ORU Magazine 12

Published:: 1996 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

Kyo Araki's work - 2D cards

Takashi Irie's work

Yoshio Tsuda's work

Peter Budai's work - nice photos

"What a wonderful ORIGAMI" - Jeremy Shafer's wonderful creations

Collection of "Inside out" models - with superb photos of Elias' bullfighter, last dance and others by various foreign creators

Kunio Suzuki's snow crystals

"We love Kobe" project

A religious ceremony - people with paper in their mouths

ORIGAMICS

Yoshizawa's butterflies

Noshi

Traditional models

Var. unit origami

A beetle that folds leaves

Folding from glossy duo paper

Toys constructed from paper

More that I can't figure out?

There are 26 Origami Designs in ORU Magazine 12:

Design	Designer	Page	Details	Photo
Show only designs with photos
Butterflies Insects - Butterflies	Akira Yoshizawa	76	Square Also in Akira Yoshizawa - Japan's Greatest Origami Master by Akira Yoshizawa Also in Akira Yoshizawa Origami - Exhibition Catalog by Akira Yoshizawa Also in Butterflies in Origami by Nick Robinson Also in Classic Origami by Paul Jackson Also in Der Falter 6 Also in Everyone Can Learn Origami by Peter Saydak and in other sources... Several variations - some folded from circles	Folded by Gilad Aharoni
Crow - talking Toys - Action Models	Traditional	82	Square Also in Play Origami (Toyo 5) by Makoto Yamaguchi Also in Everyone Can Learn Origami by Peter Saydak Also in Let's Enjoy Origami in English and Japanese by Makoto Yamaguchi	Folded by Peter Saydak
Boat Toys	Traditional	83	Square
Flower Flora - Flowers	Traditional	83	Square
Frog Amphibians	Traditional	86	Square Also in Beginner Origami by Yoshihide Momotani Also in Bugagami by Jeffrey Rutzky Also in Complete Origami by Eric Kenneway Also in Creating Origami by J.C. Nolan Also in Creative Life with Creative Origami 1 by Toshie Takahama Also in Difficult Origami by Chris Alexander Also in Doctor's Origami Dream Book by Toshikazu Kawasaki and in other sources...	Folded by Gilad Aharoni
Iris Flora - Flowers	Traditional	86	Square Also in Absolute Beginner's Origami by Nick Robinson Also in Atlas de l'Origami Also in Complete Origami by Eric Kenneway Also in Creative Life with Creative Origami 1 by Toshie Takahama Also in Cute Animal Origami by Makoto Yamaguchi Also in Day of the Dead Origami by Matthew Gardiner and Steven Casey Also in Di Piega in Piega (From Fold to Fold) - QQM 36 by Francesco Decio and in other sources...	Folded by Lou Pearson
Twister and variations Geometric and other shapes	Miyuki Kawamura	88	Rectangle - 1X2 30 units Also in CDO convention 2007 Also in Colombian Origami Convention 2010 Also in Czech Origami Convention 2013 Also in Quadrato Magico Magazine 87 Also in NOA Magazine 238 Also in Tanteidan 5th convention	Folded by Meenakshi Mukerji
Plane Vehicles - Airplanes	Jun Maekawa	94	Square Also in Genuine Origami by Jun Maekawa Crease pattern	Folded by Fujikura Atsuo
Cigarette packet Objects - Various	David Brill	117	Rectangle - 1X4 Also in BOS Magazine 60 Also in Brilliant Origami by David Brill Also in Dieci Bellissimi Origami - 10 Beautiful Origami - QQM 1 Also in Origami 4 by Robert Harbin	Folded by Gabriel Vong
The last Waltz People	Neal Elias	125	Rectangle - 1X3 Also in Neal Elias Selected Works 1964-1973 - BOS booklet 10 by Dave Venables Also in Origami USA Convention 1998 Also in OrigamIsrael 2018 5th Convention Also in Pajarita Extra 1985 - Museo Imaginario Also in Pajarita Magazine 92 Also in The Origami of Neal Elias by Dave Venables and in other sources...	Folded by Gilad Aharoni
Drinking bird Toys - Action Models	Eric Kenneway	127	Square Also in Fun Origami World by Makoto Yamaguchi Also in NOA Kessakusen Also in NOA Magazine 10 Also in NOA Magazine 146 Also in Origami - Magic Square by Sergei Afonkin Also in Origami in England by Sergei Afonkin A nice action fold - bird drinks from birdbath	Folded by Yara Yagi
Diamond heart ring Rings	Jeremy Shafer	129	Square Also in BOS Magazine 196 Also in Fun Origami World by Makoto Yamaguchi Also in Origami to Astonish and Amuse by Jeremy Shafer Also in Origami USA Convention 1993 Also in The Best of Annual Collections 1981-1995	Folded by Lou Pearson
Skier Sports and Athletes	Robert Harbin	132	Square Also in Fun Origami World by Makoto Yamaguchi Also in NOA Magazine 462 Also in Origami 2 by Robert Harbin Also in The Origami World of Neal Elias by Dave Venables and Marc Cooman	Folded by Gilad Aharoni
Orchid Flora - Flowers	Tomoko Tanaka	135	Square Multiple units
Modular shape Geometric and other shapes	Kumasaka Hiroshi	137	Square 24 units	Folded by Paula Versnick
Pencil Objects - Writing and Painting	Makoto Yamaguchi	138	Square Also in Easy Origami (Toyo 1) by Makoto Yamaguchi Also in Origami in English by Makoto Yamaguchi	Folded by Gilad Aharoni
Mammoth Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals - Neogene - Mammoths	Kunihiko Kasahara	141	Square	Folded by Yoshiaki Ichikawa
Peacock Birds - Galliformes - Peacocks	Takekawa Seiryo	142	Square
Cap Clothes - Hats	Traditional	143	Rectangle Also in Four Seasons Origami Encyclopedia by Makoto Yamaguchi Also in Origami Hats by Sergei Afonkin Also in BOS Magazine 224 Also in Doctor's Origami Dream Book by Toshikazu Kawasaki Also in Origami 1 by Robert Harbin Also in Origami Anywhere by Nick Robinson and in other sources...	Folded by Marco Abate
Nurse hat Clothes - Hats	Traditional	145	Rectangle
Shrimp Crustaceans	Traditional	145	Square
Koala Mammals - Marsupialia - Koalas	Takashi Irie	148	Square 2 units
Baryonix Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals - Cretaceous - Cretaceous Dinosaurs	Peter Budai	151	Square
Connected cranes (cuts) Geometric and other shapes	Nakamura Shizuka	153	Square With cuts
Iris Flora - Flowers	Setsuko Yamashina	155	Square Multiple units
Decorated card Letters and Envelopes	Etsuro Bodaiji	157	Square Multiple units