(Part 2) Top products from r/origami

The goal is to figure out how to fold it so that the picture comes together on one side (as well as getting the reverse side to be solid colored) .

There are 100 individual puzzles, each one with a unique design in terms of folding. They start off simple (The one above in this post is 20/100), and then they get more intricate and complex later on - requiring more nuanced folding techniques, and being more difficult to figure out.

It's not really true Origami as they always fold into a square, but I think Origami lovers might still find it really fun.

It took me just a bit over a year to create this puzzle, and I'm really happy with how it came out. I just started selling it, so if you're interested you can find it on Amazon here.

http://www.amazon.com/North-American-Animals-Origami-Montroll/dp/0486286673/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1311232032&sr=8-1 has a very nice deer. John Montroll books are great for starting out and have a great range of complexity with nice looking results even for the easy models.

I thought the handicraft in How To Wrap Five Eggs (http://www.amazon.com/How-Wrap-Five-Eggs-Traditional/dp/1590306198) was amazing but this is really impressive! how the colors have stayed preserved over a hundred years! This is a museum worthy find I think!

I really like Lang's origami in action. Shafer also has great action origami models. You can usually get these books at a library

Two things:

1. Dollar bills generally suck as material for a first attempt. The paper is thick and can be difficult to crease if it's a well-worn bill. I'd start out using at least regular typing paper cut into a square, or preferably legit origami paper.
   
   
2. That model looks really difficult for a first attempt. You definitely shouldn't feel bad about having problems. Start off slow - get a book designed for beginners (I think I had this: http://www.amazon.com/Absolute-Beginners-Origami-Nick-Robinson/dp/0823000729/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1347652979&sr=8-9&keywords=origami), or look up any of the dozens of free patterns floating around on the internet. Making a bunch of easy stuff will help you become familiar with the types of folds and the mechanics of how folding works.
   
   Good luck, and don't give up!

This is the paper for the five intersecting tetrahedra: https://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Origami-Paper-Pack-Traditional/dp/1435164520/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Japanese+Origami+Paper+Pack%3A+More+Than+250+Sheets+of+Origami+Paper+in+16+Traditional+Patterns&qid=1574806473&sr=8-1

I feel it is a little too thick, like cardboard, so it is a little hard on the fingers.

All the other figures are made with this paper: https://www.amazon.com/Origami-Paper-sheets-Vibrant-Colors/dp/0804851573/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=Origami+Paper+500+Sheets+Vibrant+Colors+4%22+%2810+CM%29%3A+Tuttle+Origami+Paper%3A+High-Quality+Double-Sided+Origami+Sheets+Printed+with+12+Different+Colors&qid=1574806835&sr=8-2

I like the colors, it is thin and easy to fold. The only downside is that it does not curl very well.

Looks like "Equilateral Triangle Edge Module" by Lewis Simon and Bennett Arnstein. The resulting icosahedron is on the top-right of the cover of Beginner's Book of Modular Origami Polyhedra: The Platonic Solids.

Amazon

Dover Publications

the nearest library

(This was the book that got me interested in origami in high school.)

I have some!

Genuine Origami by Jun Maekawa

Each model comes with a "theme", often mathematical in nature. Design theory (like Design Secrets but more digestible) and history is interspersed.

Origami from Angelfish to Zen by Peter Engel

Probably the most intellectually wide-ranging book on origami of all time. The first half of this book is collection of essays about origami history, math, design, and the craft as an art form.

Advanced Origami by Michael Lafosse

This book mostly covers the paper side of origami, such as how to make duo paper, wet-folding, etc

Cat, Mouse, and Cheese by David Brill. His site does have some diagrams, but not that particular cat. There's a sitting cat, though.

His book: Brilliant Origami: A Collection of Original Design

Also, you might be able to find a pdf of Tanteidan Convention Book 10 online, which I heard does have the instructions.

edit for links

The new Origami
is a good intro book.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312080379/giladsorigampage

this one came from the book über origami by duy nguyen. http://www.amazon.ca/Uber-Origami-Every-Project-Ever/dp/1402771843

Here you go!

I've been meaning to check out these books which claim to be about that exact topic: Origami^3, Origami^4 and Origami^5. They are a conferance about mathematics and Origami, with the books put together by Thomas Hull. There is most likely also an Origami^1 and Origami^2, but I am unable to find them for sale anywhere.

Check out Thomas Hull, Robert Lang, or Joseph O'Rourke. Ex:

• http://www.amazon.com/Project-Origami-Activities-Exploring-Mathematics/dp/1466567910
  
• http://www.amazon.com/How-Fold-It-Mathematics-Polyhedra/dp/0521145473
  
• http://www.langorigami.com/

https://www.amazon.com/Erotic-Origami-Marc-Kirschenbaum/dp/1438218044

Here's a bad image of the fold pattern from John Montroll's Classic Polyhedra Origami
http://imgur.com/TBhashJ

THe folding instructions are 6 pages long
http://www.amazon.com/Classic-Polyhedra-Origami-Dover-Papercraft/dp/0486479501

One of the few I like folding from it as most are a bit simple and look boring.

Depends on how much experience you have I suppose...

I found a lot of John Montroll's books to be beginner-friendly, with one or two models aimed at more intermediate levels. I had a real soft spot for his dinosaur book.

Moving up a tier, maybe works of Hideo Komatsu? Satoshi Kamiya's books are always good too.

If you're feeling up to it, Shuki Kato's Nature Study book has some impressive looking models, but working through them makes me depressed on accounts of them being insanely difficult to fold.