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Origami 4 By Robert Harbin: The Final and Finest Compilation by the Pioneer of Origami in the West



He has published around twenty diagrams, available on the net and in origami conventions books. He has started or stood out in several branches of origami: the mirrorgami or origamirror (origami with mirrors) that combines the real-virtual duality and reflections and transparencies and among whose examples are his creation "Skull", "On the water / Under the water ", and" Fish "; origamobiles such as "Toy car", "Quacky races" and "Ships passing in the night"; and the curved folding, illustrated by the "Curler units", his conception published in an article published by the BOS (British Origami Society) and which has a school of followers. His article Il segreto del cappello di Thoki Yennmakes substantial contributions to both the theory and the practice of the specialty of curved folding.


I remembered, passing the King Cobra, that Fakirs and other showman use Cobras in ceremonial and entertainment fields, and had a vague memory of a charming little model tucked away in one of my origami books:




Origami 4 By Robert Harbin Very Rare Book Pass




The first Dutch paperfolder who came to the notice of folders in othercountries was Amarins Hopman de Jong, a journalist who lived in the province ofFriesland in the north of Holland. However, she did not discover origami untilabout 1966, when her husband bought her a book of paperfolding in Dutch. This mayhave been "Het Grote Vouwboek" by Aart van Breda which was published in 1963.(An English translation with the title, "Paper Folding and Modelling" waspublished in 1965.) Amerins quickly got in touch with Lillian Oppenheimer andwith the British Origami Society and later was one of those folders who helped tofound the Belgian-Netherlands Origami Society in 1979. These events tookplace long after the Exhibition of 1955. Amerins was privileged to meet Yoshizawawhen he visited Holland towards the end of 1972, following his visit toEngland the previous October. But Amerins never mentioned the 1955 exhibition. Everypaper folder was saddened when Amerins died from a brain tumour on 17thDecember, 1981 at the age of 44. 2ff7e9595c


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