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ORIGAMI ODYSSEY
NOTE: Page numbers correspond to the print edition.
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Copyright © 2011 Peter Engel
M.C. Escher’s “Reptiles” © 2010 the M.C. Escher Company-Holland. All rights reserved. www.mcescher.com, p.14
Froebel paperfolding: Photography © by Kiyoshi TOGASHI, p.17
Figures 127 and 128 from On Growth and Form by D’Arcy Thompson, abridged edition edited by J.T. Bonner.
Copyright © 1961 Cambridge University Press. Reprinted with the permission of Cambridge University Press, p.28
All photographs by the author except as follows:
Sunny Grewal: Photographs of origami models, throughout, except Moon and Forest Troll; teacups, p.30; bottle and wooden mold, p.32
New York State Department of Tourism: Origami Lighthouse and Mountains, p.20
Quesada/Burke, New York: Origami Elephant, p.21
Cheryl Perko: Phone booth with New Yorkers, p.20
Kate May: Photo of author
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Engel, Peter, 1959-
Origami odyssey : a journey to the edge of paperfolding / Peter Engel ; with an introduction by Nondita Correa-Mehrotra.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-8048-4119-1 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-4629-1558-3 (ebook)
1. Origami. I. Title.
TT870.E544 2011
736’.982--dc22
2010049041
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Contents
In Search of Form and Spirit
ORIGAMI PROJECTS
CHAPTER 1: THE SOLAR SYSTEM
Sun
Moon
Stars
CHAPTER 2: IN THE FOREST
Squirrel
Bat
Great Horned Owl
CHAPTER 3: IN THE GARDEN
Maple Leaf
Begonia Leaf
Gingko Leaf
Bodhi Leaf
Orchid
CHAPTER 4: OCEAN’S EDGE
Stingray
Sea Turtle
Whale