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The website of
writer and paperfolding designer David Mitchell
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Name: Baby
Bird Paper type / shape: Square / Irogami
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2008
Reference:
319
Diagrams:
Kid-O-Gami - Sandy Creek - David Mitchell - ISBN
978-1-4351-2338-0
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Name: B-Bear
- naive design. Paper type / shape:
2 x squares of dyed / homogeneous paper.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 1992
Reference:
084
Diagrams:
On-line diagrams are available on the Multiple Sheet
Designs page of this site.
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Name: Blow-up
Long-eared Owl - adaptation of the
traditional Waterbomb. Paper type / shape:
Square / Any kind of paper.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2014
Reference:
359
Diagrams:
Diagrams not yet available.
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Name: Bull
- a semi-naive design. Paper type / shape:
2 x squares and 1 triangle of irogami.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2009
Reference:
324
Diagrams:
Kid-O-Gami - Sandy Creek - David Mitchell - ISBN
978-1-4351-2338-0
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Name: Bull
Seal Roaring Paper type / shape:
Square / Any kind of paper.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2014
Reference:
360
Diagrams:
Diagrams not yet available.
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Name: Cormorant
on a Rock - simple classic-style colour
change design. Paper type / shape: Square / Irogami
or duo.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2007
Reference:
314
Diagrams:
Complete Origami - Collins and Brown - David
Mitchell - ISBN 978-1-84340-397-5 // On-line
diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
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Name: Coy
Carp - alternative fish from the
traditional Kabuto using the same cut as used for
the traditional Goldfish. Paper shape / type:
Square homogeneous / dyed paper.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2001
Reference:
230
Diagrams:
Origami - Barnes and Noble - ISBN 0-7607-3331-7 -
attributed to Oliver Zachary // Complete Origami
- Collins and Brown - David Mitchell - ISBN
978-1-84340-397-5 // On-line diagrams are
available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
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Name: Easy
Hens - very simple Broody Hen, Watchful
Hen and Feeding Hen designs - passive play
origami designs. Feeding hen will peck at the
ground. Paper type / shape: Square / Any
kind of paper.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2005 but similar to earlier
designs by other paperfolders.
Reference:
538
Diagrams:
Origami Animals - Greenwich Editions - David
Mitchell - ISBN 1-86288-770-4 // On-line diagrams
are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
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Name: 1-fold
Elephant Description: Pictorial minimalist
representational design.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 1993. Created in response
to Paul Jackson's 'An Elephantine Challenge'.
Reference:
094
Diagrams:
BOM 161 August 1993 // Origami Designs Secrets -
A K Peters Ltd - Robert J Lang - ISBN
1-56881-194-2 // Sticky Note Origami - Collins
& Brown - David Mitchell - ISBN 1-84340-227-0
// Complete Origami - Collins and Brown - David
Mitchell - ISBN 978-1-84340-397-5 // Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN
978-0-9534774-6-3 // On-line diagrams are
available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
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Name: 3-fold
Elephant Description: Pictorial minimalist
representational design.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 1993.
Reference:
094
Diagrams:
BOM 161 August 1993 // Super Quick Origami
Animals - Nick Robinson - ISBN 1-85605-728-3
contains diagrams for Paul Jackson's bi-colour
variation of the 3-fold Elephant (here called
Dollar Bill Elephant - though it is not folded
from a dollar bill) // Sticky Note Origami -
Collins & Brown - David Mitchell - ISBN
1-84340-227-0 // Complete Origami - Collins and
Brown - David Mitchell - ISBN 978-1-84340-397-5
// Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN
978-0-9534774-6-3 // On-line diagrams are
available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
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Name: 2-piece
Elephant Paper type / shape: 2 x squares /
Irogami.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2009.
