Max Hulme: Selected Works, a second selection [1 ed.]

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Selected Works A Second Selection

Max Hulme BOS 73 1

Models © Max Hulme Diagrams © Max Hulme BOS booklet #73 First published by British Origami Society, March 2008 Printed in the United Kingdom. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical photocopying, recording or otherwise without the express written permission of the author and of the British Origami Society. The British Origami Society is a registered charity 293039 www.britishorigami.info 2

Selected Works A Second Selection

Max Hulme compiled and illustrated by Max Hulme

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Contents Preface Gorilla Skunk Scorpion Staunton Chess Set Chess Box Polar Bear Angel Grand Slam Glass Hexagonal Box Owl & Pussycat Phoenix Piggy Banknote Potted Plant Rat Rocket Carriage Bugatti Driver BOS publications Chess with a twist

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Preface It has been many years since the first selection was made from my early works, those designs were greatly influenced and inspired by the creators of that time. Just seeing what was possible after meeting Akira Yoshizawa made a lasting impression upon my approach to Origami as did the works of creators such as Rohm and Elias. As new techniques and approaches have appeared each has had an influence upon my designs. The first designs in this booklet are for models seen as photographs in the previous selection. Others start from a selection of shapes and materials, this I hope will provide all with a challenge to test and improve your origami skills. The last two models are additions to Stephenson’s Rocket and the Bugatti designs previously published. Finally, as a challenge, for those who thrive on crease patterns, there should be just enough to produce a chess set from the designs on the back cover. Have fun!

Max Hulme February 2008

Foreword Max Hulme is probably the most prolific creator to ever come out of the UK, yet relatively little of his work has been published outside of BOS publications. His early work was inspired by Akira Yoshizawa at a BOS convention in 1972. By the next convention Max occupied a large section of the exhibition table with two dozen or so jaw-dropping folds. They were animals, all from traditional bases (and half bases), all displaying characteristics that would become recognisable over the years as the ‘Max Hulme style’. It was at this meeting that I met a young Max and we have been close friends over the 36 years since and frequently seen at origami gatherings like a pair of bookends! I would like to think that in some small way I helped the creative process from time to time with ideas and suggestions and have been on many occasions the inaugural guinea pig in field testing new folds prior to diagramming or teaching others. There are few creators with such a broad range of subject material. Max’s early animals led to insects and he explored Neal Elias style ‘box pleating’. This led to boxes, cars, trains, buses, aircraft and the famous Jack-in-the box. Words do not give justice to Max’s ability to develop and evolve a subject. For instance his trains encompass a whole range of engines, Stephenson’s Rocket, steam train, shunting engine, tank engine, electric train with pantograph, diesel train, The Mallard, and The Flying Scotsman. Then there is the rolling stock, long base wagon, short base, coal tender, arrogate wagons, box trailer, passenger carriages, guards wagon, tank wagons, not forgetting his rails, signals, platform, and pedestrian railway bridge. Max revisited the subject of trains 20 years later, producing a multi piece modular set so we have Stevenson’s Rocket II, steam train II and so on! After his initial ‘transport’ period, Max experimented with the human figure, back to animals, puzzles, mathematical structures, themed groups based on nursery rhymes, poems, chess sets (10 sets to date), masks, back to animals and insects. Over the last few years he has developed a passionate obsession with the pixel project challenge, an origami version of a piece of art entitled Picasso’s eye. The project was assembled using Max’s module at the BOS 40th Anniversary convention in Cambridge 2007 creating a massive 3 x 1.5 metre mural. The module however has provided Max with endless hours of ‘fun’. Tens of thousands of modules later he has dozens of modular models including human figures, hats, clothing, dinosaurs, a superb elephant, turtle, crocodile and tortoise, and a lunar landing craft, to name but a few. In the mid 80’s home computing became the focus of his attention. It became possible to combine both interests and Max has been diagramming his recent work and re-drawing some of the older models. I was pleased to illustrate the first Hulme booklet thirty years ago. The illustrations here are by Max himself using Corel Draw. All the models are from 5-8 years ago. In 2007 Max was awarded the Sidney French Medal for his contribution to British Origami. I am especially pleased that his tremendous contribution is finally recognised. All that remains is for a large format colour hardback book entirely dedicated to Max’s work across the years.

