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Dorothy Engelman commissioned this work for her short film Folding California. It was later formed on a large scale (along with a mobile of paper planes) for a permanent art installation in a Trump residential building. Purchase Book Purchase Book

A novice in origami commissioned this work, so steps were taken to simplify the folding process. Three squares are used, vastly reducing the complexity of each component. Only simple valley and mountain folds are used in the folding sequence. The early steps of the body segments inspired a flower model by origami artist Gay Gross. Purchase Book

This work is based on a piece that showcased a more risqué adornment coming from the mouth. Changing the ratio of paper allocated for the lips allowed for the smaller appendage needed for the cigarette. Purchase Book

The idea for this model came from origami artist Eduard Maier. It is devised from the traditional Bird Base. The Village Voice has featured it in their online gallery. Purchase Book

Using a photo of an actual teddy bear (owned by a friend of the artist), the details of the origami version were perfected so it could share the name of the original.

In the late 1970’s, the British Origami Society pushed the creative envelope by challenging origami designers to make an origami jack in the box. This work came into gestation more than a decade after the competition was posed, but it does pay homage to the earlier classic efforts. An earlier incarnation of this work was not as well proportioned. For this newer version, the jack to box ratio was improved, and the folding sequence fortuitously became nicer.

Origami pioneer Fred Rohm devised a matchbox from a 3x1 rectangle. This model uses the same mechanism, yet it is formed from a square. Forcing the old structure onto a new shape (a square) resulted in some interesting folding procedures.

There have been a number of similar pencil designs in origami, but this one is finished on both sides. Although the model looks symmetrical, the folding sequence is not.

This model is formed from a variation on the classic Fish Base. Purchase Book

The teeth on this Japanese Monster are formed with simple pleats and are from opposite ends of the starting square. Purchase Book

This model uses many of the same folds from the less scary Jack in the Box. Purchase Book

This alien is formed from the classic Fish Base. Purchase Book

This is one of the easier models from Spooky Origami. Purchase Book

From a single square using only simple valley and mountain folds (Pureland style). Purchase Book

From a single square using only simple valley and mountain folds (Pureland style). Purchase Book

From a single square using only simple valley and mountain folds (Pureland style). Purchase Book

From a single square using only simple valley and mountain folds (Pureland style). Purchase Book

From a single square using only simple valley and mountain folds (Pureland style). Purchase Book

From a single square using only simple valley and mountain folds (Pureland style). Purchase Book

From a single square using only simple valley and mountain folds (Pureland style). Purchase Book

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