Quarterly ORU Folding Diagrams - Vol. 1 book cover

Quarterly ORU Folding Diagrams - Vol. 1

Published:
1995 by Sojusha
Pages:
200
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
Japanese

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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

This is a collection of diagrams for designs whose photos appeared in various ORU magazine issues. The diagramming style and quality are of the same high level as the magazine.

There are 47 Origami Designs in Quarterly ORU Folding Diagrams - Vol. 1:

Design Designer Page Details Photo

Samurai helmet

Clothes - Hats

Issei Yoshino22Square

Also in Issei Super Complex Origami by Issei Yoshino
Origami Samurai helmet by Issei Yoshino on giladorigami.com
Folded by Nicolas Terry
Crane centerpiece

Geometric and other shapes

Hosomizu Masashi31Square
Multiple units
With cuts
Rabbit

Mammals - Lagomorpha - Rabbits and Bunnies

Robert J. Lang34Square

Also in A Arte dos Mestres de Origami by Mari Kanegae
Also in Origami USA Convention 1988
Also in Origami Zoo by Robert J. Lang and Stephen Weiss
Also in The Origami Collection 12
Origami Rabbit by Robert J. Lang. Folded by Gilad Aharoni on giladorigami.com
Folded by Gilad Aharoni
Scottish Terrier

Mammals - Canidae - Dogs

Yasuhiro Sano41Square

Also in Essential Origami by Steve and Megumi Biddle
Also in Le Pli 94
Also in NOA Kessakusen
Also in NOA Magazine 2
Also in Origami Dogs by Yasuhiro Sano
Also in Origami Text in 4 Languages
Also in Orison 4/03
and in other sources...
Origami Scottish Terrier by Yasuhiro Sano. Folded by Gilad Aharoni on giladorigami.com
Folded by Gilad Aharoni
Shiba Inu

Mammals - Canidae - Dogs

Yasuhiro Sano42Square

Also in NOA Kessakusen 2
Also in NOA Magazine 11
Also in NOA Magazine 221
Origami Shiba Inu by Yasuhiro Sano on giladorigami.com
Folded by Wilson Yeung
Maltese

Mammals - Canidae - Dogs

Yasuhiro Sano43Square
Elephant

Mammals - Elephantidae - Elephants

Yamada Katsuhisa44SquareOrigami Elephant by Yamada Katsuhisa. Folded from a square of a strange fluffy paper I found at the art-store by Gilad Aharoni on giladorigami.com
Folded from a square of a strange fluffy paper I found at the art-store by Gilad Aharoni
Mouse

Mammals - Rodentia - Rats, Mice and Rodents

Yamada Katsuhisa47Square
Pegasus

Imaginary beings - Pegasi

Toshio Chino49Square
2 units
With cuts
Triangular box

Boxes and Containers

Tomoko Fuse53Square
Shell

Molluscs

Tomoko Fuse57Square
Fidel Castro

People

Eric Kenneway60Rectangle - 1X2

Also in Folding Faces by Eric Kenneway
Origami Fidel Castro by Eric Kenneway. Folded by Gilad Aharoni on giladorigami.com
Folded by Gilad Aharoni
High heels

Clothes - Shoes and Socks

Makoto Yamaguchi64Square

Also in Cute Origami Dollhouse by Makoto Yamaguchi
Also in Nice Origami (Toyo 2) by Makoto Yamaguchi
Also in A Arte dos Mestres de Origami by Mari Kanegae
Also in The A to Z of Origami in English by Makoto Yamaguchi
Origami High heels by Makoto Yamaguchi on giladorigami.com
Folded by Gabriel Vong
Table

Objects - Furniture

Ichiro Kinoshita66Square

Excellent - with square 3D legs
Orca

Mammals - Cetacea - Whales

Otani Tooru70SquareOrigami Orca by Otani Tooru. Folded from a square of double-sided Unryu paper by Gilad Aharoni on giladorigami.com
Folded from a square of double-sided Unryu paper by Gilad Aharoni
Cubes

Geometric and other shapes

Kunihiko Kasahara76Square
6 units
6 sided box

Boxes and Containers

Fujimoto Shuzo78Rectangle - A size
Shirt

Clothes

Toshie Takahama80Square
Janitors - eraser wrappers

People - Occupations

Kimura Yoshihisa81Square

Cute puppets that are used as eraser wrappers
Origami Janitors - eraser wrappers by Kimura Yoshihisa on giladorigami.com
Folded by Yoshiaki Ichikawa
Gorilla

Mammals - Primates - Gorillas

Herman van Goubergen84Square

Also in A Arte dos Mestres de Origami by Mari Kanegae
Also in BOS Magazine 146
Also in BOS Magazine 300
Also in MFPP 2018 Convention
Also in Origami USA Convention 1995
Also in Quadrato Magico Magazine 36
Origami Gorilla by Herman van Goubergen. Folded by Gilad Aharoni on giladorigami.com
Folded by Gilad Aharoni
Nut and bolt

Objects - Various

David Brill89Square
2 units

Also in BOS Convention 1986 Spring
Also in Brilliant Origami by David Brill
Also in Der Falter 8
Also in The Beauty of Origami by Makoto Yamaguchi
Also in The Origami Collection 13
Origami Nut and bolt by David Brill. Folded from a square and a rectangle of Tant paper by Gilad Aharoni on giladorigami.com
Folded from a square and a rectangle of Tant paper by Gilad Aharoni
Rocket launcher

Toys

Seiji Nishikawa95Square
3 units
Iguanodon

Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals - Jurassic - Jurassic Dinosaurs

Takai Hiroaki98Square
Plesiosaurus

Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals - Triassic - Triassic Non-Dinosaurs

