FASCINATING ORIGAMI: 101 MODELS BY ADOLFO CERCEDA BOOK REVIEW

Cover Image Property of PUBLISHER
1996 Dover Edition. This image was scanned from my private collection

1997 Dover Edition. This image was scanned from my private collection

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword, 1996, by Peter Engel
Introduction
The Life of Adolfo Cerceda
Figures Provided by Mr. Gershon Legman
Let Us Listen to Carlos Cora(this was Mr. Cerceda's stage name)
Before Beginning Folding
Models From a Square:
- From the Kite Base:
  Sitting Ostrich
  Penguin 1
- From the Fish Base:
        Pigeon 1 - 3
        Penguin 2
        Mask
        Duck in Flight
- From the Bird Base:
        Fish
        Bird 1
        Rooster 1
        Pigeon 4
        Ostrich
        Pigeon Flapping Its Wings
        Bird 2
        Parrot 1
        Rabbit 1
        Bull 1
        *Master Fox
        *Baseball Player
- From the Frog Base:
        Heron 1
        Parrot 2, 3
        Vulture
        Songbird
        Hen 1, 2
        Pheasant
        Flamingo
        White Heron
        *Owl
- From a Blintzed Base:
        Pig 1, 2
        Elephant 1, 2
        Rhinoceros
        Tortoise
        Bull 2
        Inuit
        Seal
        Walrus
- Not From Any Common Base:
        Printer's Cap
        Winged Cap
        Mobile
        "Exhibitor" Pyramid
        Trough
        Flower
        Bird in Flight 1, 2
        Goose
        Shark
        Eagle in Flight 1
        Guardian Angel
        Kneeling Angel
        Peacock 1
        Sleeping Pigeon
        Turtledove
        Squirrel
        Penguin 3
        Star 1
        Bird 3
        *Gazelle
        *Butterfly
Models From Multiple Pieces of Paper and Other Shapes:
- Models from Two Squares:
        Cat
        Lion
        Stork in Flight
        Polar Bear
        Rabbit 2
        Jaguar
- From a Right Triangle:
        Heron 2
        Eagle in Flight 2
        Tropical Bird
        Bird 4
- From a Rhombus:
        Indian Head
        Rooster 2
        Devil
        Clown's Face
        Bat
        Face with Moustache
        Face with Long Teeth
        *Vampire Bat
- From a Pentagon:
  Star 2
- From a 2x3 Rectangle:
        Sea Turtle
        Beever
        Sofa
- From a Dollar Bill:
        Boat with Seats
        Bow Tie
        Picture Frame
- From a 1x2 Rectangle:
        Pegasus 1, 2
        Elephant 3, 4
        Eagle in Flight 3
        Mastiff
        Camel
        Bulldog
        Crab
        *Skunk
        Bullfighter
        *Arab on Horseback
        *Old Magician
        *Flamenco Singer
        *French Painter
        *"Turtledoves"
        Peacock 2(requires glue)
- * = requires one or more cuts with scissors
Symbols Used in the Diagrams
Step-by-Step Folding Diagrams
Other Creations by Adolfo Cerceda(patterns not given):
- Dinosaur
- Pekingese Dog
- Fish
- Ring(dollar)
- Flapping Sparrow
- Rooster
- Star
- Flower
- Studies for Dog
Index of Models
Origami Centers and Societies

Title: Fascinating Origami: 101 Models by Adolfo Cerceda
Author: Vicente Palacios
Format/Publication Date: TPB:1984;1996;1997
Publisher: Dover Publications, Inc., Mineola, NY
Language: English
Page Count: 182
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 9 1/4" x 6 1/2"
ISBN: 0486293513

SUMMARY- I have the 1996 Dover edition. This was translated from the original Spanish edition Fascinante Papiroflexia: Legado del mago Adolfo Cerceda(1984). Mr. Cerceda had passed away in 1979, so he never saw this book. Two models were left out from the original edition - Giraffe and Lioness - and two new figures were added, Skunk and Rabbit. The word that comes to mind seeing Mr. Cerceda's models is "graceful". You can see and feel the evocative power in them. The instructions require an experienced folder, but they'll give you plenty of incentive to become one quickly. There is so much packed into this book. What can I say, except this is one that goes into the "most important" pile of origami books. I'm so glad they included the interview with Mr. Cerceda and gave us a history of the man. He really was larger than life.