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CONTENTS

Spread Your Work . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Back Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Doodle Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1New Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Astonish and Amuse . . . . . . . . . . 2

The Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Hummingbird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Simple Lobster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Simple Scorpion . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Parrot in Flight . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

$ Fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Vol. 1 No. 7 August 1, 2001

ScaffoldHelping to support and maintain the world of origami

Scaffold needs diagrams!

Spread YourWork

Do you have an original model

sitting on your desk? Have youtaught it to some friends? Maybeput it on a website? Well, Scaffoldwants to help you spread yourwork to more of the origamicommunity. Scaffold will print anysubmitted diagrams.

To submit diagrams, sendthem to scaffold1@aol.com.They will then appear in anupcoming issue (usually the nextone). If you dont have electroniccopies of your diagrams, printed

diagrams may be submitted bysending them to:Joshua KoppelPO Box 641374Chicago, IL 60664-1374USAPrinted diagrams may take a little

longer to appear, but will still be lot of repeated folding andincluded as quickly as possible. unfolding. When I find a design

All submissions should be that is promising, I will later fold itaccompanied by a statement with better paper.expressing permission for the The paper I find the mostmodel to be included in a future useful for doodling tends to be

issue of Scaffold. I would also be small notepaper. These areinterested in any comments you usually 3-inch or 3 -inch squareshave about how you came up with of colorful paper. I like thethe model. convenient size. I can carry some

Back Issues

All back issues of Scaffold arecurrently available online. Theycan be found athttp://www.origami4you.com.

Just click on the Scaffold link at

the top of the page.Origami4you.com is a wonderfulsite, so please take a fewmoments to look it over.

Doodle Paper

Origami doodling is what I can theprocess of designing withoutspecific intent. I just fold ratherrandomly until, like looking forshapes in the clouds, I get aglimmer. I then begin folding withintent. When doodling, I generallydo not use true origami paper.Instead I use what I think of asdoodle paper.

In general, doodle papertends to be a bit heavy. I find thisuseful as I abandon folds in adoodle. The stiffer paper allows a

in a shirt pocket or tucked into thebook I am reading. But Isometimes use larger paper formore complex doodles. Mycurrent favorite being obsoleteletterhead that has been trimmedinto an 8 -square. The letterheadI come across has a high fibercontent which helps prevent tearing

from overuse.I am currently creating

several models a day when I havedoodle paper handy. I just grab asheet and let my fingers do thefolding. Next thing I know, thereare a pelican and a giraffe in mypocket.

New Books

Just as the July 2001 issue wasgoing out, my copy of JeremyShafers new book arrived. A weeklater, a trip to Boston allowed avisit to the Sausuga Bookstorewhere I found several more books.These new additions are asfollows.ORIGAMI TO ASTONISH ANDAMUSE by Jeremy Shafer

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(English) (ISBN0-312-25404) Origami Square and the Invisible writing Manifold, I needed a modelORIGAMI FLOWER BALL by Duck, while others look like they to diagram that would fit on oneYoshihide Momotani (Japanese defy physics, like the Eight page. Somehow, the idea for thiswith some English) Interlocking Rings. lobster popped into my head

(ISBN4/900747-02-5) But the question was in complete except for the method of Minna da Tanoshimeru Origami: my mind, did the fuller pages hiding a point. But the issue of Sukanu & Kai (Lets Enjoy Paper detract from the diagrams? Well, I Manifold went out with only partialFolding: Fish and Shellfish) by sat down to test it. I chose the diagrams, leaving the tail variationsMakoto Yamaguchi (ISBN4-321- Chocolate-Covered Ant and the to the reader. This is the first true45503-0) Star of David. There was appearance of the Simple Lobster.Kurashir o Irodoru Ruku Ruku no absolutely no trouble with followingOrigami (Easy Origami to Enliven the directions. The pages may Simple Scorpion

Your Life) by Tomoko Fuse have a lot of information on them, The Simple Scorpion was designed(Japanese) (ISBN4-900747-10-6) but they are very clear and easy to mere minutes after I designed theTsuru to Ogi To (Cranes and Fans) follow. The only thing I found Simple Lobster. The issue of by Tomoko Fuse (Japanese) difficult about this book was Manifold went out with only partial(ISBN4-480-87221-3) cataloging the diagrams (just how diagrams, leaving the tail variations

Astonish andAmuse

Few books seem to have createdthe same anticipation as JeremyShafers ORIGAMI TO ASTONISHAND AMUSE. After countlessdelays by the publisher, it finallywas released last month. It was

everything I had hoped for.Upon the arrival of thebook, I had to take the time toexamine it carefully. Ninety-plusmodels are diagramed (with twohidden in the beginning). My firstimpression was about the pagelayout. This is not typical of mostEnglish origami books. Jeremymakes fine use of the written wordwith detailed explanations,anecdotes, and notes about how aparticular model was created. As

a designer, I was very pleased.The models in the book

range from traditional ideas like acrab and a dragon, to thecompletely bizarre, like theClogged Artery. Some models aremonochromatic while others makefull use of both sides of the paper.Some models are simple, like the

would you classify the Clogged to the reader. This is the firstArtery?). complete appearance of the Simple

ORIGAMI TO ASTONISH Scorpion.AND AMUSE is available from St.Martins Griffin and sells for $19.95 Parrot in Flight

US ($29.95 Can.). This Parrot, like the Standing

The Models

This month I have some modelsthat I designed out of what I later

began to think of as a three-sidedbird base. Chicago Area OrigamiSociety member Hisa Amimotohas submitted her first originalmodel.