Reference:
325
Diagrams:
Kid-O-Gami - Sandy Creek - David Mitchell - ISBN
978-1-4351-2338-0
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Name: Fantail
Secret Chicken - adaptation of a
possibly traditional design. Paper shape / type:
Square homogeneous / dyed paper.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2006
Reference:
302
Diagrams:
Origami Animals - Greenwich Editions - David
Mitchell - ISBN 1-86288-770-4 // On-line diagrams
are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
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Name: Fantasy
Bat Paper type / shape: Square / Any
kind of paper.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2006
Reference:
303
Diagrams:
Origami Animals - Greenwich Editions - David
Mitchell - ISBN 1-86288-770-4
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Name: Flapping
Dove Paper type / shape: Square / Any
kind of paper.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2009
Reference:
326
Diagrams:
Kid-O-Gami - Sandy Creek - David Mitchell - ISBN
978-1-4351-2338-0 // On-line diagrams are
available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
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Name: Flapping
Parrot Paper type / shape: Square / Any
kind of paper.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2007
Reference:
315
Diagrams:
Complete Origami - Collins and Brown - David
Mitchell - ISBN 978-1-84340-397-5 // Rencontres
de Mai 2009 - MFPP - Paris // On-line diagrams
are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
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Name: Flatmates
- multiple sheet minimalist design. Description: 2-part
minimalist representational design. Two squares,
one active fold in each. Both folds made at the
same time.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2015.
Reference:
276
Diagrams: Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN
978-0-9534774-6-3 // On-line diagrams are
available on the Multiple Sheet
Designs page of this site.
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Name: Flying
Parrot Description: 2 x squares / Any kind
of paper.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2015
Reference:
376
Diagrams:
On-line diagrams are available on the Multiple Sheet
Designs page of this site.
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Name: Full
Frontal Description: 2 x squares / Irogami.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 1993
Reference:
100
Diagrams:
Diagrams not yet available.
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Name: Grazing
Buffalo Paper type / shape: Square /
Irogami.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2006
Reference:
305
Diagrams:
Origami Animals - Greenwich Editions - David
Mitchell - ISBN 1-86288-770-4
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Name: Guinea
Pig / Simple Sheep Paper type / shape:
Square / Irogami.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2003
Reference:
255
Diagrams:
On-line diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
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Name: Headless
Fish Tessellation - simple headless fish
tile that tessellates to show normal fish. Paper type / shape:
Square / Irogami
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2018
Reference:
560
Diagrams:
On-line diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
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Name: Hound Paper type / shape:
Square / Any kind of paper.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2005
Reference:
280
Diagrams:
Origami Animals - Greenwich Editions - David
Mitchell - ISBN 1-86288-770-4
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Name: Hybrid
Elephant aka Pink Elephant -
hybrid development of 3-fold elephant. Paper type / shape:
Square / Irogami.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2000
Reference:
209
Diagrams:
Origami Alfresco - Water Trade - ISBN
0-9534774-3-6 // As Pink Elephant in Complete
Origami - Collins and Brown - David Mitchell -
ISBN 978-1-84340-397-5 // On-line diagrams are
also available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
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Name: Jumbo
(aka 7-Fold Elephant) - simple
full-frontal elephant design.. Paper type / shape:
Square / Any kind of paper.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 1993.
Reference:
095
Diagrams:
BOM 161 August 1993 // As Jumbo in Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN
978-0-9534774-6-3 // On-line diagrams are also
available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
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Name: Kamikaze
- adaptation of the traditional business
card jumping frog design so that it works from
ordinary square origami paper. Paper type / shape:
Square / Any kind of paper.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2012
Reference:
340
Diagrams:
On-line diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
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Name: Kestrel Paper type / shape:
Square / Irogami
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2013
Reference:
349
Diagrams:
Diagrams not yet available.
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Name: Knotfish
- adaptation of the traditional Lover's
Knot. Paper type / shape: Square / Irogami
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 1996
Reference:
127
Diagrams:
BOM 185 August 1997 // Complete Origami - Collins
and Brown - David Mitchell - ISBN
978-1-84340-397-5 // On-line diagrams are
available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
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Name: Lion aka
Just Lion Around Paper type / shape:
2 x squares / Any kind of paper.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2010
Reference:
330
Diagrams:
On-line diagrams are available on the Multiple Sheet
Designs page of this site.
