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Single Sheet Designs
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BOM means British Origami magazine
1-fold
Elephant- extreme minimalist
design created in response to Paul Jackson's 'An
Elephantine Challenge'.
094
1993
BOM 161 August 1993
// Origami Designs Secrets - A K Peters Ltd -
Robert J Lang - ISBN 1-56881-194-2 // Sticky Note
Origami - Collins & Brown - David Mitchell -
ISBN 1-84340-227-0 // Complete Origami - Collins
and Brown - David Mitchell - ISBN
978-1-84340-397-5 // Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN
978-0-9534774-6-3 // On-line diagrams are
available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
2-fold Arrow
- Pictorial minimalist representational
design made using 2 active folds. Created while
attempting to reconstruct Tung Ken Lam's Arrow
from memory.
555
2017
Diagrams not yet
available.
3-fold
Elephant
094
1993
BOM 161 August 1993
// Super Quick Origami Animals - Nick Robinson -
ISBN 1-85605-728-3 contains diagrams for Paul
Jackson's bi-colour variation of the 3-fold
Elephant (here called Dollar Bill Elephant -
though it is not folded from a dollar bill) //
Sticky Note Origami - Collins & Brown - David
Mitchell - ISBN 1-84340-227-0 // Complete Origami
- Collins and Brown - David Mitchell - ISBN
978-1-84340-397-5 // Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN
978-0-9534774-6-3 // On-line diagrams are
available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
3x3 Box
001
1987
Diagrams not yet
available.
Name: 5-fold
Swan - Three-dimensional minimalist
representational design made using just 5 active
folds.
7-fold
Elephant (aka Jumbo) - simple full
frontal elephant design.
095
1993
BOM 161 August 1993
// As Jumbo in Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN
978-0-9534774-6-3 // On-line diagrams are
available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
Alien -
aka Self-Portrait as an Alien - simple pictorial
surprise denouement design.
148
1997
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.
Aliens /
Clingons - passive play origami design
developed from the bird base. Aliens will hang in
chains.
040
1989
BOM 184 June 1997 //
As Clingons 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.
America -
pictorial landscape. Essentially a single sheet
design although a second sheet can be used to add
some sky and frame the picture.
196
2000
Origami Alfresco 2nd
Edition - ISBN 978-0-9534774-6-3 // On-line
diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
Also Comes
in White - simple double image design.
171
1999
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.
Apis -
a see-through double image design from a 1x3
rectangle.
Banana Boat -
minimalist design named by Wayne Brown because of
the curve in the hull which allows the design to
stand.
074
1991
Origami Alfresco -
Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-3-6 // Quadrato
Magico 75/76 Autumn 2004 // Complete Origami -
Collins and Brown - David Mitchell - ISBN
978-1-84340-397-5 // Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN
978-0-9534774-6-3 // On-line diagrams are also
now available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
Barn
002
1987
Diagrams not yet
available.
Base Camp
565
2019
Diagrams not yet
available.
Beach Brolly
- minimalist design with surprise
denouement.
075
1991
Diagrams not yet
available.
Birdman -
simple pictorial double-image design.
198
2000
Origami Alfresco -
Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-3-6 // Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN
978-0-9534774-6-3 // On-line diagrams are also
now available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
Blow-up
Long-eared Owl - adaptation of the
traditional Waterbomb.
Origami Alfresco -
Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-3-6 //2, BOM 174
October 1995 - 4-fold bull (see article 'A
Bavarian Interlude' for explanation of origin) //
Origami Animals - Greenwich Editions - David
Mitchell - ISBN 1-86288-770-4 // Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN
978-0-9534774-6-3 // On-line diagrams are
available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
Bric-a-brac
- ultimate simplification of the traditional
Chinese Junk design.
228
2001
Origami - Barnes and
Noble - ISBN 0-7607-3331-7 // Quadrato Magico
75/76 Autumn 2004 // On-line diagrams are
available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
Bull Seal
Roaring
360
2014
Diagrams not yet
available.
Cairo
Searchlight - pictorial landscape
design.
561
2018
Diagrams not yet
available.
Cardinal Sin
- origamidada originally attributed to
Oliver Zachary.
Cormorant on
a Rock - simple colour change design.
314
2007
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.
Counter-Rotating
Cube - single sheet optical illusion.
114
1999
Online diagrams are
available on the Devious Devices page of this site.
Counter-Rotating
Cuboctahedron - single sheet optical
illusion
115
1999
Online diagrams are
available on the Devious Devices page of this site.
Coy Carp
- alternative fish from the traditional Kabuto
using same cut as used for traditional Goldfish.
230
2001
Origami - Barnes and
Noble - ISBN 0-7607-3331-7 - attributed to Oliver
Zachary // 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.
Curvy Bowl
- bowl with curved sides and rim from 3x3 grid.
006
1987
Origami You Can Use
- Rick Beech and Rikki Donachie - Dover
Publications - 10-0-486-47057-1 // On-line
diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
Dark Satanic
Mill - a simple drawing with paper
pictorial design.
David's Star
- Star of David collapsed from 3D tessellation
folded from bronze rectangle.
261
2004
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.
Delta Frame
- simple photograph frame from A4 or similar
rectangle using the photo as a template.
125
1996
BOS Convention Pack
Autumn 1999 // On-line diagrams are available on
the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
Delta Photo
Frame - simple self-frame for photo
printed onto A4 or similar.
Dichotomy -
simple design from a 2x1 rectangle which can be
used to illustrate situations where two
components are both needed to make progress
possible.
