The Graceful of Origami

by Makoto Yamaguchi

Published:: 2017 by Natsume
Pages:: 272
Binding:: Paperback
Language:: Japanese
ISBN-13:: 9784816363016
ISBN-10:: 4816363017

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Skill Level	Low intermediate 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, but starting size is suggested
Are the models "Pure" origami (From a single square - no cuts)?	Most are

Overall Impression

The Graceful of Origami, along with its companion volume: The Beauty of Origami, are great "Best of" compilations of origami old and new from all over the world. Some of the models have been previously published, usually in hard-to-find publications, so it's great to have them all collected here. Both books open with a display of multiple photos for each design, alongside the crease pattern, with full diagrams appearing later in the book.

This book also has the full diagrams for Yoshino Issei's fantastic T-Rex skeleton, which was previously published as a stand-alone book.

The production quality overall is very high, which makes these book essential, with something for everyone, in any folding level.

There are 28 Origami Designs in The Graceful of Origami:

Design	Designer	Page	Details	Photo
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Karasu-Tengu Religion and Holidays - Shinto and Japan Customs	Satoshi Kamiya	32	Square 2 units	Folded by Marjan Smeijsters
Skeleton People - Anatomic parts - Skulls and Skeletons	Hojyo Takashi	37	Square 3 units Also in JOAS 2014 Special Issue Also in Origami Tanteidan Magazine 140 Gaikotsu figure	Folded by Allyson Moskovits
Fairy Imaginary beings	Kimura Yoshihisa	48	Square 2 units Also in NOA Magazine 202 Also in Origami USA Convention 1992 Also in ORU Magazine 4 Folded from a square and a triangle	Folded by Gilad Aharoni
Reading the paper People	Herman van Goubergen	52	Square Also in A Arte dos Mestres de Origami by Mari Kanegae Also in BOS Magazine 160 Also in Der Falter 10 Also in Fun Origami World by Makoto Yamaguchi Also in Le Pli 52 Also in Origami Journal (Russian) 24 2000 4 Also in Origami USA Convention 1994 and in other sources...	Folded by Gilad Aharoni
Rose crane Objects - Various	Satoshi Kamiya	55	Square	Folded by Mariano Zavala
Rockhopper penguin Birds - Sphenisciformes - Penguins	Makoto Yamaguchi	60	Square Also in Creative Origami by Makoto Yamaguchi Also in Origami Tanteidan Magazine 147	Folded from a square of origami paper by Gilad Aharoni
Swallow Birds - Passeriformes	Sipho Mabona	63	Square Also in BOS Convention 2014 Autumn Also in BOS Magazine 288	Folded by Magali
Owl Birds - Strigiformes - Owls	Tsuda Yoshio	70	Square
Little bird Birds - Passeriformes	Hideo Komatsu	74	Square Also in Origami Tanteidan Magazine 146	Folded from a square of Fadeless Duet paper by Gilad Aharoni
Fujimoto hydrangea Geometric and other shapes	Fujimoto Shuzo	84	Square Also in Origami Project F - Hydrangea Folds by Fujimoto Shuzo	Folded by Marco Abate
Collie Mammals - Canidae - Dogs	Ouchi Koji	90	Square Also in Origami Tanteidan Magazine 150	Folded by Rui Roda
Poodle Mammals - Canidae - Dogs	Roman Diaz	94	Square Also in Czech Origami Convention 2018-2019 Also in OrigamIsrael 2018 5th Convention	Folded from a square of Astroparche crepe embossed cardstock by Gilad Aharoni
Dalmatian Mammals - Canidae - Dogs	Makoto Yamaguchi	100	Square 2 units
Cat Mammals - Felidae - Cats	Makoto Yamaguchi	104	Square 2 units	Folded by Rui Roda
Chipmunk Mammals - Rodentia - Rats, Mice and Rodents	Kyohei Katsuta	109	Square 2 units	Folded from 2 squares of Kraft origami paper by Gilad Aharoni
Raccoon Mammals - Procyonidae - Raccoons	Quentin Trollip	114	Square	Folded by Quentin Trollip
Bubble eye goldfish Fish - Goldfish	Ronald Koh	121	Square Also in Ornamental Goldfish in Origami - Volume 1 by Ronald Koh Also in Origami Goldfish by Ronald Koh	Folded by Gilad Aharoni
Butterfly Insects - Butterflies	Makoto Yamaguchi	130	Square
Longhorn beetle Insects	Seiji Nishikawa	133	Square Also in Origami Insects 1 by Fumiaki Kawahata and Seiji Nishikawa Also in Origami Tanteidan Magazine 26 Also in Origami Tanteidan Magazine 27	Folded by Jake Crowley
Hercules beetle Insects	Satoshi Kamiya	143	Square Also in Tanteidan 18th convention	Folded by Eyal Reuveni
Swiss army knife Objects - Various	Jun Maekawa	157	Square Also in Origami Tanteidan Magazine 67 Also in Tanteidan 2nd convention	Folded by Gilad Aharoni
Crane-kaiju Tsurura Imaginary beings	Sasade Shinji	168	Square
Black dragon Imaginary beings - Dragons	Kimura Yoshihisa	172	Square 3 units Also in Quarterly ORU Folding Diagrams - Vol. 1 Folded from 2 squares and a triangle	Folded by Gilad Aharoni
Godzilla Media and Culture - Godzilla	Satoshi Kamiya	182	Square	Folded by Ryu Shigo
King Ghidora Media and Culture - Godzilla	Kozasa Keiichi	191	Square Also in Tanteidan 5th convention	Folded by Ondrej and Radim Cibulka
Pegasus Imaginary beings - Pegasi	Fumiaki Kawahata	204	Square Also in Origami Fantasy by Fumiaki Kawahata	Folded by Gilad Aharoni
Anomalocaris Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals - Paleozoic Era Prehistoric Animals	Fumiaki Kawahata	214	Square Also in Tanteidan 2nd convention	Folded by Nicolas Terry
Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals - Cretaceous - Tyrannosaurus Rex	Issei Yoshino	226	Square 21 units Also in Origami Skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus Rex by Issei Yoshino Also in Origami Tanteidan Magazine 7 Also in Origami Tanteidan Magazine 8 Also in Origami Tanteidan Magazine 9 Also in Origami Tanteidan Magazine 10 Also in Origami Tanteidan Magazine 11	Folded by Gilad Aharoni