| The Public Paperfolding History Project
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| The Cut Owl | |||||||
| This
page is being used to collect information about the
history of the paperfolding design known as The Cut Owl,
in which cuts are used to release the flaps that form
both the ears and the feet. 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. ********** 1944 As far as I know this design first appears in 'Origami Shuko' by Isao Honda, which was published in 1944.
********** The design also appears: 1959 In 'How to Make Origami' by Isao Honda, which was published by Toto Shuppan Co. Ltd in Japan, by McDowell Obolensky of New York in the USA and by Museum Press Ltd of London in England, in 1959.
********** 1960 As 'An Owl' in in 'All About Origami' by Isao Honda, which was published by Toto Bunka Company, Limited in Tokyo in 1960. The legs are separated using a cut. The ears are created using cuts.
********** 1965 As 'An Owl' in 'The World of Origami' by Isao Honda, which was published in the USA by Japan Publications Trading Company in 1965.
********** 1964 In 'My Origami Birds' which was published by Crown Publishers Inc, in New York in 1964.
********** 1968 In 'Your Book of Paperfolding' by Vanessa and Eric de Maré, which was published by Faber and Faber in London in 1968, where it is said to be a traditional Japanese design.
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