| The Public Paperfolding History Project
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| Folded Paper Mice and Rats | |||||||
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page is being used to collect information about the
history of paperfolding designs for mice and rats. 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. ******** The Cut Mouse - 1932 onwards
********** 1944 A design for 'El Raton' (the rat) developed from kite-shaped paper appears the second edition of 'Papiro-Zoo: Manual Practico de Papirologia o Cocotologia' by Giordano Lareo, which was published by Libraria 'El Ateneo' Editorial in Buenos Aires in 1944.
********** The extended version of 'El Mundo de Papel' by Dr Nemesio Montero, which was published by G Miranda in Edicions Infancia in Valladolid in 1951, contains a design for 'El Raton' (The Rat)
********** 1960 A compound design for a 'A Rat' appears in 'All About Origami' by Isao Honda, which was published by Toto Bunka Company, Limited in Tokyo in 1960. The ears are created using a cut.
********** 1961 A design for a .Maus' appears in 'Wir Falten' by Joachim Schönherr and Gerta Schumann, which was published by Rudolf Arnold Verlag in Leipzig in 1961.
********** 1964 A Mouse from a square (with a cut-off strip used for a tail) appears in 'My Origami Animals and Fishes' which was published by Crown Publishers Inc, in New York in 1964.
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