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Name: Mix
and Match Bactrian - naive design. Paper type / shape:
4 x squares of any kind of paper.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2013
Reference:
345
Diagrams:
On-line diagrams are available on the Multiple Sheet
Designs page of this site.
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Name: Mix
and Match Bullock - naive design. Paper type / shape:
3 x squares of any kind of paper.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2013
Reference:
345
Diagrams:
On-line diagrams are available on the Multiple Sheet
Designs page of this site.
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Name: Mix
and Match Dromedary - naive design. Paper type / shape:
4 x squares of any kind of paper.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2013
Reference:
345
Diagrams:
On-line diagrams are available on the Multiple Sheet
Designs page of this site.
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Name: Mix
and Match Elephant - naive design. Paper type / shape:
3 x squares of any kind of paper.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2013
Reference:
345
Diagrams:
On-line diagrams are available on the Multiple Sheet
Designs page of this site.
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Name: Mix
and Match Giraffe - naive design. Paper type / shape:
4 x squares of aany kind of paper.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2013.
Reference:
345
Diagrams:
On-line diagrams are available on the Multiple Sheet
Designs page of this site.
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Name: Mix
and Match Llama - naive design. Paper type / shape:
3 x squares of any kind of paper.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2013
Reference:
345
Diagrams:
On-line diagrams are available on the Multiple Sheet
Designs page of this site.
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Name: Mouse Paper type / shape:
Square / Homogeneous paper.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2006.
Reference:
307
Diagrams:
Origami Animals - Greenwich Editions - David
Mitchell - ISBN 1-86288-770-4
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Name: Naive
Butterfly - naive active play design. Paper type / shape:
2x squares of any kind of paper.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 1992
Reference:
552
Diagrams:
On-line diagrams are available on the Multiple Sheet
Designs page of this site.
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Name: Naive
Horse - naive design. Paper type / shape:
2 x squares of any kind of paper.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2005
Reference:
279
Diagrams:
Origami Animals - Greenwich Editions - David
Mitchell - ISBN 1-86288-770-4 // On-line diagrams
are available on the Multiple Sheet
Designs page of this site.
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Name: Naive
Hound - naive design. Paper type / shape:
2 x squares of any kind of paper.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2013
Reference:
347
Diagrams:
On-line diagrams are available on the Multiple Sheet
Designs page of this site.
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Name: Naive
Turtle - naive design. Paper type / shape:
3 x squares of any kind of paper.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2013
Reference:
356
Diagrams:
On-line diagrams are available on the Multiple Sheet
Designs page of this site.
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Name: Parakeet
in flight - naive design. Paper type / shape:
2 x squares of irogami.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2014.
Reference:
368
Diagrams:
On-line diagrams are available on the Multiple Sheet
Designs page of this site.
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Name: Peacock
- 3D minimalist design. Paper type / shape:
Square / Any kind of paper.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2013
Reference:
352
Diagrams:
Diagrams not yet available.
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Name: Picasso's
Cat - performance design. Paper type / shape:
Square / Irogami.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 1997
Reference:
145
Diagrams:
Diagrams not yet available.
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Name: Piranha
- biting action toy from the windmill base that
can be used to demonstrate catastrophe theory. Paper type / shape:
Square / Any kind of paper.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 1993
Reference:
103
Diagrams:
Complete Origami - Collins and Brown - David
Mitchell - ISBN 978-1-84340-397-5 // On-line
diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
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Name: Polly's
Parrot - old school design from a bird
base - originally attributed to Polly Smith. Paper type / shape:
Square paper of any kind.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2001.
Reference:
236
Diagrams:
Origami - Barnes and Noble - ISBN 0-7607-3331-7.
