Origami Heaven

A paperfolding paradise

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 Flexamat Puzzle - 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
 
  Juxtaposition - pre-creased apparatus folding puzzle.   257   2003   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.
 
  Octagramian - free-form minimalist shape forming puzzle.   562   2018   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