Hummingbird

This Birds of the Sungod was thefirst model designed by HisaAmimoto of the Chicago AreaOrigami Society, back in 1991. Itwas originally to be included in anissue of Manifold but there were no

diagrams, just a series of stepfolds, and I stopped being theeditor before the diagrams werefinished. Hisa has graciouslyallowed its appearance here.

Simple Lobster

Back in the late 1980s while I was

Crane in the last issue, was one ofthe numerous models I createdafter encountering SamuelRandletts Parrot in THE ART OFORIGAMI. A previous set ofdiagrams for this model appeared

in the 1991 ANNUAL COLLECTIONput out by The Friends of TheOrigami Center of America (nowOrigami USA).

$ Fish

I call this the Simple $ Fish but ithas a complex move. I developedthis while performing a job that hadthousands of checks arriving in theoffice. Many of these checks wereaccompanied by stubs that weredollar-sized. After a little doodling,

I came across the move thatmakes the tail. Its easy if you seeit in motion, but diagraming it wasa bit of a challenge. If you canmanage the tail, there are onlythree more steps (hence Simple).

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Birds of the Sun God by Hisa Amimoto

1. Fold and unfold. 2. Pleat in fifths. 3. Fold in half.

4. Fold wing in half. 5. Turn over. 6. Open as indicated.

7. Pull point out. 8. Fold and unfold.

i

ii

9. i fold edges in.ii fold point up.

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Birds of the Sun God by Hisa Amimoto

10. Make rabbit ears. 11. Fold edges in.

i

ii

12. i Make a small pleat.

ii Fold in half.

13. Two outside-reverse folds.

14. Pleat beak.Fold tail flapsup on both sides.

15. Fold corner of tailon both sides.

16. Fold one layer of tail over.

The completed "Bird of the Sun God"

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Simple Lobster by Joshua Koppel

Begin witha a small square with the desired side up.

3. Fold in half.

4. Colapse into a preliminary fold.

5. Fold and unfold, repeat

behind.

6. Sink 4 points.

7. Open out while

stretching the topflap... ... like so. 8. Reform the preliminary fold.

1. Fold and unfold diagonalsthen turn over.

2. Fold and unfold.

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Simple Lobster by Joshua Koppel

9. Inside-reverse fold.

10. Fold to center.11. Mountain fold

behind.

12. Inside-reverse fold.

13. Fold down. Repeat behind. 14. Inside-reverse fold.

i i

ii

15. i Outside-reverse, don't

crease.ii Fold and unfold tip.

16. Open out and bringtip up.

17. Pleat fold.18. Turn over.

The completed Lobster!

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Begin witha a small square with the desired side up.

3. Fold in half.

4. Colapse into a preliminary fold.

5. Fold and unfold, repeat

behind.

6. Sink 4 points.

7. Open out while

stretching the topflap... ... like so. 8. Reform the preliminary fold.

1. Fold and unfold diagonalsthen turn over.

2. Fold and unfold.

Simple Scorpion by Joshua Koppel

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Simple Scorpion by Joshua Koppel

9. Inside-reverse fold.

10. Pleat tail.11. Unpleat tail.

12. Fold edges in.

14. Inside reverse pointsdown.13. Fold points inside.

15. Fold corners down.Repeat behind.

16. Inside reverse points up.

17. Ouside reverse tips.

18 Rabbit-ear stinger.

19. Curl tail tofinish.

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Parrott in Flight by Joshua Koppel

1. Fold in half. 2. Sink corners.

Begin with a square of paper with the desired side down.

4. Fold edges to center.5. Fold in half.

7. Rotate.8. Fold wings down while crimping

front edge.

3. Inside rabbit ear down.

6. Rabbit ear both sides.

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Parrott in Flight by Joshua Koppel

9. Outside reverse beak.

10. Lift wings up ...

... and fly! The completed Parrott in Flight.

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Simple $ Fish by Joshua Koppel

Begin with a dollar with the desired side up.

1. Fold and unfold. 2. Fold and unfold.

3. Turn over. 4. Fold through intersection.

5. Fold edges to creases. 6. Unfold last step.

7. Sink along existing creases.8. Turn over.

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Simple $ Fish by Joshua Koppel

9. Fold along lines as shown so backflap flips out.

10. Fold over.

11. Fold corners in. 12. Turn over.

The completed Simple $ Fish!

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