Origami With Explanations: Fun With Folding and Math book cover

Origami With Explanations: Fun With Folding and Math

by Jeanine Meyer and Takashi Mukoda

Published:
2021 by World Scientific Publishing Company
Pages:
235
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
ISBN-13:
9789811219436
ISBN-10:
9811219435

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Skill Level Simple to intermediate
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)? Most are

Overall Impression

A delightful resource, primarily for teachers and educators, this book explains, in a very thorough, patient way, combining step photos with traditional-style diagrams, how to a fold a selection of accessible, mostly traditional, designs, touching on possible sticking points the students might encounter, and providing the mathematical background behind the scenes, again in a very straightforward, approachable way.

There are 15 Origami Designs in Origami With Explanations: Fun With Folding and Math:

Design Designer Page Details Photo

Magazine cover box

Boxes and Containers

Traditional3Rectangle

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Business card frog

Toys - Action Models

Traditional9Rectangle
Fluttering butterfly

Toys - Action Models

Unknown25Square
Star basket

Boxes and Containers

Traditional29Square

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Waterbomb

Toys

Traditional55Square

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Tulip with stem

Flora - Flowers

Traditional72Square

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Stellated octahedron

Geometric and other shapes

Sam Ciulla85Square
Drinking cup

Food

Traditional103Square

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Waterbomb base ornament

Geometric and other shapes

Robert Neale121Square
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King David crown

Clothes - Hats

Laura L. Kruskal128Rectangle
4 units
Flapping bird

Toys - Action Models

Traditional141Square

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Crane

Birds - Gruiformes - Cranes

Traditional167Square

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Birds on a crown

Clothes - Hats

Jeanine Meyer and Takashi Mukoda178Rectangle
4 units
Frog

Amphibians

Traditional190Square

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Lily pad

Flora - Flowers

Traditional212Square

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