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Printed in JapanHOME DECORATINGwith ORIGAMI
TOMOKO FUSE
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JAPAN PUBLICATIONS TRADING COMPANY©) 2000 by Tomoko FuseIllustrations by Yasuo AizawaPhotographs by Tokuko YasuiAll rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portionsthereof in any form without the written permission of the publisher.
   
Published by Japan Publications Trading Co., Ltd.,1-2-1 Sarugaku-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-0064 Japan.
First edition, First printing: September 2000
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ISBN 4-88996-059-7
Printed in JapanContents
Preface 5Symbols and Folding Techniques 6Frontispieces 7
Chapter 1Card and Letter Holders - simplicity is important.Letter Holders 1, 2,3, 4,5 24Cards 1, 2,3 32StoppersCrane & Iris 38Carnation 41Peach & Church 42Heart 44Sailboat 46A Source of Energy 48
Chapter 2For Use and Decoration - Adventure with various pieces of paperChopstick Case with a Crane 50Chopstick Case with a Butterfly 51Chopstick Rest of aFan 52Coaster of a Picture Frame 53Flower Vase Cover] 54Flower Vase Cover 2 57Flower Vase Cover with Spring-like Bottom 59Spiral Flower Vase Cover 62V-shape Chopstick Rest 64HANA 66The Idea and Joy of Origami 68Balalaika 69Chapter 3
Twinkling Stars - The Wonder of CombinationPentagonal Star 74Accessory Parts 1, 2, 3,4 78Hexagonal StarA 86Hexagonal StarB 88Hexagonal Star B + Parts 89Decagonal Star A 90Decagonal Star A + Parts 92Decagonal StarB 94Decagonal StarC 95Decagonal StarD 96Decagonal StarE 97If You Have Time to Spare 98
Chapter 4
Packages - For Practical Use and PlayCake Box 1- A Lid of Flower 100Cake Box 1- Plain Lid 103Cake Box 1- Body 104Cake Box 2 106Square Package 108Package with Six Sides * A 110Package with Six Sides *B 112Dice Package 113Stoppers 1, 2,3 115Half-size Dice Package 118Trapezoid Package 120Tulip Cup 122Preface
This book features a wealth of origami suitable for happy events and occasionsof celebration. Some are good for keeping by your side and decorating yourroom with your own ideas.
You will find it delightful to choose colorful paper and think about thecombination, imagining the reactions of those who see the work or those whoreceive it as a present. You will feel a little thrill when you get to work on it. Awarm smile will break over you face when you hear someone says, "Pleaseshow me how to make if?" or "Thank you. | copied your model."
It is also a good diversion for you to fold paper for your own purpose. |sincerely hope that this book will brighten you life and give you a happy smile.
March 10, 2000Tomoko Fuse 
Symbols and Folding Techniques
 
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LETTER HOLDERS; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (pages 24~31) 
CARD 3 (page 36) with Stopper HEART (p. 44)
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CARD 3 with Stoppers CRANE(p.38), PEACH(p.42), CARNATION (p.41), SAILBOAT(p.46).CHURCH(p.42), IRIS(p.38) with clockwise
  
CARD 1(p.32), CARD 2(p.34) 
CHOPSTICK CASES with CRANE(p.50) & BUTTERFLY (p.51)
 
CHOPSTICK RESTS; Fan(p.52), V-shape(p.64) 
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FLOWER VASE COVERS; 1(p.54), Variation C of Spring-like Cover(p.61)FLOWER VASE COVERS (from left);1(p.54), Spring-like Bottom(p.59), 2-Three sides(p.57), 2-Four sides(p.57), Spiral(p.62)
  
DECAGONAL STARS (from top); E(p.97), B(p.94) 
TWINKLING STARS (pp.74~97) 
HEXAGONAL STARS with Accessory Parts (pp.78~88) 
CAKE BOXES; 1(p.100), 2(p.106)
 
CAKE BOXES(from left); 1-A lid of flower(p.100), 1-Plain lid(p.103)  
TULIP CUPS(p.122) & PACKAGE(p.125) 
PACKAGES (from left); Six sides-A(p.110), Square(a) & (b)(p.108), Six sides-B(p.112) 
PACKAGES with Stoppers(pp.115~117) (from left); Trapezoid(p.120), Dice(113), Half-size Dice(p.118)
 HANA(p.66)
  
