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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • FOREWORD
          by Peter Engel
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • SNEAK PREVIEW
  • INTRODUCTION:
    • Origami: A Personal Account
    • Designing Origami
    • Origami Purism
    • Ethics and Politics in Origami
    • Notation and Basic Folds Index
    • Basics
    • Paper and Folding Tips
  • ORIGAMI ACTION:
    • Baby Bird
    • Exploding Envelope
    • Blinking Eyes
    • Magic Flap
    • Magic Cube
    • Clapping Hands
    • Waxing Waning Moon
    • Two Interlocking Rings
    • Two Permanently Interlocking Rings
    • Chocolate-Covered Ant
    • Gremlin
    • Crazy-Mouthed Gremlin
    • Surfer on a Wave
    • Glancer
    • Mr. Smiley
    • Squishy Blob
    • Piano Playing Pop-up Card
    • Yapping, Clapping, Tapping, Flapping T-rex
    • Venus Flytrap
    • Frog Tongue
    • Heart Attack
    • Nail Clippers
    • Swiss Army Knife
    • Flasher
    • Flasher Supreme
    • Flasher Big Bang
    • Flasher Hat
    • Flasher Marble Maze
    • Flasher Labyrinth
    • Labyrinth Walker
    • Dromenon Labyrinth Walker
    • Slithering Snake Skin
  • SYMBOLS, SIGNS, AND STUNNING DESIGNS:
    • Preshrunk Blue Jeans
    • Smiling Frowning George
    • Kite Letterhead
    • Men's Suit
    • Iso-Area Swan
    • Wine Glass
    • Peace Sign
    • Multiple Rippling Deltoid
    • Musical Notes
    • Dancers
    • Dragon
    • Rocking Horse
    • Menorah
    • Crab
    • Double Yin Yang
    • Star of David
    • Spider Web
    • $ Pyramid
    • Balancing $ Eagle
    • Dollar Bill Cuboid
    • Eight Interlocking Rings
  • MODELS FROM THE HEART:
    • Butterfly Heart Card
    • Cubist Heart Card
    • Window Heart Card
    • Blintz Envelope
    • Envelope
    • Off the Wallet
    • Bird of Peace Pop-up Card
    • Diamond Heart Ring
    • Peace Ring
    • Crane Envelope
    • Crane in Love Envelope
    • Beating Heart Card
    • Star of Peace
    • Interlocking Diamond Heart Rings
    • Present Box
  • ORIGAMI FOR THE ALMOST DERANGED:
    • Origami Square
    • Transvestite Puppet
    • Barf Bag
    • Unfortunate Bungee Jumper
    • Folder
    • Strobe Light
    • Invisible Duck
    • Jack-O'-Lantern
    • Upside-Down Heart
    • "Who's Staring at My Rump?"
    • Walking Boat
    • Clogged Artery
    • Unopenable Envelope
    • Folding the Blintz Base
    • Folding the Square Base
    • Folding the Flapping Bird
    • Man Swatter
    • Unfortunate Suitor
    • Carbon Atom
    • Monolithic Rubblestone Boulder
    • Running Car

Title: Origami to Astonish and Amuse: There are 89 original models in this book including such "classics" as the Chocolate-Covered Ant, the Transvestite Puppet, the Invisible Duck, and many more!
Author: Jeremy Shafer
Format/Publication Date: TPB:2001
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin, NY
Language: English
Page Count: 250
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 11" x 8 1/2"
ISBN: 9780312254049

SUMMARY- I bought this one for the Dragon, and I stayed for the Yapping, Clapping, Tapping, Flapping T-rex. Mr Shafer is both hilarious, and very serious. He makes a good argument for keeping origami's rules very narrow. I sympathize with his viewpoint but don't ascribe to it. I have a more inclusive view, despite the truth of his arguments. You get a lot of fun stuff to try in this book that won't look like anything else you've ever folded. That alone was worth the price of admission to me. I found the book educational as much as I found it amusing, so well done! I highly recommend this book.