The website of
writer and paperfolding designer David Mitchell
Puzzles
BOM means British Origami magazine
1, 2, 3, 4 -
transformation puzzle.
419
2000
On-line diagrams are
available on the Puzzles page of this site.
2 into 1 -
modular assembly puzzle - from squares.
037
1989
Paperfolding Puzzles
- Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-0-X //
Paperfolding Puzzles (2nd Edition) - David
Mitchell - Water Trade - ISBN 978-0-9534774-5-6
5 in a Row -
apparatus puzzle..
550
2017
On-line diagrams are
available on the Puzzles page of this site.
Alternative
Flexatube - Flexatube with 60/30 degree
folding geometry.
422
2004
Diagrams not yet
available.
Borromean
Buckle Puzzle
172
1999
Diagrams not yet
available.
Borromean
Figures of Eight - manipulative puzzle.
172
1999
Diagrams not yet
available.
Buckle
Puzzle
173
1999
Diagrams not yet
available.
Chequerboard
- double-sided free form pattern puzzle.
154
1998
Paperfolding Puzzles
- Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-0-X //
Paperfolding Puzzles (2nd Edition) - David
Mitchell - Water Trade - ISBN 978-0-9534774-5-6
Chevrons -
single-sided free form pattern puzzle.
154
2010
Paperfolding Puzzles
(2nd Edition) - David Mitchell - Water Trade -
ISBN 978-0-9534774-5-6
Centre-piece
- apparatus puzzle in which the object
is to exchange the positions of two linked sheets
of paper.
1998
Paperfolding Puzzles
- Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-0-X //
Paperfolding Puzzles (2nd Edition) - David
Mitchell - Water Trade - ISBN 978-0-9534774-5-6
Corner -
single-sided free form pattern puzzle.
154
2010
Paperfolding Puzzles
(2nd Edition) - David Mitchell - Water Trade -
ISBN 978-0-9534774-5-6
Cross Cut -
series of free form fold and cut puzzles.
332
2011
Paperfolding Puzzles
(2nd Edition) - David Mitchell - Water Trade -
ISBN 978-0-9534774-5-6
Double K -
double-sided free form pattern puzzle.
154
2010
Paperfolding Puzzles
(2nd Edition) - David Mitchell - Water Trade -
ISBN 978-0-9534774-5-6
Double
Corner - double-sided free form pattern
puzzle.
154
2010
Paperfolding Puzzles
(2nd Edition) - David Mitchell - Water Trade -
ISBN 978-0-9534774-5-6
Double Rotor
- single-sided free form pattern puzzle.
154
2010
Paperfolding Puzzles
(2nd Edition) - David Mitchell - Water Trade -
ISBN 978-0-9534774-5-6
Double Cross
- free-form folding puzzle using two
squares of paper.
157
1998
Paperfolding Puzzles
- Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-0-X //
Paperfolding Puzzles (2nd Edition) - David
Mitchell - Water Trade - ISBN 978-0-9534774-5-6
Double Cross
Flexagon - puzzle treatment of the
3-state bi-linear tetraflexagon.
156
1998
The Magic of
Flexagons - David Mitchell - Tarquin - ISBN
1-899618-28-7
Eccentricity
- modular assembly puzzle in which six
simple assymetric modules must be assembled to
produce an eccentric cube. Development of the
Unconventional Cube.
249
2009
On-line diagrams,
and one possible solution, are available on the Puzzles page of this site.
End to End -
a transformation puzzle where the mat on the
right must be converted to the mat on the left.
318
2007
On-line diagrams are
available on the Puzzles page of this site.
Equality -
series of free form double-sided folding puzzles.
176
1999
Paperfolding Puzzles
(2nd Edition) - David Mitchell - Water Trade -
ISBN 978-0-9534774-5-6
Face to Face
- grid-based folding puzzle.
333
2011
Paperfolding Puzzles
(2nd Edition) - David Mitchell - Water Trade -
ISBN 978-0-9534774-5-6
Find The
Lady - minimalist folding puzzle.
203
2000
Origami Alfresco 2nd
Edition - ISBN 978-0-9534774-6-3 // On-line
diagrams are available on the Puzzles page of this site.
Flash -
single-sided free form pattern puzzle.