BALALAIKA(p.69) 
Chapter 1
Cards and Letter Holders
 
Simplicity is important.
The essential characteristic of origami may be in the act of folding paper. Inapplying origami to cards and letter holders, | think simple folding is best. Thosewho open cards and letter holders have to unfold the completed works and foldthem again. It means that they have to experience for themselves what theauthor has gone through. If the works are complicated, it will be difficult forthem to reconstruct the origami and they may be at a loss what to do.
The folding procedure must be simple. To the works you may addsomething that suggests the season or the object. It depends on your idea. Youmay write or stick what you like on them. Introduced in this chapter, there areseveral such ideas. Those who open the cards and letter holders will becompletely satisfied with the mechanics before being struck with admiration.They surely want to try to fold them by themselves.
  
     
Letter Holder 1
(Pictured on page 7)
— Step 1 is the point of this work. You mayAppropriat e:ae 30 cm (8 lex 12") or decide the folding width and angle freely as18 x 26 cm (7 x 10") you like. It is possible to start with the edgefolded as shown on the right page.
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Letter Holder 2
(Pictured on page 7)
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Letter Holder 4
(Pictured on page 7)
Appropriate paper size:21 x 30 cm (8% x 12") or18 x 26 cm (7 x 10")
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Letter Holder 5
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Appropriate paper size:21x 30 cm (8% x 12") or18 x 26 cm (7 x 10")
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(Pictured on page 10)
When opened, the inside suddenly comes outpop. You will find the opening mechanicsinteresting.
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Fold at ©.
  
Pull out ©. The inside will comeout pop.
35Card 3
(Pictured on pages 8~9)
This card has many uses. Fix the card with a variety of stoppers torepresent the season and events.
To begin with, you had better practicefolding this card, using 21 cm x 30 cm(8 Ve x 12") paper.
            
(Process of folding)
Push downV and fold according to thecreases.
 
© (Process of folding) © Insert into the pocket.
 
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Step@). When the paper is thick, it is hard to insert the tips. In that case, fold thepaper, leaving a little space along the top edge.
3) Open.
 
Fold, leaving a little space
  
 
 
 
along the top edge.Following steps are the same fromstep @) on the left page.A stopper of crane (see page 38) A stopper of heart (see page 44)
  
Insert a stopper betweenthe slits.
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Stoppers Crane & Iris
(Pictured on page 9)
Stoppers for Letter holder 5. Impressionschange according to different stoppers.
When 21 x 30 cm (8/2 x 12") paper is used forthe card, use 7.5 x 7.5 cm (3 x 3") squarepaper for the stoppers.
     
Make creases.
 
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Open the pocket andsquash.
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Stopper Carnation
(Pictured on page 9)
©) This card is good for Mother's Day.
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Write your message on the surface.
Fix the flower as those ’on the left page.
Open the petals.
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Stoppers Peach & Church
(Pictured on page 9)
‘Peach’ is suitable for someone's birthday and ‘church’for Christmas. Both are applications of traditionalorigami.
  
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Open and squash. [ Church ]
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Fix them as those onpage 40.
 
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(Pictured on page 8)
       
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Fold the back in the same way.
 
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A Source of Energy
 
There is a great difference in origami devotee's ages. Enthusiastic adult origamilovers bend all their energies to origami.
They like to teach and be taught. They give joy to other people and derive joyfrom what they do. When they meet difficulty in the process of folding, they have todeal with it by themselves or with the help of others. When the difficulty is clearedup, they are satisfied. ‘| see,’ they will say to themselves, and they feel somethingrun through their body. It will be a kind of hormone. It will relieve you and bring asmile to your face. When you completed a superb work, something like thathormone spread through your body and a contented smile will break over yourface.
Most of the origami does not require a lot of time to fold, though it dependson the work. In the course of folding this and that, the hormone exudes slowly. Alittle exudation of the hormone per day (not necessarily every day) will be good forthe health. This will become a source of your energy. 
Chapter 2
For Use and Decoration
 
 
Adventure with various pieces of papern-------- The joy of using and decorating
 
This chapter introduces such articles useful for our daily life as chopstick cases,coasters, and vase covers. One of the delights of origami is to make use of thefolded works for practical and decorative purposes.
The material of origami is paper, so we can easily handle it. If you choosedifferent paper, you can obtain different effect. Try to use a variety of paper,
sometimes boldly choosing loud one and sometimes quiet one as the case maybe. 
Chopstick Case with a Crane
(Pictured on page 11)
This chopstick with a crane is suitable for aceremonial occasion. The appropriate size ofpaper is 15 x 15 cm (6 x 6").
 
