody and invite them to fold it up completely, only using a thumb and forefinger, and without letting go. They will find this quite impossible to do.'
********** The Wind Gyro - The Windwheel
********** How Many Times? (can you fold a sheet of paper in half) ********** Seeing Stars - Fold and One Cut Design
********** The Draught Board - Fold and One Cut Design
********** The Window Frame - Fold and One Cut Design
********** The Passports / The Altar - The Fold and One Cut Latin Cross
********** The Victoria Cross - The Fold and One Cut Maltese Cross
********** Single Panel Cut-Outs - Fold, Cut and Fold Animals
There are five designs in this section: El Senor Duck (said to be from the Argentine, specifically from El Plegado y Cartonaje en la Escuela Primaria) *** The Argentine Greyhound *** The Pigeon (said to be a Japanese design) *** Fido (attributed to Thoki Yenn)
*** Giraffe (a design by the author) ********* Symmetrical Cut-Outs The next part of the book explains how to make symmetrical designs by cutting a folded sheet of paper in a way similar to the Froebelian occupation of Ausschneiden und Aufkleben (Cutting Out and Mounting), (although without the 'Mounting' element), although there is no mention of this origin. In fact the author implies that it is Japanese, the section beginning with the words 'In most Japanese books on this subject ...' ********** A Novel Paper Chain
********** Christmas Garlands
********** Troublewit The author states that Troublewit 'originated in China many years ago, and was once known here as the Chinese Paper'.
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