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Origami USA Convention 2007
Published: 2007 by Origami USA
Pages: 282
Binding: Spiral-bound
Language: English
Buy from: Origami USA
Overall Impression
This is a very big compilation of various models. Difficulty and diagramming quality vary.
The Models
| Model | Creator | Notes | Photo (click for a larger image) |
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| Manga girl | Gilad Aharoni |
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| Mouse | Jim Adams | ||
| Rhinoceros 2 | Jim Adams | ||
| Masu box with self-locking corners | John Andrisan | ||
| Butterfly | Stephane Ansons | Complex | |
| Twenty sinks Crab | Stephane Ansons | ||
| Tetramasu | Paolo Bascetta | From 4 squares | |
| Lighthouse | Milada Bla'hova | From a rectangle | |
| Monkey | Christophe Boudias | From a triangle. Very nice |
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| Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton | Peter Budai | Excellent. From 5 squares |
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| Bird | Jose Tomas Buitrago | Simple | |
| Leaf katydid | Brian Chan | Excellent |
 Folded by Origami Okiba |
| Girl and duck | Zoya Chashchikhina | Nice | |
| Blue-tooth | Sy Chen | Very nice |
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| Tangram square | Sy Chen | ||
| Duck in flight | Pasquale d'Auria | ||
| Leaf | Pasquale d'Auria | ||
| Pleated heart | Pasquale d'Auria | From a rectangle | |
| Police car | Pasquale d'Auria | Very nice. With special decorated paper | |
| Dragon | Tom Defoirdt | From a rectangle | |
| Parakeet | Tom Defoirdt | Nice | |
| Penguin | Roman Diaz | Excellent. Also diagrammed in Origami Essence |
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| Dog - dreaming | Giang Dinh | An excellent model for wet-folding | |
| Christmas star | Klaus Dieter Ennen | ||
| Uns Josef | Klaus Dieter Ennen | ||
| Dog - seated | Seth M. Friedman | Very nice | |
| Jack Russel Terrier | Nathan Geller | Excellent |
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| Dragon heart | Fernando Gilgado Gomez | Excellent |
 Folded by Fernando Gilgado |
| Sitting bear | Cesar Gonzales |
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| Sunshine vase | Roberto Gretter | From an octagon | |
| Wheel | Roberto Gretter | ||
| Tricycle | Roberto Gretter | Excellent. From a rectangle | |
| House | Gay Merrill Gross | Simple. From a rectangle | |
| Rocking duck | Betka Hradecka | Simple | |
| Tanny tessellation | Jorge E. Jaramillo | Very nice |
 Top  Bottom Folded by Jorge E. Jaramillo |
| Sailboat | Marc Kirschenbaum | Excellent | |
| Standing heart | Laura L. Kruskal | From a rectangle. With a separate stand | |
| Pelican | Jason Ku | Excellent |
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| Rhombic triacontahedron | Daniel Kwan | From 60 squares | |
| Miura-Ken beauty rose | Robert J. Lang | Excellent |
 Folded by Robert J. Lang |
| Rooster | Leong Cheng Chit | Nice | |
| Flag of Georgia | Gareth Louis | Excellent color changes. The diagrams in my copy were misprinted, but it's also available at on papercrane.org |
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| Galvanometer | Gareth Louis | Very nice | |
| Winter time | Gareth Louis | A snowman and a tree. Very nice | |
| Frog | Won Park | From a $ bill. Very nice. Also published in Dollar Origami |
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| Woman in a burka | Bernie Peyton | Very nice |
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| Star/flower | Loes Schakel | ||
| Windmill | Loes Schakel | ||
| Wearable Elf ears | Jeremy Shafer | ||
| Elf slipper | Jeremy Shafer | ||
| In dog we trust | Jeremy Shafer | A dog-shaped money-holder | |
| Scary Monster | Jeremy Shafer | With light-transparency effects | |
| Franzisca's star | Carmen Sprung | From 8 squares |
 Folded by Meenakshi Mukerji |
| Kristina's star | Carmen Sprung | From 8 rectangles | |
| Two snakes | Omer Shalev | ||
| Griever | Gerwin Sturm | Excellent | |
| Butterfly | John Szinger | Very nice | |
| Shark | Nicolas Terry | Very nice. Also published in Origami Worldwide |
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| Walking heart | Christian Weinert | A heart with arms and legs. From a rectangle | |
| Dollar dog sitting | Stephen Weiss | From a $ bill. Very nice |
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| Weave and spin | Wensdy Whitehead | A spinning toy | |
| High heels | Makoto Yamaguchi | From a $ bill. Very nice |
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