   
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Chopstick Case with a Butterfly
(Pictured on page 11)
The appropriate paper size is 15 x 15 cm (6 x 6").
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Fold in numerical order.
 
Fold the upper layer and
1] : ® the shape of the butterfly.
 
 
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Chopstick Rest of a Fan
(Pictured on page 11)
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The appropriate paper sizeis7.5x7.5cm (3 x3’).
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 Coaster of a Picture Frame
(Pictured on page 18)
Insert another paper in the ‘Picture Frame’ tomake a coaster. It is so simple that you canmake a lot of coasters easily. Put your ideainto the work and arrange a delightful party.
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You can insert yourillustration or apreg
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Flower Vase Cover 1
(Pictured on pages 12~13)
When arranging flowers in a glass, you can put a cover on it. Select paper andmake an elegant cover like this. You had better practice folding by using 21 x 30 cm(8 V2 x 12") paper, before deciding the size and height of the cover. The method issimple and you will be familiar with it.
If you use large nonflammable paper, you can apply it to a lampshade.
    
a The mouth is a pentagon.Da along the creases to make a cylinderwith an uneven surface.
Gradually make a cylindrical
form and stick the dark area
with a double-sticktape.
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Cut off the edge and make creases as shown.
  
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The Size and Shape of Paper
The height and mouth shape of 'Vase Cover 1 and 2' become different according to papersizes. As shown below, the number of triangles is equivalent to the number of sides of themouth. If the sides of the mouth of 'Vase Cover 1' are more than seven, the surface
becomes smoother, so three to six are appropriate number. If you lengthen the ( h ) below,you can make the vase cover higher.
Mouth with five sidesMouth with six sides
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 Flower Vase Cover 2
(Pictured on page 13)
This vase cover is composed of lines folded at an angle of 60 degrees.
First, practice folding with 21 x 30 cm (8 /2 x 12") paper.
 
 Fold along the creases and make a
You may leave it for are 7 :without cutting. 9) cylinder with an uneven surface.
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The dark area is for sticking.
In this case, the mouth hasfour sides.
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Gradually make a cylindrical formand stick the dark area with adouble-sticktape.
 
Covers with three sides.
 
If the mouth has more than five sides, the surfacebecomes less uneven, so three or four sides are proper —for ‘Vase Cover 2." (Refer to page 56) 1
 
 
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Flower Vase Cover with Spring-like Bottom
(Pictured on page 13)
The vase has pleats as if it is compressed from above. Youcan make as many pleats as you like. It is also possible tomake the pleats in the middle.
First, practice folding with 21 x 30 cm (81/2 x 12") paper.
 
Make a crease about 1 cm awayfrom the edge to mark the area forsticking.
Make creases to divide the paperinto four equal parts.
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the edges with a
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Variations of Spring-like Cover
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Spiral Flower Vase Cover
(Pictured on page 13)
It will be wonderful to use this vase as an objet d'art instead of flower vase cover.
Once you mastered the folding method, try to make a vase of your own, adjusting thesize and height, as you desire.
First, practice folding with 21 x 30 cm (8/2 x 12") paper.
    
Make a crease about 1 cmaway from the edge to markthe area for sticking.
 
 
Make creases as shown.
Make creases as shown.62
        
 
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Fold along the creases to make a cylinderwith an uneven surface.
 
 
 
 
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V-shape Chopstick Rest
The method of this chopstick rest will be useful for preparing 'HANA' on page66 and ‘Balalaika' on page 69.You can make a proper size of rest from 6 x 6 cm (2/2 x 2/2") paper.
(Pictured on page 11)
 
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Make a diagonal creaseby mountain and valleyfolds.
   
Make 1/2 creases inbetween.
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Fold two sides up andfold the whole in half.
  