Takai Hiroaki101Square
Dragon

Imaginary beings - Dragons

Kimura Yoshihisa103Square
3 units

Also in The Graceful of Origami by Makoto Yamaguchi

Folded from 2 squares and a triangle
Origami Dragon by Kimura Yoshihisa. Folded from 2 squares and a triangle of scrapbooking paper by Gilad Aharoni on giladorigami.com
Folded from 2 squares and a triangle of scrapbooking paper by Gilad Aharoni
Mermaid

Imaginary beings - Mermaids

Seiji Nishikawa113Square
2 units

Also in NOA Magazine 193
Also in Origami USA Convention 1992
Also in Works of Seiji Nishikawa by Seiji Nishikawa
Origami Mermaid by Seiji Nishikawa. Folded by Gilad Aharoni on giladorigami.com
Folded by Gilad Aharoni
Kendo warrior

Sports and Athletes

Hojyo Takashi118Square
2 units

Also in Origami Works of Takashi Hojyo by Hojyo Takashi
Origami Kendo warrior by Hojyo Takashi on giladorigami.com
Folded by Mariano Zavala
Goose 4

Birds - Anseriformes - Ducks and Geese

Edwin Corrie128Square

Also in Paper Zoo by Sergei Afonkin and Elena Afonkina
Also in Animal Origami 3 - BOS booklet 39 by Edwin Corrie
Origami Goose 4 by Edwin Corrie on giladorigami.com
Folded by Egg Origami
Jesus on the cross

Religion and Holidays - Christian Religion

Kosho Uchiyama131Square
2 units
Butterfly envelope

Letters and Envelopes

Fumiaki Kawahata135Square

Also in NOA Kessakusen 3
Also in NOA Magazine 138
Origami Butterfly envelope by Fumiaki Kawahata on giladorigami.com
Folded by Wilson Yeung
Panda

Mammals - Ursidae - Pandas

Fumiaki Kawahata136Square

Also in A Arte dos Mestres de Origami by Mari Kanegae
Also in NOA Magazine 207
Also in NOA Magazine 432
Origami Panda by Fumiaki Kawahata. Folded from a square of origami paper by Gilad Aharoni on giladorigami.com
Folded from a square of origami paper by Gilad Aharoni
Fish

Fish

Matsuno Yukihiko140Square

Also in NOA Magazine 203
Origami Fish by Matsuno Yukihiko on giladorigami.com
Folded by Wilson Yeung
Giraffe

Mammals - Giraffidae - Giraffes and Okapi

Matsuno Yukihiko142Square

Also in A Arte dos Mestres de Origami by Mari Kanegae
Origami Giraffe by Matsuno Yukihiko. Folded by Gilad Aharoni on giladorigami.com
Folded by Gilad Aharoni
Basket

Boxes and Containers

Endo Kazukuni146Square
Dragon - Eastern

Imaginary beings - Dragons

Jun Maekawa149Square
2 units
Origami Dragon - Eastern by Jun Maekawa on giladorigami.com
Folded by Gabriel Vong
Kangaroo

Mammals - Marsupialia - Kangaroos

Jun Maekawa162SquareOrigami Kangaroo by Jun Maekawa on giladorigami.com
Folded by Gabriel Vong
Wild boar

Mammals - Suidae - Pigs and Boars

Teruo Tsuji168SquareOrigami Wild boar by Teruo Tsuji on giladorigami.com
Folded by Alessandro Ceroni
Sheep

Mammals - Bovidae - Sheep, Goats and Bovides

Teruo Tsuji170Rectangle - 1X2
Bull

Mammals - Bovidae - Cows and Buffalo

Yonami Ken172SquareOrigami Bull by Yonami Ken on giladorigami.com
Folded by Yoshiaki Ichikawa
Pelican

Birds - Pelecaniformes - Pelicans

Yonami Ken178Square

Also in BOS Convention 2008 Spring
Origami Pelican by Yonami Ken. Wet-folded from a square of double-sided mulberry paper by Gilad Aharoni on giladorigami.com
Wet-folded from a square of double-sided mulberry paper by Gilad Aharoni
Swan

Birds - Anseriformes - Swans

Dokuohtei Nakano182Square
Spring into action

Toys - Action Models

Jeff Beynon183Rectangle - 1X2

Also in BOS Magazine 142
Also in BOS Magazine 303
Also in Der Falter 8
Also in Fun Origami World by Makoto Yamaguchi
Also in Jeff Ori' 3 - BOS booklet 37 by Jeff Beynon
Also in Le Pli 44
Also in Let's Fold Spirals by Tomoko Fuse
and in other sources...

The famous spring - Once you get it done you can't stop springing it...
Origami Spring into action by Jeff Beynon on giladorigami.com
Folded by Gilad Ayalon
Crab

Crustaceans

Toshio Chino184Square
2 units
Lioness

Mammals - Felidae - Lions

Kunihiko Kasahara185Square
Horse

Mammals - Equidae - Horses and Donkeys

John Montroll188Square

Also in Horses in Origami by John Montroll
Also in NOA Magazine 211
Also in Origami and Math: Simple to Complex by John Montroll
Also in Origami La Era Nueva by Kunihiko Kasahara
Also in Origami Sculptures by John Montroll
Also in Origami USA Convention 1985
Origami Horse by John Montroll. Folded by Gilad Aharoni on giladorigami.com
Folded by Gilad Aharoni
Fish skeleton

Fish

Makoto Yamaguchi193Square
8 units

Also in Origami Tanteidan Magazine 10
Also in The Beauty of Origami by Makoto Yamaguchi
Origami Fish skeleton by Makoto Yamaguchi. Folded by Gilad Aharoni on giladorigami.com
Folded by Gilad Aharoni
Puppets

Toys - Puppets

Takekawa Seiryo198Square

3 simple puppets: Talking eagle, Namu-namu and fox