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| Surprise Denouement Designs |
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| Surprise
denouement designs are designs in which the folding
sequence is so arranged, or so arranges itself, that the
subject of the design is not obvious until the end of the
sequence is reached. The surprise denouement may be the
result of a final revealing fold, a collapse or simply
turning over a design which has been folded face down. I am very fond of designs of
this kind, though they are hard to create. They emphasise
the importance of the folding sequence without
de-emphasising the importance of the final result. They
are also a useful antidote to the idea, unfortunately
increasingly common at origami conventions, that you
should know the subject of a design before the teaching
of it commences.
See-through designs, which are a type of
surprise denouement design, are not included here since
they deserve a page all to themselves. Many double-image
designs also fall into this category. They too have a
page of their own.
Any single-sheet
1-fold design is, of course, also necessarily a surprise
denouement design.
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Name: Alien -
aka Self-Portrait as an Alien -
simple pictorial surprise denouement design. Paper shape / type:
Square / Irogami.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 1997
Reference:
148
Diagrams:
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.
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Name: Beach
Brolly - minimalist design with surprise
denouement. Paper type / shape: Square /
Irogami.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 1991
Reference:
075
Diagrams:
Diagrams not yet available.
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Name: David's
Star - Star of David collapsed from 3D
tessellation. Paper type / shape: Bronze Rectangle
/ Any kind of paper.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2004
Reference:
261
Diagrams:
The Paper Issue 91 2005/ 3 - Origami USA //
Complete Origami - Collins and Brown - David
Mitchell - ISBN 978-1-84340-397-5 // Photos in Le
Pli 113-114 - Mai 2009 // On-line diagrams are
available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
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Name: Hybrid
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
available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
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Name: Indian
Country - pictorial landscape. Paper type / shape:
Square / Irogami.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2006
Reference:
306
Diagrams:
Origami Alfresco - Water Trade - ISBN
0-9534774-3-6 // On-line diagrams are available
on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
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Name: Kite -
a minimalist pictorial surprise denouement
design. Paper type / shape: Square /
Irogami.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2014
Reference:
365
Diagrams:
On-line diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
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Name: Nefertiti
- a minimalist pictorial surprise denouement
design. Paper type / shape: Square /
Irogami.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2011.
Reference:
098
Diagrams: 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: Sailboard
- surprise denouement pictorial
seascape. Paper shape / type: Square / Irogami
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 1993.
Reference:
104
Diagrams:
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.
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