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Open the part of fan.
(All folded)
Repeat inside reverse foldsone by one.
65(Pictured on page 21)
This is an abstract flower.
The method of 'V-Shape Chopstick Rest’ on page 64is applied to the four corners.
Practice with 15 x 15 cm (6 x 6") paper. When you areaccustomed to this method, double the pleats andmake them thinner as shown in the box on the rightpage. The work will become more gorgeous. Evenwhen using large paper, thinner pleats look better.
     
 
 
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Pinch the four corners and raise the(4) Make creases as shown. © center square like a table.
 
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Hold sides crosswise as shownand gradually open, changingthe hold.
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The Idea and Joy of Origami
| released this ‘HANA’ in a magazine long ago. Four years after the publication, |gave an exhibition of my own works at the Ueda-sozo hall and taught this ‘HANA’at the class. | told the students that it would be possible to make ‘HANA’ with fiveand six sides besides the four-side one. One of the students then surprised me bytelling me that she had already made beautiful 'HANA' with five, six and eightsides. | was surprised again when | received the photographs of the works thathad been sent several days later.
They were original ‘HANA’ layered with different sizes of paper. They wereunimaginably beautiful. The idea and joy of origami are thus limitless.
HANA with four layers
The pleat is doubled. (Box on page 67)The sizes of paper: 24 cm (9 2"), 21cm (8 Ys"), 18. cm (7"), 15 cm (6")
 
  
Balalaika
(Pictured on page 22)
It is interesting as an objet d'art.
tf you employ nonflammable materials, it will be used a lampshade. It will bedifficult to fold the 'Balalaika' for the first time, so start with 15 x 15 cm (6 x 6")
paper for practice. Later you may join the two pieces for ‘Balalaika.'
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The first pleat has been made.Continue making other pleatsone by one in the same way.
 
Fold two sides up and fold the
whole in half.All the pleats have been made.
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Squash to make a flattriangle.
    
Open the first left pleatright and left.
Squash the tipY flat.
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[ Unfolded Balalaika ]
 
‘Balalaika’ is made from rectangular paper that is aslarge as two pieces of square paper, and it is thesame as two @ of practice are joined. Fold flat andthen open.
It may be used as an objet d'art as it is. When usingas a lampshade, glue the bottom of the back toprevent the leakage of light and make a hole on topfor air.
Once you have mastered the method, try to doublethe pleats as on the following page. When usingpaper larger than 30 cm (12"), it would be better todouble the pleats.
 
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Squash the second Squash the other Practice finished.tip flat. tips in order. Fold in the tip.
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The Beauty of Lines
You can make lines easily by ‘folding.’ The main constituent of origami is lines. A set of
them, sometimes curved or spiraled, produces the characteristic beauty.
| think it is something that is induced or found out rather than artificially produced.
That will be the reason why the model with outstanding lines seems light, though it looks
complicated.
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Chapter 3
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The Wonder of Combinationa-------- What does it look like?
 
Some origami is intended to duplicate the shape of an object faithfully, while othertraditional origami does not assume concrete shape and relies on the imaginationof viewers. Mr. Seiji Nishikawa emphasized the importance ofthis imagination. For instance, those who do not know‘fukusuke’ (a popular toy in the shape of a dwarf with a bighead) will imagine a different object when they see the shape.In the case of traditional Spanish origami, 'pajalita (bow tie),' it is said that itsuggests a small bird.
In this chapter, | introduced units of stars that have flat shapes. Each model isinteresting respectively, but if you attach some other parts itwill become gorgeous.
Here is the wonder of combination, which only unitorigami has. If you use proper paper, you can make fireworks,flowers and snow crystals. Some models can be used forornaments of Christmas and the Star Festival and as decorations and accessoriesof wrapper. Use your imagination.        
Pentagonal Star
(Pictured on page 15)
This star consists of five units. Slight errors in
folding are unavoidable, but the units willVR perfectly assembled in the end.To make a star of proper size,use 6x6cm ( Steet 2V2")paper for ( Steet
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Assemble the other threeunits in the same way.
    
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Tuck the flap into pocket.
     
Insert under the flap so that* meets.
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Fold the point ofthe last unit.
  
Lift the upper flap of the firstunit and sandwich the fold instep 5.
Fold the tip of the last unit againand insert into the pocket of