Origami Heaven

A paperfolding paradise

The website of writer and paperfolding designer David Mitchell

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  Alien - aka Self-Portrait as an Alien - simple pictorial surprise denouement design.   148   1997   Origami Alfresco - Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-3-6 // // Sticky Note Origami - Collins & Brown - David Mitchell - ISBN 1-84340-227-0 // Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN 978-0-9534774-6-3 // On-line diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
 
  Alpha Prism - triangular prism with sunken triangular faces - 6 squares.   135   1997   Photo only in Citizen K International magazine Spring 99 // Building with Butterflies - Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-1-X // Building with Butterflies (2nd Edition) - Water Trade - ISBN 978-9534774-7-0
 
  Alpha Pyramids - macromodular sculptures built from Alpha Prisms using joining pieces.   135   1997   Photo only in Citizen K International magazine Spring 99 // Building with Butterflies - Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-1-X // Building with Butterflies (2nd Edition) - Water Trade - ISBN 978-9534774-7-0
 
  Beta Prism - appears identical to the Alpha Prism but has pockets in different places - 6 squares.   136   1997   Building with Butterflies - Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-1-X (called Alternative Alpha Prism) // Building with Butterflies (2nd Edition) - Water Trade - ISBN 978-9534774-7-0
 
  Name: Cleopatra's Pyramid

Paper type / shape: From a strip of 6 equilateral triangles

Designer / Date: David Mitchell, 1997

Reference: 583

Diagrams:Online diagrams are available on the Devious Devices page of this site.
 
  Columbus Pyramid - macromodular design made by stacking Columbus Cubes.   137   1997   Building with Butterflies - Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-1-X // Building with Butterflies (2nd Edition) - Water Trade - ISBN 978-9534774-7-0
 
  The Crooked Tower   138   1997   Building with Butterflies - Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-1-X // Building with Butterflies (2nd Edition) - Water Trade - ISBN 978-9534774-7-0
 
  Damocles - macromodular design made by combining Alpha and Beta Prisms.   136   1997   First published without the orange inserts as Tower of Babel in Building with Butterflies - Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-1-X // As Damocles with inserts in Building with Butterflies (2nd Edition) - Water Trade - ISBN 978-9534774-7-0
 
  Doggone Cool! - minimalist design.   139   1997   Origami Alfresco - Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-3-6 // Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN 978-0-9534774-6-3 // On-line diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
 
  Dogfish - minimalist double-image / active play design.   140   1997   BOM 184 June 1997 // Origami - Barnes and Noble - ISBN 0-7607-3331-7 // Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN 978-0-9534774-6-3 // On-line diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
 
  Fiddler - endlessly revolving flexible toy made from a 2x1 rectangle using cuts and glue.   141   1997   BOM 186 October 1997
 
  New Year Star - 8-pointed star - from 4 squares.   142   1997   BOS Convention Pack Spring 1997
 
  Octagonal Wreath - octagonal ring with hole in centre in the form of an 8-pointed star - from 8 squares.   143   1997   Origami - Barnes and Noble - ISBN 0-7607-3331-7 // On-line diagrams are available on the Modular Designs page of this site.
 
  Octahedron (2 part) - not robust - from double bronze rectangles.   144   1997   Mathematical Origami - Tarquin Publications - ISBN 1-899618-18-X // In Portuguese - Origami matematicos - Republicao - ISBN 972-570-257-3
 
  Picasso's Cat - action novelty.   145   1997   Diagrams not yet available.
 
  Reptile Modules - modules which can be used to make kite-pattern deltahedra.   146   1997   BOM 189 April 1998 / On-line diagrams are available on the Modular Designs page of this site.
 
  Rhombic Pyramid - single sheet design from silver rectangle (based on an idea by David Brill).   147   1997   Mathematical Origami - Tarquin Publications - ISBN 1-899618-18-X // In Portuguese - Origami matematicos - Republicao - ISBN 972-570-257-3
 
  4 Rhombic Pyramids as a Rhombic Tetrahedron   147   1997   Mathematical Origami - Tarquin Publications - ISBN 1-899618-18-X // In Portuguese - Origami matematicos - Republicao - ISBN 972-570-257-3
 
  Running Beaver - action design.   518   1997   Diagrams not yet available
 
  Shipwreck   149   1997   Origami - Barnes and Noble - ISBN 0-7607-3331-7 - attributed to Oliver Zachary // Quadrato Magico 75/76 Autumn 2004 // Complete Origami - Collins and Brown - David Mitchell - ISBN 978-1-84340-397-5 // On-line diagrams are available on the Multiple Sheet Designs page of this site.
 
  Stellated Rhombic Dodecahedron (1) - made by adding 'hats' to Nick Robinson's Rhombic Dodecahedron.   150   1997   Mathematical Origami - Tarquin Publications - ISBN 1-899618-18-X // In Portuguese - Origami matematicos - Republicao - ISBN 972-570-257-3 // Quadrato Magico 101 Autumn 2011
 
  T-Time - apparatus puzzle - version of the Modular Two Way Tube.   151   1997   Paperfolding Puzzles - Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-0-X // On-line diagrams are available on the Puzzles page of this site.
 
  Two Way Tube - a modular version of Robert Neale's classic design - 2 rectangles.   151   1997   BOM 184 June 1997 // As the Magic Tube in Office Origami - Adam Russ - Universe Publishing - ISBN 0-7893-1313-8. On-line diagrams are available on the Devious Devices page of this site.
 
  Vice Versa Star - 8-part 8-pointed star with octagonal hole in centre. Opposite of the Octagonal Wreath.   152   1997   Origami - Barnes and Noble - ISBN 0-7607-3331-7 // On-line diagrams are available on the Modular Designs page of this site.