| The Public Paperfolding History Project
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| Miscellaneous Sealife and Shellfish | |||||||
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page attempts to record what is known about the history
of designs for paper sealife and shellfish. 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 a separate page for Fish and another for Octopii. The Windmill is called 'Estrella del mar' (Starfish) in an article titled 'El trabajo manual escolar' by Vicente Casto Legua in the January 1907 issue of the Spanish magazine 'La Escuela Moderna' which was published in Madrid by Los Sucesores de Hernando. ********** 1845 There is a design for a Prawn in the Kan No Mado, which is usually dated to 1845.
********** 1917 'Xu Zhe zhi tu shuo' (More Illustrated Paperfolding) by Yongxiang Shi, which was published by the Commercial Press in Shanghai in 1917 contains diagrams for three designs for clams:.
And another for a squid ... which is an inflatable design.
********** 1935 'Origami Moyo, Book Two' by Kawarazaki Kodo, which was published in Japan in 1935, contains a print showing a squid.
********** 1936 A design for a Cuttlefish appears in 'Paper Toy Making' by Margaret Campbell, which was first published by Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons Ltd in London, probably in 1937, although both the Foreword and Preface are dated 1936, which argues that the book was complete at that date.
********** The Cut Shrimp - 1944 onwards
********** 1951 A heavily cut design for a 'Squid' appears in 'Origami to Kirinuki' by Saburo Ueda, which was published by Kokkado in Tokyo, most probably in 1951. Cuts are used to shape the body and separate the tentacles.
*** The same book contains diagrams for a cut 'Shrimp'. The front legs and feelers are obtained by using cuts.
********** The Cut Lobster - 1957 onwards
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