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Gorilla

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Skunk

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Scorpion

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Staunton Chess Set

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Chess Box

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Polar Bear

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Angel

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Glass

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Hexagonal Box

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Owl & Pussycat

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Phoenix

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Piggy Banknote

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Potted Plant

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Rat

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Rocket Carriage

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Bugatti Driver

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BOS publications 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54

History of Origami Origami and Mathematics History of Origami in Britain Origami Instruction Language Teaching Origami Geometric Division Chess Sets of Wall, Hulme & Elias Napkin Folds Origami and Magic Neal Elias: Selected Works 1964 - 1973 Flexagons Martin Wall: Early Works 1970 - 1979 Orikata Pureland Origami 1 Max Hulme: Selected Works 1973 - 1978 18 Of My Paperfolds Origami Games Philip Shen: Selected Geometric Paperfolds Tony O’Hare: Selected Works 1973 - 1982 Origami Christmas Tree Decorations The Silver Rectangle In Praise of the Bird Base Index: BOS Magazines 1 - 100 Index: BOS Magazines 101 - 120 Envelope and Letter Folds Animal Origami Origami Structural Reconstruction Pureland Origami 2 Paper People and Other Pointers Mor’igami Patterns in Paper Animal Origami 2 Neal Elias: Miscellaneous Folds I Neal Elias: Miscellaneous Folds II Neal Elias: Faces and Busts Jeffori’ 3 Four ‘igami Animal Origami 3 Genius of Jan Willem Derksen Index: BOS Convention Packs Larry Hart: Selected Works (1971 - 1991) Pureland 3:Smith Multiplication The Origami of Stephen Palmer Modular Construction and Twists ABC of Origami Making Faces World of Fred Rohm I World of Fred Rohm II World of Fred Rohm III Origami Models Folded from Rectangles Origami Models Folded from Silver Rectangles More Origami Models from Silver Rectangles

John S. Smith John S. Smith David Lister John S. Smith John S. Smith Mick Guy Mick Guy & Dave Venables John Cunliffe Ray Bolt Dave Venables Paul Jackson Martin Wall Thoki Yenn John S. Smith Dave Venables Paul Jackson Mick Guy and Paul Jackson Paul Jackson Daniel Mason Paul Jackson John Cunliffe John S. Smith John Cunliffe John Cunliffe John Cunliffe Edwin Corrie Jeff Beynon Ricky Wong John S. Smith David Petty Jeff Beynon John S. Smith Edwin Corrie Dave Venables Dave Venables Dave Venables Jeff Beynon Jeff Beynon Edwin Corrie David Petty David Petty Larry Hart John S. Smith Jeff Beynon David Petty David Petty Eric Kenneway David Petty Pete Ford Pete Ford Pete Ford John Morgan John Morgan John Morgan

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Sink or Swim with Ted Norminton Petal Folds and More Pureland 4 Owrigami 10 Pop-Ups A Medieval Court in Origami Decorative Boxes from Single Squares Animals and Birds Ship-shape and Bristol Fashion Faces’n’Fings Planar Modulars (CD-rom) The Nativity - An Origami Scene Selected Works of Quentin Trollip Which Came First? Selected Works : A Second Selection My Fundamentals

Occasional Booklets Paperplay Bibliography: Origami in Education and Therapy COET Editor: John S. Smith Other Booklets Fold With Feeling Hearts 3D Origami Favourites For information about: buying BOS publications joining BOS origami in general submitting material for publication BOS website

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Ted Norminton Ted Norminton John S. Smith Francis Ow John S. Smith Julia Pálffy Arnold Tubis and Leon Brown Tony O’Hare Tony O’Hare Tony O’Hare David Petty Lore Schirokauer Quentin Trollip Robert Neale Max Hulme Kuni Kasahara John S. Smith John S. Smith

Nick Robinson David Petty Edwin Corrie [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.britishorigami.info

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