154
2010
Paperfolding Puzzles
(2nd Edition) - David Mitchell - Water Trade -
ISBN 978-0-9534774-5-6
Flexatube
Solutions - multiple solutions for the
classic puzzle by Arthur Stone.
417
1998
Paperfolding Puzzles
- Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-0-X (omitted from
second edition) // Silverflexagons and the
Flexatube - David Mitchell - Water Trade - ISBN
9780953477487
Flexatube
Chain Puzzles
418
2004
Silverflexagons and
the Flexatube - David Mitchell - Water Trade -
ISBN 9780953477487
Flexatube
Stack Puzzles
418
2004
Silverflexagons and
the Flexatube - David Mitchell - Water Trade -
ISBN 9780953477487
The FlexamatPuzzle - four Flexatubes
connected in a flat ring.
418
2015
Silverflexagons and
the Flexatube - David Mitchell - Water Trade -
ISBN 9780953477487
Foursquare -
grid-based folding puzzle.
158
1998
Paperfolding Puzzles
- Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-0-X //
Paperfolding Puzzles (2nd Edition) - David
Mitchell - Water Trade - ISBN 978-0-9534774-5-6
Foursquares -
single-sided free form folding puzzle.
154
1998
On-line diagrams are
available on the Puzzles page of this site.
Harlequin -
double-sided free form pattern puzzle.
154
1998
Paperfolding Puzzles
(2nd Edition) - David Mitchell - Water Trade -
ISBN 978-0-9534774-5-6
Hologram
Puzzle
111
1994
On-line diagrams are
available on the Puzzles page of this site.
Inside Out -
free-form folding/manipulation puzzle.
163
1998
Paperfolding Puzzles
- Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-0-X //
Paperfolding Puzzles (2nd Edition) - David
Mitchell - Water Trade - ISBN 978-0-9534774-5-6
Janus -
double-sided free form pattern puzzle.
154
1998
Paperfolding Puzzles
- Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-0-X //
Paperfolding Puzzles (2nd Edition) - David
Mitchell - Water Trade - ISBN 978-0-9534774-5-6
PCOC Play - PCOC
2005 Convention Pack - OrigamiUSA // Complete
Origami - Collins and Brown - David Mitchell -
ISBN 978-1-84340-397-5 // Paperfolding Puzzles
(2nd Edition) - David Mitchell - Water Trade -
ISBN 978-0-9534774-5-6
K -
double-sided free form pattern puzzle.
154
2010
Paperfolding Puzzles
(2nd Edition) - David Mitchell - Water Trade -
ISBN 978-0-9534774-5-6
Lateral
Drinking Puzzle - When and where?
212
2000
Origami Alfresco -
Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-3-6 // On-line
diagrams are available on the Puzzles page of this site.
Limbo
- a flexagon-like apparatus puzzle that can be
manipulated into a large hexagonal ring.
124
1996
As Magic Square
Flexagon in The Magic of Flexagons - David
Mitchell - Tarquin - ISBN 1-899618-28-7 //
On-line diagrams are available on the Puzzles page of this site.
Merlin's Mat
- grid-based folding puzzle.
112
1994
As the Enchanter's
mat in Merlin's Mats - David Mitchell - 1994 //
Paperfolding Puzzles - Water Trade - ISBN
0-9534774-0-X // Paperfolding Puzzles (2nd
Edition) - David Mitchell - Water Trade - ISBN
978-0-9534774-5-6 // On-line diagrams are
available on the Puzzles page of this site.
Modus -
single-sided free form pattern puzzle.
154
2010
Paperfolding Puzzles
(2nd Edition) - David Mitchell - Water Trade -
ISBN 978-0-9534774-5-6
Negative
Corner - double-sided free form negative
pattern puzzle.
154
2010
Paperfolding Puzzles
(2nd Edition) - David Mitchell - Water Trade -
ISBN 978-0-9534774-5-6
Night and
Day - apparatus puzzle based on the
Woven Flexatube in which a completely dark shaded
tube - Night - is turned inside out to a
completely white tube - Day.
548
2001
On-line diagrams are
available on the Puzzles page of this site.
Nimue's's
Mat - grid-based folding puzzle.