549
2012
Diagrams not yet
available
Display
Stand (for Flapping Bird)
520
2005
Diagrams not yet
available
Doggone
Cool! - minimalist design.
139
1997
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.
Dogfish -
minimalist double-image / active play design.
140
1997
BOM 184 June 1997 //
Origami - Barnes and Noble - ISBN 0-7607-3331-7
// Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN
978-0-9534774-6-3 // On-line diagrams are
available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
Dresden Bowl
- curved crease and collapse design.
262
2004
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.
Easy Hens
- very simple Broody Hen, Watchful Hen and
Feeding Hen designs, from squares, the latter
being an action design.
538
2005
Origami Animals -
Greenwich Editions - David Mitchell - ISBN
1-86288-770-4 // On-line diagrams are available
on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
An Elephant
in the Room - a version of Hotel Room
which reveals an elephant when held up to the
light.
Elephants
Extreme - see 1-fold and 3-fold
Elephants
Egypt -
minimalist landscape.
099
1993
Origami Alfresco -
Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-3-6 // Complete
Origami - Collins and Brown - David Mitchell -
ISBN 978-1-84340-397-5 - two versions // Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN
978-0-9534774-6-3 // On-line diagrams are
available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
Enigma Bowl
- octagonal bowl from the Enigma Base.
024
1988
Complete Origami -
Collins and Brown - David Mitchell - ISBN
978-1-84340-397-5 // Le Pli 113-114 - Mai 2009 //
Rencontres de Mai 2009 - MFPP // On-line diagrams
are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
Exploding
Rabbit - see Bomb Bunny.
Factory
- a simple drawing with paper pictorial design.
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.
Fantail
Secret Chicken - adaptation of a
possibly traditional design.
302
2006
Origami Animals -
Greenwich Editions - David Mitchell - ISBN
1-86288-770-4 // On-line diagrams are available
on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
Fantasy Bat
303
2006
Origami Animals -
Greenwich Editions - David Mitchell - ISBN
1-86288-770-4
Fiddler -
endlessly revolving flexible toy made from a 2x1
rectangle using cuts and glue.
Kid-O-Gami - Sandy
Creek - David Mitchell - ISBN 978-1-4351-2338-0
// On-line diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
Flapping
Parrot - action design.
315
1998
Complete Origami -
Collins and Brown - David Mitchell - ISBN
978-1-84340-397-5 // Rencontres de Mai 2009 -
MFPP - Paris // On-line diagrams are available on
the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
Flick Flack
- a version of Seiryo Takekawa's Tarumpty Tum Tum
(aka Tumbler) which has roll-back ability.
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.
Fred -
5-fold minimalist representational design.
178
1999
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.
Freefall /
Limbo - a simple double-image design.
206
2000
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.
Fringe
Origami
531
1999
Diagrams not yet
available.
Frog Eat
Frog - cut and fold design. Adaptation
of a Paul Jackson design (which was itself an
adaptation of a Robert E Neale original). Frog
Eat Frog Eat Frog is also possible.
278
2005
Office Origami -
Adam Russ - Universe Publishing - ISBN
0-7893-1313-8 // On-line diagrams are available
on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
Full Frontal
100
1993
Diagrams not yet
available.
Giracotte -
a way of making the distorted version of the
traditional Cocotte that often occurs in early
caricatures, cartoons and prints.
Complete Origami -
Collins and Brown - David Mitchell - ISBN
978-1-84340-397-5 // Le Pli 113-114 - Mai 2009
(and photo on cover) // Rencontres de Mai 2009 -
MFPP // On-line diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
Grazing
Buffalo
305
2006
Origami Animals -
Greenwich Editions - David Mitchell - ISBN
1-86288-770-4
Handy Boxes -
minimalist design. Many variations possible.
211
2000
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.
Harbour at
Skiathos - minimalist seascape.
180
1999
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.
Headless
Fish Tile - simple headless fish tile
that tessellates to show normal fish.
Head to Head
- minimalist double-image / visual
illusion.
207
2000
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.
Hip Hop -
action toy.
077
1991
BOS Convention Pack
Autumn 1991
Holy Ghost -
an active play conceptual origami design /
origamidada.
Hotel Room /
Swimming Pool - minimalist double image
pictorial design.
181
1999
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.
Hound
280
2005
Origami Animals -
Greenwich Editions - David Mitchell - ISBN
1-86288-770-4
House in
Perspective - minimalist design -
version of Also Comes in White.
208
2000
Diagrams not yet
available.
Hull Down -
minimalist seascape / action model.
101
1993
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.
Hybrid
Elephant - hybrid development of 3-fold
elephant.
209
2000
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 also available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
Knotfish -
adaptation of the traditional Lover's Knot.
127
1996
BOM 185 August 1997
// 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.
The Line
Between - conceptual origami design
based on Standing Heart.
Llyn Dhu - minimalist
landscape. Previously titled Sea Amid the
Winter's Snow.
250
2002
Designed for 2002
Xmas Card (attributed to Oliver Zachary) -
picture in NOA magazine 2003/4. Title refers to
first line of traditional carol // As Llyn Dhu in
Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN
978-0-9534774-6-3 // On-line diagrams are
available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
Lovebird -
double-image see-through pictorial design of a
hovering bird which reveals a heart when held up
to the light.
214
2000
Origami Alfresco -
Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-3-6 // Complete
Origami - Collins and Brown - David Mitchell -
ISBN 978-1-84340-397-5 // Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN
978-0-9534774-6-3 // On-line diagrams are
available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.