| The Public Paperfolding History Project
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page is being used to collect information about the
history of Fold and Cut Animals and Human Figures and
their later development Fold, Cut and Fold Animals and
Human Figures. Please contact me if you know any of this
information is incorrect or if you have any other
information that should be added. Thank you. Please note that this index page is incomplete at present since I was not originally recording instances of this kind of design. ********** In Japan (and in publications by Japanese authors) 1951 Several pages of Fold, Cut and Fold animal designs appear in 'Origami to Kirinuki' by Saburo Ueda, which was published by Kokkado in Tokyo, most probably in 1951.
********** In Europe and the Americas 1762 Part 4 of 'Die Zehenmal Hundert und Eine Kunst' by Albrecht Ernst Friedrich von Crailsheim, which was published in 1762, contains whatis possibly the earliest reference to Fodand Cut Animals (although the reference is not completely clear). The text below says, roughly, 'Fold a piece of paper in two, then cut out a bird, a turtle, or whatever you like and glue a fly in the middle of it with wax ...', the idea being that the the bird or turtle etc then appears to walk around the table under fly power. The text also mentions the possibility of doing this with two other kinds of insects a 'Rossteser' (meaning unknown) or a 'rote Käfer' (red beetle).
********** 1882 Several examples of this type of design appear in 'The Kindergarten Guide' by Maria Kraus Boelte and John Kraus, which was first published in single volume form by E. Steiger and Company in New York in 1882.
********** 1884 Fold, Cut and Fold Animals also appear in 'Jeux et Jouets du Jeune Age' by Gaston Tissandier was published by G Masson in Paris in 1884.
********** 1891 A few simple Fold, Cut and Fold Animals appear in 'Illustriertes Spielbuch fur Kinder' by Ida Bloch was published by Otto Spamer in Leipzig in 1891.
********** The Sister of Charity - 1891 onwards
********** 1892 The Supplement to issue 130 of 'Petits Francais Illustre' of 22nd August 1891contains a template for a Noah's Ark of cut out and fold up animals. (In this case the first fold is not needed.)
********** 1923 There are several pages of fold, cut and fold figures, inclusing a human figure, in 'Trabajos Manuales y Juegos Infantiles' by Francisco Blanch, which was published by I. G. Seix y Barral Hermanos S.A.- Editores in Barcelona in 1923. ********** 1938 Various fold. cut and fold animals are pictured in 'Spielzeug - Eine bunte Fibel' by Hans-Friedrich Geist and Alfred Mahlau, which was published by L Staadman Verlag in Leipzig in 1938. Illustration only. ********** 1960 'Paper Folding Fun' by Robert Harbin, which was published by Oldbourne in London in 1960 contains a section headed 'Single Panel Cut-Outs' which explains five cut and fold animal designs, including one by the Danish paperfolder Thoki Yenn who was an expert at this particular style of paperfolding.
Fido (attributed to Thoki Yenn)
********* 1963 'Party Lines' by Robert Harbin, which was published by the Olbourne Book Co in London in 1963, contained Fold, Cut and Fold Designs for a Rabbit and Penguin.
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