Attributed to Polly Smith // On-line diagrams are
also available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
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Name: Pointer
Paper type / shape: Square / Any
kind of paper.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2005.
Reference:
280
Diagrams:
Origami Animals - Greenwich Editions - David
Mitchell - ISBN 1-86288-770-4
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Name: P-P-Pig
- naive design. Paper type / shape: 3 x squares of
any kind of paper.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 1992
Reference:
090
Diagrams:
Origami - Barnes and Noble - ISBN 0-7607-3331-7
// Super Quick Origami Animals - Nick Robinson -
ISBN 1-85605-728-3 // Origami Animals - Greenwich
Editions - David Mitchell - ISBN 1-86288-770-4 //
Zoogami - Barnes and Noble - Gay Merrill Gross -
0-7607-7251-7 // On-line diagrams are available
on the Multiple Sheet
Designs page of this site.
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Name: Quick
Crow - very simple design Paper type / shape:
Square / Any kind of paper.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2005.
Reference:
538
Diagrams:
Origami Animals - Greenwich Editions - David
Mitchell - ISBN 1-86288-770-4 // On-line diagrams
are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
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Name: Raven
in flight - naive design. Paper type / shape:
2 x squares of irogami.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2014
Reference:
368
Diagrams:
On-line diagrams are available on the Multiple Sheet
Designs page of this site.
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Name: Rhinos
'R' Us / Out for the Count -
repositionable naive design. Paper type / shape:
3 x squares of any kind of paper.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2009
Reference:
328
Diagrams:
Kid-O-Gami - Sandy Creek - David Mitchell - ISBN
978-1-4351-2338-0 // On-line diagrams are
available on the Multiple Sheet
Designs page of this site.
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Name: Rhino
(2) - naive design. Paper type / shape:
2 x squares of any kind of paper.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2013
Reference:
353
Diagrams:
Diagrams not yet available.
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Name: Shark -
hybrid design. Paper type / shape: Square / Irogami
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2011
Reference:
337
Diagrams:
On-line diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
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Name: Super
Rooster aka (with blue wings and feet)
Le Grand Coq Francais - accessorised
version of possibly traditional Rooster design. Paper shape / type:
Squares and 2x1 rectangle
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2006
Reference:
310
Diagrams:
Origami Animals - Greenwich Editions - David
Mitchell - ISBN 1-86288-770-4 // On-line diagrams
are available on the Multiple Sheet
Designs page of this site.
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Name: Swan
with Cygnets - multiple sheet design
developed from the 5-fold Swan. Paper shape / type:
Square / Homogeneous paper.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2017
Reference:
554
Diagrams:
On-line diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site
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Name: Tortoise
- old school design from a windmill
base. Paper
type / shape: Square paper of any kind.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 1986.
Reference:
016
Diagrams:
Diagrams not yet available.
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Name: Turkey
- old school design Paper type / shape:
Square paper of any kind.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2006.
Reference:
311
Diagrams:
Origami Animals - Greenwich Editions - David
Mitchell - ISBN 1-86288-770-4
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Name: Whale,
Diving - semi-naive design. Paper type / shape:
2 x squares of any kind of paper, of two
different sizes.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2013
Reference:
357
Diagrams:
Diagrams not yet available.
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Name: Wolf
Cub - naive design. Paper type / shape:
2 x squares of any kind of paper.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2005
Reference:
299
Diagrams:
Origami Animals - Greenwich Editions - David
Mitchell - ISBN 1-86288-770-4 // On-line diagrams
are also available on the Multiple Sheet
Designs page of this site.
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Name: Woodpecker
- simple action toy - adaptation of Paul
Jackson's fold of the same name. Paper type / shape:
Square / Any kind of paper.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 1988
Reference:
033
Diagrams:
BOS Convention Pack Spring 1989 // Origami
Animals - Greenwich Editions - David Mitchell -
ISBN 1-86288-770-4.
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