112
1994
As the Apprentice's
Mat in Merlin's Mats - David Mitchell - 1994 //
Paperfolding Puzzles - Water Trade - ISBN
0-9534774-0-X // Paperfolding Puzzles (2nd
Edition) - David Mitchell - Water Trade - ISBN
978-0-9534774-5-6 // On-line diagrams are
available on the Puzzles page of this site.
On-line diagrams are
available on the Puzzles page of this site.
Phoenix -
single-sided free form pattern puzzle.
154
2010
Paperfolding Puzzles
(2nd Edition) - David Mitchell - Water Trade -
ISBN 978-0-9534774-5-6
Purgatory -
a flexagon-like apparatus puzzle from 2 squares.
There is a hidden hole in the mat through which a
surprisingly large object will pass.
124
1996
On-line diagrams are
available on the Puzzles page of this site.
Puzzle
Icosahedron - from 5 hexagons.
010
1988
Quartetra -
originally conceived as a modular assembly puzzle
- from hexagons.
030
1988
Paperfolding Puzzles
- Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-0-X //
Paperfolding Puzzles (2nd Edition) - David
Mitchell - Water Trade - ISBN 978-0-9534774-5-6
Sequential
- free-form folding puzzle.
336
2011
Paperfolding Puzzles
(2nd Edition) - David Mitchell - Water Trade -
ISBN 978-0-9534774-5-6
Serendipity -
free-form puzzle from two squares - multiple
solutions.
166
1998
Originally set in
BOM 188 February 1998 with solutions in issue 190
// Paperfolding Puzzles - Water Trade - ISBN
0-9534774-0-X // Paperfolding Puzzles (2nd
Edition) - David Mitchell - Water Trade - ISBN
978-0-9534774-5-6
Staircase -
series of fold and cut puzzles.
332
2011
Paperfolding Puzzles
(2nd Edition) - David Mitchell - Water Trade -
ISBN 978-0-9534774-5-6
Stripe -
double-sided free form negative pattern puzzle.
154
2010
Paperfolding Puzzles
(2nd Edition) - David Mitchell - Water Trade -
ISBN 978-0-9534774-5-6
Striptease -
free-form folding puzzle.
154
1998
Paperfolding Puzzles
- Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-0-X // Set in
Russian Origami Society magazine issue 3 1999 -
Solution in issue 1 2000 // Paperfolding Puzzles
(2nd Edition) - David Mitchell - Water Trade -
ISBN 978-0-9534774-5-6
Tokyo Towers
- series of stacking puzzles.
269
2004
Office Origami -
Adam Russ - Universe Publishing - ISBN
0-7893-1313-8 // Building with Butterflies (2nd
Edition) - Water Trade - ISBN 978-9534774-7-0
Trapdoor
Buckle - manipulative puzzle.
173
1999
Diagrams not yet
available.
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.
Turnover -
free-form folding/manipulation puzzle.
168
1998
Paperfolding Puzzles
- Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-0-X //
Paperfolding Puzzles (2nd Edition) - David
Mitchell - Water Trade - ISBN 978-0-9534774-5-6
Twister -single-sided
free-form folding puzzle.
154
1998
Paperfolding Puzzles
- Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-0-X // Also as
Let's Twist Again in BOM 191 August 1998 -
solution in issue 192 // Paperfolding Puzzles
(2nd Edition) - David Mitchell - Water Trade -
ISBN 978-0-9534774-5-6
Windmill
Flexagon - lateral thinking /
manipulation puzzle based on a non-twisted
flexagon from a square. The solution can only be
found by holding the puzzle up to the light.
134
1996
Origami - Barnes and
Noble - ISBN 0-7607-3331-7 // BOM 217 - December
2002 - Solution BOM 218 // Paperfolding Puzzles
(2nd Edition) - David Mitchell - Water Trade -
ISBN 978-0-9534774-5-6
Window -
single-sided free form pattern puzzle.
154
2010
Paperfolding Puzzles
(2nd Edition) - David Mitchell - Water Trade -
ISBN 978-0-9534774-5-6
Zigzag -
single-sided free form pattern puzzle.
154
2010
Paperfolding Puzzles
(2nd Edition) - David Mitchell - Water Trade -
ISBN 978-0-9534774-5-6