ORU Magazine 8

Published:: 1995 by Sojusha
Pages:: 160
Binding:: Paperback
Language:: Japanese

Skill Level	Simple to complex
Clear diagrams?	Yes
Tinted diagrams (to show 2 sides of paper)?	Yes
Photos of completed models?	Yes
Is there indication to the model size resulting from size of starting paper?	No
Are the models "Pure" origami (From a single square - no cuts)?	Varies

Overall Impression

ORU are a set of 16 large-format commercial magazines published between 1993-1997. They all contain many articles about design, designers and techniques, alongside beautiful photos, with many diagrams in the back.

Articles

Flower feature - works by different designers including Toshie Takahama, Akira Yoshizawa and Toshikazu Kawasaki. Just beautiful.

Francis Ow Mun Yin - heart origami

Akiko Yamanashi's work

Peter Engel feature, with photos

Origami furniture, modern designs based on folding techniques

Yoshihide Momotani feature, excellent photos

Black & white photos of models by Kunihiko Kasahara

Kazuo Haga and the Haga theorem

Shinto religious ceremony using folded paper

Report on Second International Meeting of Origami Science and Scientific Origami

Folding food - Nori (seaweed) and Marzipan

Letterfolds (presented by school girls)

More that I can't figure out?

There are 21 Origami Designs in ORU Magazine 8:

Design	Designer	Page	Details	Photo
Show only designs with photos
Person - dancing People	Akira Yoshizawa	96	Square	Folded by Gabriel Vong
Tree with leaf Flora - Trees and Plants	Jun Maekawa	103	Square Crease pattern
Letterfolds Letters and Envelopes	Traditional	112	Rectangle - A size
Squid Molluscs	Peter Engel	125	Square Also in BOS Convention 1984 Spring Also in CDO convention 1986 Also in NOA Magazine 170 Also in NOA Magazine 171 Also in NOA Magazine 468 Also in Origami from Angelfish to Zen by Peter Engel Also in Origami USA Convention 1986 and in other sources...	Folded by Fujikura Atsuo
Troodon Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals - Cretaceous - Cretaceous Dinosaurs	Fumiaki Kawahata	130	Square
Rose Flora - Flowers	Abe Hisashi	131	Square
Shoe - high heel Clothes - Shoes and Socks	Yamanashi Akiko	133	Rectangle - 1X2
Love with heart Hearts	Francis Ow	135	Rectangle - Long strip Also in Origami Hearts (Japanese) by Francis Ow Also in Origami Hearts (Original) by Francis Ow The word "Love" with the heart as "O" - very nice	Folded by Gabriel Vong
Ishibashi ball Geometric and other shapes	Ishibashi Minako	137	Square 12 units Also in BOS Convention 1987 Spring Also in Action Origami by Rick Beech Also in Origami - The Complete Guide to the Art of Paperfolding by Rick Beech Also in NOA Magazine 143	Folded by Meenakshi Mukerji
Samurai helmet Clothes - Hats	Ichiro Kinoshita	139	Square
Hippopotamus Mammals - Hippopotami	Kunihiko Kasahara	141	Square 2 units
Swallow Birds - Passeriformes	Kunihiko Kasahara	142	Square With cuts
Elephant - from behind Mammals - Elephantidae - Elephants	Kunihiko Kasahara	145	Square Also in Wonderful Origami by Kunihiko Kasahara	Folded from a square of origami paper by Gilad Aharoni
Frog Amphibians	Toshio Chino	146	Square
Tadpole Amphibians	Makoto Yamaguchi	147	Square
Chrysanthemum - modular Geometric and other shapes	Toshikazu Kawasaki	149	Square Multiple units
Flower Flora - Flowers	Tomoko Tanaka	151	Square Multiple units
Cactus Plant Flora - Trees and Plants	Asahi Isamu	152	Square Multiple units
Flowers Flora - Flowers	Mitsunobu Sonobe	155	Square
Sandals Clothes - Shoes and Socks	Tsuda Yoshio	157	Square Also in Doctor's Origami Dream Book by Toshikazu Kawasaki Also in NOA Magazine 13 Also in NOA Kessakusen Also in NOA Magazine 107 Also in NOA Magazine 587 Also in Origami Tanteidan Magazine 204 Also in The Beauty of Origami by Makoto Yamaguchi and in other sources...	Folded by Fujikura Atsuo
Swan Birds - Anseriformes - Swans	Tsuda Yoshio	159	Square Also in NOA Magazine 198 Also in The Beauty of Origami by Makoto Yamaguchi	Folded by Giovanna